Another Oil-Backed Cryptocurrency LaunchesOilPrice.comNew York-based investment and holding company Signal Capital Management said on Monday that it had launched a cryptocurrency backed by oil and gas reserves in what it says is the “world's first glob …

CBC.caNWT set to revamp decades-old oil and gas lawsCBC.caA public document released by the territory last week states the proposed updates to the laws are just a first step and aren't intended to be "comprehensive." "It is the first ste …

CBC.caBalls of bitumen: Calgary breakthrough will make oil pipelines unnecessary, researcher saysCBC.caIan Gates was researching ways to upgrade bitumen when he and his team accidentally found a way to degrade it, making it even more viscous — which, in tu …

CBC.caOil prices take another dive — can the oilpatch take it?CBC.caThe collapse of the oil-services company Sanjel in 2016 was typical of a no-good, terrible year in Alberta. The family-owned company had grown quickly and was carrying too much debt when t …

CBC.caThe US will not drown the world in oil, forecaster saysCBC.caThe price of oil has been in the doldrums for months now, as OPEC cartel members cut supply and U.S. producers increase it. But a Calgary energy forecaster told an audience of oil executive …

Motley FoolOil and Gas Stock Roundup: A Small Dose of OptimismMotley FoolWhile crude was up less than 1%, and still closed below $50 a barrel, that was a step in the right direction for an oil market that has been under tremendous selling pressure recently …

Motor oil makes its way into Windward Oahu wildlife refugeHawaii News NowThe state is trying to find the source of motor oil that left a thin sheen on the waters surrounding Hamakua Marsh in Kailua. The spill was discovered Friday morning. It's feared …

CBC.caHusky, AER assessing leak of crude oil near Bragg CreekCBC.caAlberta's Energy Regulator says a pipeline has leaked crude oil in southwestern Alberta. AER spokeswoman Monica Hermary says Husky Energy of Calgary reported the spill at Cox Hill Creek …

CBC.caLeduc No. 1: Seven decades ago, a single oil well changed Alberta historyCBC.caImperial Oil had a dismal track record. The company had drilled 133 dry holes in a row, and after pouring millions of dollars into the search was about to abandon oil expl …