KOMO NewsFormer Pettit Oil customers have new reason for hopeKOMO NewsBREMERTON, Wash. -- There is new hope for thousands of home heating oil customers who were convinced by Pettit Oil to pre-pay at the very time the company was entering bankruptcy. A KOMO …

seattlepi.com (blog)'Sensitive Security Information' on oil train cargoes will not be releasedseattlepi.com (blog)The oil train accident that woke up America: 14 cars of a CSX train derailed and caught fire in February along a river in West Virgini …

Money MorningCanada's New Shale Oil Field Could Rival the BakkenMoney MorningRecent data from the National Energy Board (NEB) and the Northwest Territories Geological Survey shows that this area holds as much as 200 billion barrels of shale oil reserve …

KOMO NewsGiant arctic oil rig heading for Seattle amid protest threatsKOMO NewsSEATTLE (AP) - The first of two drilling rigs Royal Dutch Shell is outfitting for oil exploration in the remote Arctic Ocean was being towed to the Port of Seattle Thursday, des …

Chicago TribuneNew rules for oil tank cars don't offer enough fire protection, experts sayChicago TribuneWhen a train hauling volatile crude oil derailed near Galena in March, witnesses said it took about only an hour for tank cars to explode, sending …

Wall Street JournalShale-Oil Producers Ready to Raise ProductionWall Street JournalAlthough that increase accounts for only about 5% of global oil supply, it was enough to help trigger a price collapse in November. Amid the buildup in global supply, Saudi …

WRAL.comOil on Derailed Train in North Dakota Met State Rule, Hess SaysWall Street JournalMr. Roper said the crude had been run through a “heater treater” to remove volatile gases and make the crude oil less combustible. He said the vapor pressure of the c …

Wall Street JournalWhat the Future of Oil Drilling Will Look LikeWall Street JournalTIOGA, N.D.—The future of the U.S. oil industry may well be taking shape north of this town on 15 square miles of windswept prairie above the Bakken Shale. It's about a …

Minneapolis Star TribuneOil-Price Plunge Hits North Dakota — Energy JournalWall Street Journal (blog)A magnet for oil workers has lost some of its attraction in the wake of plummeting oil prices, Russell Gold reports. After the oil boom started in the Bakk …

The Journal News | LoHud.comOil on Train in Illinois Derailment Shipped by Mercuria EnergyWall Street JournalThe crude oil aboard the train involved in a fiery derailment Thursday in Illinois was shipped by a big energy-trading company based in Switzerland …