Channel News AsiaPirates and hold-ups: crime strikes Venezuela's oil industryChannel News AsiaMARACAIBO, Venezuela: When night falls over western Venezuela, armed gangs known as "pirates" sometimes ride boats into muggy Lake Maracaibo to stea …

Wolfram: American oil production is still strongThe Detroit NewsThe shale revolution made possible by the advancement in horizontal drilling has changed the landscape of U.S. oil production by drastically lowering the cost of producing oil. In economic ter …

De Smog Blog (blog)New Research Confirms Earthquake Swarms Caused by Oil and Gas IndustryDe Smog Blog (blog)The evidence establishing that the oil and gas industry is causing earthquakes grew much stronger last week, as two scientific papers clarified exac …

Wall Street JournalOil Wells Yield a Gusher of Goofy NamesWall Street JournalAMBROSE, N.D.—How well an oil well is named is an afterthought for many companies, but for others it is an obsession. Ron Burgundy, Dean Wormer and Ty Webb have all taken on new l …

BloombergOil at $65 Seen Freeing 500000 Barrels From Shale FracklogBloombergOil needs to recover to $65 a barrel for U.S. drillers to tap a pent-up supply of oil locked in shale wells and unleash more crude on markets than is produced by Libya. Dipping int …

BloombergU.S. Shale Fracklog Triples as Drillers Keep Oil From MarketBloombergThink the U.S. is awash in crude now? Thank the fracklog that it's not worse. Drillers in oil and gas fields from Texas to Pennsylvania have yet to turn on the spigots at 4,7 …

TIMEISIS Set Fire to Oil Fields Near TikritTIMEFighters from the Islamic State in Iraq and Greater Syria (ISIS) set fire to the Ajil oil wells in east of the city of Tikrit in hopes of stopping aerial attacks that would drive them out of the oilfield, witn …

The Fiscal TimesWhy Oil Prices Will Rebound Before We Know ItThe Fiscal TimesOil industry analysts have been engaging in a burning debate: Have prices hit bottom or do they have further to fall? Energy company CEOs have been voicing their views on the ques …

MarketWatchOil may drop by more than $30 a barrel from current levels, says CitiMarketWatchThe oil market should bottom sometime between the end of the first quarter and beginning of the second quarter, with oversupply being a key factor, Citi analysts sai …

CITY A.M.UK oil and gas companies facing "triple whammy" threatCITY A.M.Oil and gas producers are facing an "economic triple whammy" as plummeting oil prices squeeze revenues, forcing through cost cuts, which in turn could lead to indus …