CBC.caWith Alberta still in a slump, some oil industry players have an idea to get people back to workCBC.caIt's now 2½ years into the oil price downturn and, by most measures, Alberta is still in a rut. The economy is expected to come out of recession …

BloombergShell and Total Said to Sign Initial Oil Deals With IranBloombergRoyal Dutch Shell Plc and Total SA will sign initial agreements on Wednesday to develop oil and gas fields in Iran, in the first European petroleum deals in the Persian Gulf country …

Herald SunLakes Oil, part owned by Gina Rinehart company, sues Victorian Government over fracking banHerald Sun“The unjust and unlawful actions of the Victorian Government, and its proposed bill to ban onshore exploration, have caused significant losses to …

CBC.caAlberta nosedives on global oil and gas investment rankingCBC.caAlberta has plunged to 43rd place in its attractiveness to global oil and gas investors, a report by the Fraser Institute suggests. The 10th annual Global Petroleum Survey of industry ex …

Economic TimesIndia may be only hope of oil producing nations struggling for Opec output dealEconomic TimesNigeria has been pushed to the brink of its first full-year economic contraction in 25 years, while Venezuela struggles to ward off a debt default at …

The Week UKOPEC Sees Oil Prices Rising More Slowly Amid Glut of CrudeABC NewsOPEC now sees oil prices rising more slowly over the next few years than it had expected, as the oversupply of crude takes longer to work off. The Organization of the Petroleum Ex …

Wall Street JournalLow Oil Prices Weigh on Europe's Oil CompaniesABC NewsTwo of Europe's largest energy companies said Tuesday that low oil prices weighed on underlying earnings once again in the third quarter and predicted that the price backdrop …

NewsdayIndictment: Engineering Firm Altered Sandy Damage ReportsABC NewsAn engineering firm that was hired by insurance companies to evaluate damage caused by Superstorm Sandy was charged Monday with illegally altering reports prepared by inspectors in the …

Eurozone Inflation Remains Negative but Poised for Oil BoostABC NewsConsumer prices across the 19-country eurozone fell again in May but look set to rise in the months ahead due to the recent pick-up in oil prices — an outlook that means the European Centr …

Global Stocks Higher on Oil BoostABC NewsGlobal stock markets were mostly higher Thursday after oil prices hit $50 a barrel for the first time since November. KEEPING SCORE: In early European trading, Britain's FTSE 100 was up 0.04 percent at 6,265.09 …