Engineers find structural risks in Skagit County Courthouse  Bryan-College Station EagleMOUNT VERNON, Wash. (AP) — An engineering firm has found severe structural problems that would put a nearly 100-year-old courthouse in Washington state ... Re …

Democrats question Trump 'favoritism' of oil industry during shutdown  Danbury News TimesLawmakers are intensifying their scrutiny of the Interior Department's decision to keep churning out drilling permits and restart work on offshore oil leasin …

Oil put LA on the map, but may have heightened earthquake risk  Herald-Mail MediaHoping to escape traffic on her way home from Los Angeles International Airport, Susan Hough drove down La Cienega Boulevard through the heart of the ... Read more h …

Office market begins to feel oil’s impact  Houston Chronicle Even though the Houston region has diversified its economy in recent years, oil and gas tenants are critical to the office market. Read more https://www.houstonchronicle.com/business/ar …

CBC.caIrving Oil ordered to pay $4M for offences related to Lac Mégantic disasterCBC.caIrving Oil has been ordered to pay $4 million for offences under the Transportation of Dangerous Goods Act after an investigation related to the Lac Mégantic, Que., disa …

ReutersTrudeau Praises Firefighters Efforts to Save Oil Sands CityABC NewsPrime Minister Justin Trudeau says most Canadians have yet to grasp the lengths to which firefighters went to save nearly 90 percent of the oil sands capital of Fort McMurray from a …

Minot wants to hire an engineering firm for levee workBismarck TribuneMINOT, N.D. (AP) — Minot officials want to hire an engineering firm to help bring the city's flood levees up to federal standards. The Minot Daily News reports (http://bit.ly/1Ta9j8x …

Drillers: Oil Well Rules Dire for Business; Others DisagreeABC NewsAn industry-funded study warns of dire consequences if pending rules to prevent another catastrophic oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico go into effect, but critics questioned that claim. The d …

Oklahoma Oil, Gas Regulators Order Changes After EarthquakesABC NewsThe state commission that regulates Oklahoma's oil and natural gas industry ordered some injection well operators to reduce wastewater disposal volumes on Monday after at least a dozen …

Los Angeles TimesHead of California agency accused of favoring oil industry quitsLos Angeles TimesCalifornia's oil regulators, the Division of Oil, Gas and Geothermal Resources, have been facing scrutiny from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency af …