Oil rises on higher US stocks, falling dollar
The price of oil rose Monday, taking its cue from the stock market and the dollar. Full story
The price of oil rose Monday, taking its cue from the stock market and the dollar. Full story
LONDON (Reuters) - European investigators have asked top trading houses Glencore <GLEN.L>, Vitol and Gunvor to help with a probe into oil price manipulation, while not suggesting they are under investigation, industry sources said on Monday. Full story
Hercules Offshore Inc. said Monday that it will sell the bulk of its inland barge rigs as part of the oil and gas drilling company's shift to focus on more profitable parts of its business. Full story
HOUSTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - For the past three years, the boom in the U.S. shale oil industry has outstripped all expectations. Production surged far faster than any forecasts; drillers raced to secure space in new pipelines to get their crude to market. Full story
KUWAIT (Reuters) - State-run Kuwait Petroleum Company (KPC) appointed a new chief executive and suspended other top officials after the country paid $2.2 billion in damages to Dow Chemical Co <DOW.N> over a scrapped plastics joint venture. Full story
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Critics ridiculed European Union bureaucrats on Saturday for taking time off fighting the euro zone's debt crisis to impose strict new rules on how restaurants serve olive oil. Full story
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A driver fills up with fuel at a Shell petrol station in London May 15, 2013. Oil companies will face the full force of the law if they manipulated prices, Britain's energy minister said on Wednesday as the European Commission's demanded more firms provide information as part of its probe into oil p
Fuel pumps are seen at a Shell petrol station in London May 15, 2013. Oil companies will face the full force of the law if they manipulated prices, Britain's energy minister said on Wednesday as the European Commission's demanded more firms provide information as part of its probe into oil pricing.
A BP logo is seen at a petrol station in London May 15, 2013. Oil companies will face the full force of the law if they manipulated prices, Britain's energy minister said on Wednesday as the European Commission's demanded more firms provide information as part of its probe into oil pricing. REUTERS/
Sherif Haddara, Egypt's new Petroleum Minister, who has been newly assigned to his position during a cabinet reshuffle, is pictured in this undated handout photo provided by the Egypt Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources and released on May 7, 2013. Haddara, chairman of the Egyptian General P