CBC.caWhy Canada is the next frontier for shale oilCBC.caTogether, the Duvernay and Montney formations in Canada hold marketable resources estimated at 500 trillion cubic feet of natural gas, 20 billion barrels of natural gas liquids and 4.5 billion barrel …

AOLSix injured, one missing in Louisiana oil platform explosionAOLHOUSTON (Reuters) - One worker is missing and six are injured after an oil production platform operated by a New Orleans company exploded and caught fire in Louisiana's Lake Pontchartrai …

City A.M.Oil jumps on fears of new Iran sanctions, Iraq conflictFox BusinessDuring the previous round of sanctions against Iran, some 1 million barrels per day (bpd) of crude oil supplies were cut off global markets. While analysts said they did not expect …

Seeking AlphaWill DUCs Sink Oil Prices?Seeking AlphaNot at these incentive (oil price) levels - but believe it or not, this is exactly what oil bears are predicting. If OPEC starts paying these couch potatoes more, however, things might change. They may su …

CBC.caCanadian oil producers alter strategies in face of oil supply certaintyCBC.caA shift in global oil markets sentiment is under way, replacing decades of scarcity fears with confidence in surpluses, capping oil prices and forcing changes in the way the …

CBC.caOil and gas drilling rights sales surge in Alberta and BCCBC.caSales of Crown drilling rights in Alberta and B.C. have already delivered more money to provincial treasuries this year than last year, when they generated record low returns. Oil and gas …

Reuters UKCrude Oil Futures - Weekly Outlook: May 15-19Seeking AlphaOil futures settled nearly flat on Friday, but still registered the first weekly gain in a month on the likelihood that key crude producers will extend output cuts beyond an agreed-on June …

CBC.caWest Texas oil boom threatens recovery in Canadian oilpatchCBC.caIn the last year alone, Big Oil has spent more than $25 billion US on deals in the Permian basin, an area of West Texas and New Mexico about 2½ times the size of New Brunswick. The land …

CBC.caNorthern Alberta First Nation walks back on plan to block oil and gas companiesCBC.caA northern Alberta community is walking back on its initial proposal to stop certain oil and gas companies from entering by putting up gates at the entrance ways to …

CBC.caFeds, province commit $4M to U of M Arctic oil spill researchCBC.caThe province and the federal government chipped in a total of $4 million in funding for GENICE Monday, a project that will use gene-analyzing tools to study how polar marine environme …