Money manager David Einhorn slammed the shale drilling industry that ushered in a new era of U.S. oil production as wasteful, expensive and a terrible investment.
The US State Department says it cannot confirm a report that an American oil delegation plans to visit Tehran within the next few days to discuss business.
The meteoric rise in U.S. oil production has ended, easing a global glut and driving a rebound in crude prices from below $50 a barrel, according to crude trader and hedge fund manager Andrew J. Hall.
U.S. oil companies sidelined 24 oil-drilling rigs this week, according to Baker Hughes’ rig count released Friday, bringing the count to its lowest point since October 2010.
Gasoline prices are climbing again, pumped up by a rallying oil market and a seasonal switch to more expensive summer-blends, but motorists still are enjoying the cheapest springtime fuel in six years.
One million barrels of oil. Enough to fill more than 60 Olympic-sized swimming pools. And there it sat in tanks outside San Francisco -- for three years -- despite crude prices that topped $100 a barrel.
Canada’s biggest banks are on the hook for at least $478 million of the $26 billion owed to U.S. oil and gas firms that bought protection against plunging crude prices.
Oil production from key shale formations in North Dakota and Texas increased by 17,000 barrels per day (b/d), or 1%, in March versus February, according to Bentek Energy, an analytics and forecasting unit of Platts, ...