Oil giant Royal Dutch Shell sees quarterly profits jump by nearly 50% thanks to higher oil prices and expansion in its business.
news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/business/8648091.stm - Wed, 28 Apr 2010 06:32 GMT
First quarter profits at oil giant BP more than double from a year ago to hit $5.6bn thanks to rising oil prices.
news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/business/8645740.stm - Tue, 27 Apr 2010 06:42 GMT
World oil prices rise as investor confidence returns and hopes for an end to flight disruptions are boosted.
news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/business/8632234.stm - Tue, 20 Apr 2010 22:40 GMT
China posts a $7.2bn monthly deficit, its first for six years, as a result of rising prices of oil, coal and other raw materials.
news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/business/8612809.stm - Sat, 10 Apr 2010 10:18 GMT
The cost of filling up a petrol tank with unleaded has hit a new record, yet the price of its raw ingredient - crude oil - is nowhere near its highs of the summer 2008. Why?
news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/business/8610030.stm - Thu, 08 Apr 2010 16:42 GMT
The price of oil reaches a fresh 18-month high on growing hopes of a US-led global economic recovery.
news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/business/8604680.stm - Tue, 06 Apr 2010 22:07 GMT
Oil prices extend gains above $80 a barrel after the Opec oil cartel sticks with its existing output targets.
news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/business/8572474.stm - Wed, 17 Mar 2010 13:20 GMT
Oil firm Tullow says profits for 2009 fell by 93% but it is optimistic after major new discoveries in Uganda and Ghana.
news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/business/8559486.stm - Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:03 GMT
The IMF is to lend Iraq $3.6bn to rebuild its infrastructure as low oil prices slash its revenue.
news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/middle_east/8536034.stm - Thu, 25 Feb 2010 09:21 GMT
The head of the oil and gas regulator Ofgem has warned energy firms not to "short change" consumers.
news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/business/8535664.stm - Wed, 24 Feb 2010 23:09 GMT