BloombergOil spikes as US strikes SyriaBusiness Insider NordicWest Texas Intermediate crude oil trades up 1% at $52.26 a barrel, a one-month high, after the United States launced 59 cruise missiles at military targerts controlled by Syrian President Bashar …

ReutersWeak crude oil stunts US energy IPOs, boosts outlook for M&AReutersFour U.S. oil and gas companies went public in January, when more stable crude prices gave them confidence to tap into investor demand after a barren listings period that followe …

BloombergSaudi Arabia Drops Tax Rates for Oil Firms Ahead of Aramco IPOWall Street Journal (subscription)Saudi Arabia on Monday dropped the tax rate on its oil industry, laying the groundwork for a highly anticipated initial public offering of its state-ow …

MarketWatchOil moves higher, but remains under $50-a-barrelMarketWatchInvestors have been particularly bullish on the outlook for oil prices since the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, along with producers outside the cartel including Russ …

ReutersTrillion-dollar question looms as Aramco audits oil reservesReutersFor nearly 30 years - despite rising production, wild swings in oil prices and improved technology - Riyadh has annually reported the same number for reserves of 261 billion barrels, …

Saudi Aramco Hires Firm to Assess Oil Reserves Before IPOWall Street JournalSaudi Arabia's state oil company has hired an energy consultant to assess its reserves of crude oil, people familiar with the matter said, opening a window to a closely guarded …

Russia's Central Bank Sticks To Oil Price ForecastsOilPrice.comThe central bank of Russia has no plans to revise its current oil price estimates for the next 12 months despite the OPEC deal that saw international oil benchmarks pass the US$50 barrier a …

MarketWatchOil prices pull back as investors cash in on one-year highsMarketWatchOil futures retreated from one-year highs on Tuesday, as traders took profits following the sharp rally in the wake of last week's decision by the Organization of the Petr …

The Sydney Morning HeraldThe deadly risk of bro science: bodybuilder injects coconut oilThe Sydney Morning HeraldPhoto: iStock. A new paper in the British Medical Journal outlines the case of a 25-year-old bodybuilder who ended up in hospital after injecti …

Wall Street JournalOrigin to Sell Oil-and-Gas Operations Through IPOWall Street JournalMELBOURNE, Australia— Origin Energy Ltd. plans to sell its conventional oil-and-gas operations and focus on energy markets and liquefied-natural-gas sales in an effort t …