Hindu Business LineOur engineering staff strength in India is second only to France: AlstomHindu Business LineToday, India has become the second-largest country for Alstom in terms of engineering staff, next only to France. This feat was impossible to pred …

BBC NewsFrom cutbacks to haircuts for oil workers looking for changeBBC NewsIt is difficult to imagine two more different worlds. The often harsh offshore conditions of an oil and gas industry life, and what might be regarded as the somewhat more pampered, …

The Week UKGet Ready For $80 OilOilPrice.comOil is only just beginning to regain some of the ground that it has lost over the last few years, but already some analysts are looking for much higher prices. Raymond James & Associates is out with a forecas …

ReutersUS says Venezuela guilty of oil sector 'malpractice'ReutersOutput from Venezuela, which sits atop the world's biggest oil reserves, was 2.37 million barrels per day (bpd) in May, down 5 percent from April and 11 percent from last year&#3 …

Wall Street Journal (blog)Saudi Arabia's Other Big Oil RoleWall Street Journal (blog)Never let it be said that the Saudis aren't doing their fair share​ to boost oil prices​.​. The last two meetings of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Co …

GlobesRenewed drilling finds oil near Dead SeaGlobesThe Hatrurim oil and gas exploration license in the Dead Sea area contains an oil reservoir worth NIS 1.2 billion, according to a resources report published by the companies holding the license this morni …

ReutersIEA chief says oil price bottoming depends on global growthReutersAsked if oil prices had reached a bottom, Birol told Reuters: "It may well be the case, but it depends on economic growth." He expected global oil demand to grow by 1.2 mill …

PRICursed by oil? Academic says production often leads to misery.PRI"Oil is everywhere. So basically If it's plastic, it's oil. Oil might be in my waistband or in your glasses, it might be in your shoes. Everything that is transported with oil …

MarketWatchUS stocks extend rally as crude oil soars to 2016 highMarketWatchAfter a wobbly start to the day, oil futures spiked on hopes that key oil producers will agree on an output freeze at their meeting this Sunday and as reports pointed to a possible …

Financial TimesOil price optimism grows as Brent climbs to 2016 highFinancial TimesVitol, Trafigura, Mercuria. Gunvor, Glencore and Castleton, which sell enough oil to meet almost a fifth of global demand — told a Financial Times conference in Lausanne tha …