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Byline: Clifford Krauss and Niraj Chokshi Delta's foray into oil refining illustrates some of the reasons the business was in trouble even before the pandemic. Jet fuel is known as [...]

Delta's foray into oil refining illustrates some of the reasons the business was in trouble even before the pandemic. Jet fuel is known as the Steady Eddie of the refinery [...]

The largest U.S. independent refining company will get cash, and 7-Eleven will add 4,000 convenience stores. HOUSTON -- Marathon Petroleum, the largest U.S. independent refiner, announced on Sunday that it [...]

Some energy executives are pleased that the former vice president is not calling for a fracking ban and said they could work with him. HOUSTON -- Joseph R. Biden Jr. [...]

With a $5 billion play for Noble Energy, the oil giant is set to acquire properties around the world for a relative bargain. Other companies might make similar moves. HOUSTON [...]

Byline: Alissa J. Rubin, Clifford Krauss and Ivor Prickett NAHRAN OMAR, Iraq - The men of Nahran Omar, a village in the heart of southern Iraq's oil country, filed into [...]

NAHRAN OMAR, Iraq -- The men of Nahran Omar, a village in the heart of southern Iraq's oil country, filed into a Shiite shrine clutching envelopes with X-rays, medical reports [...]

The company helped turn the United States into a gas exporter but became known for an illegal scheme to suppress the price of oil and gas leases. HOUSTON -- Chesapeake [...]

Businesses were reopening in recent weeks and oil prices had climbed north of $40 a barrel before coronavirus infections accelerated in the state. HOUSTON -- Things were looking up for [...]

Trying to cut spending as the pandemic reduces tax revenue, governments are finding it easier to lift restraints on what consumers pay for fuel. The coronavirus pandemic has sent economies [...]

Byline: Clifford Krauss Trying to cut spending as the pandemic reduces tax revenue, governments are finding it easier to lift restraints on what consumers pay for fuel. The coronavirus pandemic [...]

The company, which has said it could file for bankruptcy protection, helped turn the U.S. into a gas exporter but became known for an illegal scheme to suppress the price [...]

The U.S. benchmark reached $32 a barrel, a month after briefly falling below zero, but it's still far from where it was before the pandemic. HOUSTON -- Driving in the [...]

Byline: Clifford Krauss Businesses in the United States, Israel and other countries were planning to invest billions in export terminals. Now, those projects are being canceled or delayed. HOUSTON - [...]

Businesses in the United States, Israel and other countries were planning to invest billions in export terminals. Now, those projects are being canceled or delayed. HOUSTON -- A few months [...]

Byline: Tamir Kalifa and Clifford Krauss 'This Feels Very Different' MIDLAND, Texas - In just over a month, scores of drilling rigs have been dismantled and tucked away in storage [...]

'This Feels Very Different' MIDLAND, Texas -- In just over a month, scores of drilling rigs have been dismantled and tucked away in storage yards. Pump jacks, those piston pumps [...]

Byline: Clifford Krauss Across the United States, companies are laying off workers, shutting down wells and preparing for a prolonged slump as oil prices tumble. HOUSTON - Workers at Marathon [...]

Byline: Stanley Reed and Clifford Krauss One oil price went negative on Monday, signaling that there is no place to store all the crude the world is producing but not [...]

Byline: Clifford Krauss Saudi Arabia, Russia and other oil-producing nations have pledged to cut about 10 percent of global production, but demand is down by much more than that. HOUSTON [...]

Byline: Clifford Krauss Job losses and bankruptcies appear certain, but a deal among producers may put a floor under prices for now. HOUSTON - The American oil industry may have [...]

Finding a solution that preserves jobs and bolsters fragile economies won't be easy. Usually it's the world's major oil-producing countries that step in when a big drop in prices roils [...]

Byline: Michael Crowley, Clifford Krauss and Andrew E. Kramer The president's optimism for a deal between Saudi Arabia and Russia to reduce production and a Saudi call for talks send [...]

The president's optimism for a deal between Saudi Arabia and Russia to reduce production and a Saudi call for talks send crude prices skyrocketing, but Moscow showed little enthusiasm. WASHINGTON [...]

Byline: Clifford Krauss The use of gasoline and other fuels is dropping as Saudi Arabia and Russia increase production, sending oil prices to their lowest level in a generation. HOUSTON [...]

