Bloomington Pantagraph | Oil Below $60 Tests U.S. Drive for Energy Independence Bloomberg Oil's biggest bust since the global recession was good for a few cases of whiplash. Just two months ago, Continental Resources Inc. (CLR), the shale driller founded by billionaire Harold Hamm, budgeted for $80-a-barrel oil and planned to spend $4.6 ... Financial shocker of 2014: falling oil prices Over the barrel: Oil-politik LETTER: A new twist to an old oil-pricing game |