NEWS.com.auAustralian dollar plunges on oil pricesNEWS.com.auThe currency has slumped after a meeting of oil producing nations in Qatar on Sunday night (AEST) failed to agree to cut production. The talks broke down after Saudi Arabia reportedly demanded th …

Ventura County StarOil island draws heat for 'disrepair and dysfunction'San Francisco ExaminerLOS ANGELES — One of California's early offshore oil drilling operations is under fire from state regulators to clean up its act after severely corrod …

A Bust Hits the Oil Patch as Rest of Nation Enjoys Cheap GasABC NewsIt might sound strange, but the penny-pinching folks in Louisiana's Oil Patch can't wait for the price of gasoline to go back up. Cheap gas at the pump — though a welcome cash infu …

Fox NewsCheap Oil, Good for Consumers, Is Slamming Stocks. Why?ABC NewsStocks are having their worst start to a year in history in part because of a rapid plunge in the price of oil. The price of crude is down 28 percent this year already, which in turn ha …

Sydney Morning HeraldShare fall may slow 'Santa rally' amid rough ride for oilSydney Morning HeraldThe sliding oil price has put the skids under Wall Street which, with further bad news for BHP from the Samarco disaster, will place Australian share …

The New YorkerCongress lifts US oil export banJapan TodayThe U.S. Congress has voted to repeal the 40-year-old ban on exporting U.S. crude oil in an energy policy shift sought by Republicans as part of a bipartisan deal that also provided unprecedented tax …

Telegraph.co.ukOil price rout sends inflation to lowest levels witnessed since Great DepressionTelegraph.co.ukA dramatic oil price rout beginning in the summer of 2014 has pulled down price growth across the group. Not since the Great Depression has price …