Must Read Alaska (blog)Production-killing oil tax bill advances in the HouseMust Read Alaska (blog)An aggressive oil tax bill crafted by the co-chairs of the House Resources Committee was voted out of committee this week and is headed for its next stop, Ho …

Financial TimesPutin orders crackdown on vodka substitutes after bath oil deathsFinancial TimesIn Irkutsk, the Siberian city near Lake Baikal where at least 107 people fell ill from drinking the bath oil, local authorities declared a public health emergenc …

FortuneObama Bans New Oil and Gas Drilling Off Alaska, Part of Atlantic CoastFortuneU.S. President Barack Obama on Tuesday banned new oil and gas drilling in federal waters in the Atlantic and Arctic Oceans, in a push to leave his stamp on the environment …

TIMEOil Drilling in the Arctic Could Protect America and the EnvironmentTIMEThe latest indications from Washington D.C. suggest that the White House is considering imposing a similar ban in the Arctic, leaving the Gulf of Mexico as the only available area …

EcoWatchBP Platform Leaks Oil Into North Sea With No Plans to Clean It UpEcoWatchAbout 95 metric tons of oil leaked into the North Sea on Sunday from BP's Clair platform, and it will be left in the ocean. BP says the oil is moving away from land and di …

Wall Street JournalOil Explorer Claims Major Alaskan FindWall Street JournalA little-known energy exploration company said on Tuesday that it has made a world-class oil discovery in remote Alaska, potentially breathing new life into the state's declini …

MetroNews CanadaBetween Cheap Gas And Carbon Caps, Oil Sands Face Uncertain FateNPRCanada has the world's third-largest oil reserve and it's worth hundreds of billions of dollars. Nearly all of that crude is contained in Alberta's oil sands. Ge …

ReutersOil hovers at multiyear lows; analysts see no bottoming out of pricesMarketWatchIn its monthly report released last week, the IEA said the growth of global oil demand will slow to 1.2 million barrels a day in 2016, compared with 1.8 million barrels …

Wall Street JournalHilcorp Seeks to Build Island to Extract Arctic Offshore OilWall Street JournalWhile Shell proposed exploratory wells in the Chukchi Sea about 80 miles off Alaska's northwest coast, a Texas oil company wants to build a gravel island …

Wall Street JournalOil Firms Face Reality of Sustained Low PricesWall Street JournalA -0.75 % PLC posted a $6.1 billion loss in the third quarter after its decision to walk away from exploring the Arctic for oil and exploiting Canada's oil sands result …