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Italian prosecutors seek criminal case in oil giants' deal in Nigeria

by Scott Tong
Feb 9, 2017
The case looks at an alleged bribery in a $1.3 billion oil deal.
A Shell employee at the Afam VI power plant takes a picture at the plant in Port Harcourt on September 29, 2015. 
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The amount of oil in the world is a mystery

by Scott Tong
Jul 27, 2016
Countries are not required to report storage data.
Oil pumps in operation at an oil field near central Los Angeles.
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A day out at the (black) market in Venezuela

by Scott Tong
Mar 23, 2016
Low oil prices and government actions created shortages and soaring inflation
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Which came first: low oil prices or declining stocks?

by Tracey Samuelson
Jan 26, 2016
Are stocks low because of lower oil prices or vice versa?
Are stocks low because of lower oil prices or vice versa?
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Now Big Oil's refinery profits start to shrink

by Nancy Marshall-Genzer
Jan 20, 2016
Big oil companies have been buffered a bit by higher profits from refining oil into gas.
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Energy companies look to tech to solve price slump

by Molly Wood
Jan 13, 2016
The price of oil has fallen more than 70 percent since June 2014.
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Finally, a ship loaded with U.S. crude leaves port

by Scott Tong
Jan 4, 2016
Oil producers like having an overseas market, but the economics are against a large volume of exports.
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Six myths about Keystone

by Scott Tong
Nov 3, 2015
A look at what's going to happen to the controversial pipeline.
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An earnings shock as Big Oil adjusts to low oil prices

by Andy Uhler
Oct 30, 2015
Multinationals are built for the long haul, but low oil prices are making them pull back.
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Halliburton is a bellwether for oil drilling in US

by Scott Tong
Oct 19, 2015
As drilling shuts down, the oil-field service company adapts.
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