Wall Street Journal | Low Crude Prices Catch Up With the US Oil Patch Wall Street Journal The ingenuity and easy money that allowed American oil companies to keep pumping through a year-long price crash appear to be petering out as U.S. crude slides toward $40 a barrel. U.S. companies have stunned global rivals by continuing to produce ... US oil for December delivery settles at $40.39 a barrel, down 0.4% World Oil Prices Post Weekly Gains WTI Crude Oil Price Forecast: A Year-End Present For Bulls? |