ReutersEarly Los Angeles-area quakes linked with oil productionReutersThe report suggested four major Los Angeles-area quakes in 1920, 1929, 1930 and 1933 were triggered by early drilling methods in which oil was extracted without water being pumped into t …

Iraqi Qayyara oil keeps burning six weeks after ouster of Islamic StateReutersBAGHDAD Several wells in Iraq's Qayyara oilfield continue to burn six weeks after the U.S.-backed Iraqi forces ousted Islamic State militants from the town as part of their p …

ReutersExxonMobil unit to pay US, Montana $12 million to settle 2011 oil spillReutersN) affiliate has agreed to pay $12 million in natural resource damages to the federal government and the state of Montana to settle claims over a 2011 crude oil spill from …

BBC NewsLibya oil firm ships first barrels from seized terminalBBC NewsA Libyan company has exported the first barrels from oil terminals seized by a military force earlier this month. The National Oil Corporation (NOC) has sent 776,000 barrels from Ras La …

Major Oil Indicator Reaches Lowest Level Ever RecordedOilPrice.comThe oil market is still in a state of uncertainty — with a lot of major indicators (including crude prices) in rapid flux. And news this week shows that the turbulence is far from over. With …

ReutersIraq puts out more oil fires at northern field, some still burningReutersBAGHDAD Iraq has put out fires at six more oil wells in the Qayyara region, which Iraqi forces recaptured from Islamic State late last month, but at least three fires are still …

ReutersIraq puts out more oil fires at northern field, some still burning | ReutersReutersIraq has put out fires at six more oil wells in the Qayyara region, which Iraqi forces recaptured from Islamic State late last month, but at least three fires are sti …

Seven injured in flash fire at Texas crude oil terminalReutersN) crude oil terminal in Nederland, Texas on Friday, a company spokesman said on Saturday. "Seven employees of a contractor working on site were injured, four of them critically, in what ap …

INFORUMIn The Pacific Northwest, Oil Train Derailment Highlights Potential DangersNPRThe number of trains carrying oil along the Columbia River between Oregon and Washington could dramatically increase. There's a plan to ship more oil from the Bakken r …

A summer cruise to the North Sea's oil rigs amazes touristsReutersOSLO Bored with palm-fringed beaches and turquoise seas? Then the gigantic oil platforms of the North Sea beckon. The first ever "rig-spotting" cruise just ended off the coast …