The use of gasoline and other fuels is dropping as Saudi Arabia and Russia increase production, sending oil prices to their lowest level in a generation. HOUSTON -- The once [...]

The U.S. had imposed sanctions on two Rosneft oil trading subsidiaries this year for helping Venezuela's authoritarian president, Nicolás Maduro. CARACAS, Venezuela -- The Russian state-controlled oil firm Rosneft said [...]

Byline: Matt Phillips and Clifford Krauss Energy companies were major issuers of junk bonds to finance expansion. But now they are in trouble as capital has dried up and oil [...]

Energy companies were major issuers of junk bonds to finance expansion. But now they are in trouble as capital has dried up and oil prices have cratered. Wall Street supercharged [...]

Byline: Anatoly Kurmanaev and Clifford Krauss America's biggest energy company, Exxon Mobil, made a big bet on a risky oil prospect in Guyana, a small South American nation. Now the [...]

America's biggest energy company, Exxon Mobil, made a big bet on a risky oil prospect in Guyana, a small South American nation. Now the oil giant is entangled in the [...]

Byline: Clifford Krauss The shale drilling peak of a decade ago may never return, but the coronavirus fallout is being taken in stride: 'Everyone knows oil is boom and bust.' [...]

The shale drilling peak of a decade ago may never return, but the coronavirus fallout is being taken in stride: ''Everyone knows oil is boom and bust.'' KARNES CITY, Texas [...]

Byline: Clifford Krauss Oil producers in the United States and other nations brace for lower revenue, reduced investment and job losses as a global glut is compounded. HOUSTON - The [...]

Oil producers in the United States and other nations brace for lower revenue, reduced investment and job losses as a global glut is compounded. HOUSTON -- The sudden upheaval in [...]

Russia on Friday rejected an agreement with OPEC on cuts in oil supplies to bolster prices. Saudi Arabia slashed its export oil prices over the weekend in what is likely [...]

A meeting of oil ministers is trying to agree to cuts in output as the coronavirus outbreak slows economic activity. A 20 percent plunge in oil prices this year since [...]

Byline: Clifford Krauss A developer has abandoned a nine-year effort to extend mining, sparing Justin Trudeau a choice between energy interests and environmental concerns. A major effort to expand development [...]

A developer has abandoned a nine-year effort to extend mining, sparing Justin Trudeau a choice between energy interests and environmental concerns. A major effort to expand development of Canada's oil [...]

Byline: Anatoly Kurmanaev and Clifford Krauss Faced with a severe economic crisis, the country's leader, Nicolás Maduro, is letting foreign firms take over daily operations of its oil fields. It's [...]

Faced with a severe economic crisis, the country's leader, Nicolás Maduro, is letting foreign firms take over daily operations of its oil fields. It's a break with core tenets of [...]

Byline: Clifford Krauss With a decline in China's demand sending world prices lower, cutbacks by American companies may be ahead, but drivers are benefiting. HOUSTON - At a time when [...]

With a decline in China's demand sending world prices lower, cutbacks by American companies may be ahead, but drivers are benefiting. HOUSTON -- At a time when they are already [...]

Oil and gas companies may see an export revival from the accord, but they seek commitments that tariffs will be dropped. HOUSTON -- The American energy industry offered cautious praise [...]

Byline: Stanley Reed and Clifford Krauss The muted initial reaction to last week's killing of an Iranian general points to confidence that shipping lanes will be unaffected. The most surprising [...]

The muted initial reaction to last week's killing of an Iranian general points to confidence that shipping lanes will be unaffected. The most surprising thing about the oil market's initial [...]

Byline: Clifford Krauss Chevron's multibillion-dollar write-down of gas assets is the most recent sign that the gas supply has far outstripped demand. HOUSTON - A decade ago, natural gas was [...]

Chevron's multibillion-dollar write-down of gas assets is the most recent sign that the gas supply has far outstripped demand. HOUSTON -- A decade ago, natural gas was heralded as the [...]

It remains to be seen whether the reduction in output will have an impact on prices amid a worldwide glut and cheating on agreements. The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting [...]

Byline: Anatoly Kurmanaev and Clifford Krauss As the country's first Indigenous president has tumbled from power, Indigenous Bolivians fear the loss of their hard-won political gains, and say a racial [...]