Financial TimesPremier Oil has success from flagship North Sea developmentFinancial TimesPremier Oil has produced first oil from its flagship development in the North Sea, a milestone that will help the UK explorer and producer start repaying its significa …

BloombergAll That New Shale Oil May Not Be Enough as Big Discoveries DropBloombergThat's primarily because fracking of North American shale formations in places like Texas and North Dakota has transformed the industry. Companies like Royal Dutch Shell …

The Globe and MailOil-sands glut set to worsen as output exceeds pipeline spaceThe Globe and MailThat follows growth of 250,000 barrels per day this year, according to data compiled by the bank. Total oil sands production is forecast to jump to 3.3 million …

BloombergCanadian Oil Shippers Find Rail Space Is Scarce as Prices SlideBloombergs Keystone pipeline went down just as new oil sands production from projects such as Suncor Energy Inc.'s Fort Hills mine were filling up pipelines once again. For Decembe …

The Globe and MailAt midday: TSX gains with oil stocks, Empire; miners weighThe Globe and MailCanada's main stock index rose on Thursday as higher oil prices drove gains by energy companies, offsetting losses for miners after the value of copper and ot …

FuelFix (blog)Oil bust claimed a third of service workers, but job market improvingFuelFix (blog)The oil-market collapse that began nearly three years ago forced U.S. oil producers to dramatically curb drilling, eating into profits. But the companies that …

The EconomistData drillingOil struggles to enter the digital ageThe EconomistIn fact, the engineers of the Anglo-Dutch oil major were using computers to perform what they call “virtual drilling”, based on their knowledge of Fox Creek, a shale bed in Albert …

CBC.caOil prices spike as oilsands shutdowns limit productionCBC.caConocoPhillips has had to reduce production at its 140,000 bpd Surmont thermal plant because it uses light synthetic crude from Syncrude, one of the largest producers in Canada's oil sa …

Calgary HeraldCanadian oil prices soar as Syncrude upgrader work cuts productionCalgary HeraldProduction at ConocoPhillips's Surmont site has been affected because the unit mixes light oil produced at Syncrude with bitumen pulled from the oils sands to …

Tulsa WorldEni narrows 3Q losses despite low oil pricesFox NewsMILAN – Italian oil and gas giant Eni says it narrowed third-quarter losses but continued to be stung by the downturn in gas and oil prices. Eni, which is 30-percent government owned, said Frid …