NBCNews.comNorth Dakota town evacuated after oil train derailsCNBCA media statement from Berkshire Hathaway-owned BNSF read: "At approximately 7:30 am CDT today, a train operating approximately 50 miles east of Minot, ND derailed carrying crude oil. I …

Business InsiderHedge funds are in love with crude oilBusiness InsiderOil prices are recovering from the crash, and hedge funds have made big bets that oil prices will keep rallying. According to a report from Societe Generale, hedge funds are most bullish …

Reverse Oil Shock: Part 3 – Feeding Financial InstabilityEconoMonitor (blog)Financial markets have generally assumed lower oil prices are positive for asset prices, resulting from the positive effect on growth and lower inflation which extends the period o …

NBCNews.comFires Finally Dwindling Days After Illinois Oil Train DerailmentNBCNews.comFirefighters were still working Sunday to extinguish the last of a series of fires that erupted when a BNSF Railway train loaded with crude oil derailed two days ago in a …

Barclays' Mahesh Says Election a 'Huge Risk' for Nigeria OilBloomberg(Bloomberg) -- Barclays Plc energy analyst Miswin Mahesh sees a “huge risk” of oil production in Nigeria being disrupted by political instability arising from elections schedu …

Wall Street JournalWrecks Hit Tougher Oil RailcarsWall Street JournalIn a string of recent oil train derailments in the U.S. and Canada, new and sturdier railroad tanker cars being built to carry a rising tide of crude oil across the continent have failed …