9NEWS.comWorker claims job loss due to falling oil prices9NEWS.comCasados' job loss comes as US oil and energy producers halt supply, which has been a factor for the drop in crude oil prices as worldwide demand has lessened. Another major impact of the …

New York TimesOn to Plan B As Oil Work Stalls in TexasNew York TimesWith oil prices plummeting by more than 50 percent since June, the gleeful mood of recent years has turned glum here in West Texas as the frenzy of shale oil drilling has come to a screech …

Winners and losers in the oil bustChicago TribunePlaces that have ridden the oil wave into prosperity may find themselves beached. Some of the moving vans that have been leaving Illinois, as residents looked for opportunity elsewhere, may come back, stuffe …

Oil price and Russian politicsThe Economist (blog)IN DECEMBER 1979 Soviet troops invaded Afghanistan. The oil price at the time was at its peak of $101 a barrel. The high price combined with fast-growing production of oil in Western Siberia provided the So …

CNBCTraders are pushing oil prices back up, but they are getting the market wrongQuartzOil prices are surging today on a report that the suffering of oil-producing nations may be coming to an end. But the report—from the International Energy Agency—is more …

CNNMoneyFalling oil's next victim: banksCNNMoneyCheap credit helped fuel the U.S. shale boom, allowing countless energy companies to find oil in new places. Banks also capitalized on economic booms in oil-rich regions like Texas and North Dakota. It wo …

Bloomberg ViewTexas oil boom heading for bust in a hurryDallas Morning NewsFor decades Texas oil had slowly been disappearing from the world market. The big companies were chasing oil buried under ocean floors off the coasts of Russia and Nigeria and in th …

Cheryl Hall: '80s bust tempers execs' glee over low oil pricesDallas Morning NewsJust ask Texans who saw plunging oil prices suck the wind out of a blowing-and-going economy in the mid-'80s. That's why many business owners are a tad anxious …