ReutersEnter the 'petro': Venezuela to launch oil-backed cryptocurrency ...ReutersCARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro looked to the world of digital currency to circumvent U.S.-led financial sanctions, announcing on Sunday the l …

Aljazeera.comThe Man Behind The Oil Price RallyOilPrice.comThe OPEC meeting is over and the cartel has extended production cuts throughout 2018. The decision is obviously crucial to supporting oil prices, but perhaps an even bigger story is the relentless …

ReutersEnter 'petro': Venezuela to launch oil-backed cryptocurrency - ReutersReutersPresident Nicolas Maduro said on Sunday Venezuela would launch a cryptocurrency to combat a U.S.-led financial "blockade," although he provided few clues …

ReutersEnter 'petro': Venezuela to launch oil-backed cryptocurrencyReutersStill, the announcement highlights how U.S. sanctions this year are hurting Venezuela's ability to move money through international banks. Sources say compliance departme …

ReutersEnter the 'petro': Venezuela to launch oil-backed cryptocurrencyReutersCARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro looked to the world of digital currency to circumvent U.S.-led financial sanctions, announcing on Sunday the launc …

Chron.comMIT study suggests US vastly overstates oil output forecastsChron.comMargaret Coleman, the EIA's leader of oil, gas and biofuels exploration and production analysis, said in an email "the study raises valid points" and the administra …

ReutersPleas to flee, a desperate video: Inside Venezuela's oil industry purgeReutersThat trust, the product of three years in which Del Pino held the top two jobs in Venezuela's oil ministry, now appears alarmingly misplaced. Maduro is charging De …

Chron.comOPEC's easy win masks tough oil-market choices aheadChron.comOn the surface, Thursday's OPEC meeting was a no-drama success. The group of oil nations agreed to extend year-old production cuts through the end of 2018 to help boost prices, n …

ReutersTurkey Inches Closer To Disrupting Kurdish Oil ExportsOilPrice.comTurkey supports Iraq's decision that the oil trade should be done only by the central government, reaffirming it will deal only with Baghdad, in a move that could disrupt or total …

ReutersOil prices climb on tension over Iraqi KurdistanReutersLONDON (Reuters) - Oil prices rose on Thursday, spurred by tension around northern Iraq following the Kurdistan region's vote in favor of independence in a referendum. Brent crude LCOc1 was …