STLtoday.comDurbin wants tougher safety measures for tankers carrying crude oilSTLtoday.comThe Illinois Democrat made his case Friday at a Collinsville fire department for two bills he's co-sponsoring: one that speeds up the phase-out of some older tan …

NOLA.comAn eye-popping gif of how oil moves around AmericaWashington Post (blog)The recent boom in U.S. oil production has meant that more crude oil is traveling by rail in this country than ever before -- and that alarming oil-by-rail accidents are also o …

7 ways to profit from wild oil prices9NEWS.comThe roughly 50% collapse in the price of oil is whetting the appetite of investors looking for a play to an eventual recovery in the commodity's prices. Speculators are betting the price of oil was pushed t …

No Oil Trade Is Dicier Than This Colombian Driller StockBloomberg(Bloomberg) -- The world's wildest oil stock is a Colombian driller that's either on the cusp of a gusher or about to go bust, depending on whom you ask. The company is Pacific Rubial …

Bay Area Crude Oil-By-Rail Shipments Halted After Price Per Barrel Drops SharplyCBS LocalRICHMOND (CBS SF) — The low price of oil has has prompted an energy company to halt the transportation by rail of bakken crude through the Bay Area. KPIX 5 learned tha …

South China Morning Post (subscription)Railways reduce shipping load on drop in oil pricesThe Globe and MailThe cost of shipping a barrel of oil by train can be as much as $22 (U.S.), depending on the destination, double that of pipelines and often exceedi …

South China Morning Post (subscription)Railways reduce shipping load due to drop in oil pricesThe Globe and MailThe cost of shipping a barrel of oil by train can be as much as $22 (U.S.), depending on the destination, double that of pipelines and often exc …