Strikes impact Shell's Pernis oil refinery but extent unclear  ReutersStriking workers at Royal Dutch Shell's Pernis plant in the Netherlands have taken offline a thermal gasoil installation, a Dutch union said on Monday, in the first ... Read mo …

The GuardianDutton's visa exemption for offshore oil and gas workers 'hypocrisy', union saysThe GuardianTracey said that two-thirds of the several thousand workers in the offshore oil and gas industry worked on or from vessels (as opposed to fi …

ABC OnlineDevonport oil tanker stand-off goes to Industrial Relations CommissionABC OnlineThe crew of an oil tanker docked in Devonport is engaging in illegal industrial action, the ship's operator will argue in the Industrial Relations Commission toda …

The GuardianUK growth to pick up as cheaper oil cheers consumers, CBI saysThe GuardianAs oil prices have halved since a $115-a-barrel peak last summer, the CBI now expects the UK economy to grow by 2.7% this year, up from its 2.5% forecast in November. Thi …

The EconomistWhose oil in Brazil?The EconomistTHE slogan under which Petrobras, Brazil's national oil company, was founded in 1953 was o petróleo é nosso (“the oil is ours”). Ours, not the foreigners', was the implication. That, too, is the sentime …

The GuardianAt my oil refinery, my life is worth the price of a pieThe GuardianAnd it's a big part of the reason that 5,000 USW oil and chemical workers, including me, are on unfair labor practice strikes nationwide. We believe not enough is being done …