Deliberations near in ex-BP executive's oil spill trialWashington PostNEW ORLEANS — Closing arguments are set for Friday in the case of a former BP executive charged with lying to federal investigators about the 2010 BP oil spill. Prosecution and defen …

Santa Barbara IndependentFisherman Sues Pipeline Owner Over Santa Barbara Oil SpillABC NewsA commercial fisherman sued the owner of the oil pipeline that spilled thousands of gallons of crude on the Santa Barbara coast, alleging the environmental disaster …

CBC.caWestern Canadian Wildfires Shut in Oil Sands ProductionWall Street JournalCALGARY—Wildfires that have crimped Alberta's oil sands production for more than a week continue to burn, officials said Monday, dealing another blow to producers already s …

RTUS Says Decade-Old Gulf Oil Leak Could Last Another CenturyABC NewsFor more than a decade, oil has been leaking into the Gulf of Mexico where a hurricane toppled a drilling company's platform off the coast of Louisiana. Now the federal government is …

ABC NewsOil Industry Challenges Rules Meant to Stop Train ExplosionsABC NewsThe U.S. oil industry has filed a court challenge to new rules aimed at reducing the risk of catastrophic accidents involving crude moved by rail, following a string of fiery derai …

Financial PostUS, Canada Unveil Rules to Boost Oil Train SafetyABC NewsRail tank cars that are used to transport most crude oil and many other flammable liquids will have to be built to stronger standards to reduce the risk of catastrophic train crash and …

NDTVCrude oil is getting smokedBusiness InsiderOil is getting smoked after the latest inventory data from the American Petroleum Institute showed a huge increase in crude oil inventories last week. The latest report from API showed crude oil inventories ro …

The Seattle Times (blog)Fire Smolders a 3rd Day From W.Va. Oil Train DerailmentABC NewsA fire triggered by the derailment of a train carrying crude oil is smoldering for a third day in southern West Virginia. State public safety division spokesman Larry Me …

The future price of oil? Nobody has a clueYahoo FinanceThis is the rather wide range of estimates coming from some of the financial world's most knowledgeable forecasters. Some will turn out to be right, but many will end up being very, very wrong. Pre …

NJ.comFire From W.Va. Oil Train Derailment Burns for 3rd DayABC NewsA fire triggered by the derailment of a train carrying crude oil is smoldering for a third day in southern West Virginia. State public safety division spokesman Larry Messina said Wednesda …