Wall Street JournalEurope's Oil Companies Eyed for TakeoverWall Street JournalPossible prey include some of the relatively small but highly leveraged shale oil-and-gas producers that have played a key role in quickly raising U.S. production, a big fact …

KNPRPalm Oil Plantations Are Blamed For Many Evils. But Change Is ComingKNPRI was somewhat astonished to discover, on a trip to a palm oil plantation in North Sumatra Province, Indonesia, that this much-maligned commodity actually begins with an innocuous- …

The GuardianUK government threatens to revoke oligarchs' North sea oil licencesThe GuardianThe LetterOne Group, which was founded by former TNK-BP directors Mikhail Fridman and German Khan, purchased the 12 fields from RWE's oil and gas unit DEA la …

Motley FoolOPEC's War on Oil Prices Isn't Just about ShaleMotley FoolA lot has been made of OPEC's decision last fall to keep its production steady when the market was oversaturated with oil. At the time the decision was viewed as a direct atta …

The GuardianArgentina launches legal action to prevent Falklands oil and gas drillingThe GuardianArgentina's minister for the Falklands has claimed his country “harbours not the least desire to use force” to regain the islands as it started legal actio …

The GuardianBritain's trade deficit shrinks as fall in oil prices cuts import costsThe GuardianBritain's trade balance improved in January after a dramatic fall in oil prices cut the cost of imports. But the higher pound and a fall in exports to th …