Wall Street JournalHouse Votes to Lift Oil-Export BanWall Street JournalWASHINGTON—The House voted Friday to lift the 40-year-old ban on oil exports, fueling a clash with President Barack Obama, giving the oil industry one of its top congressional prioriti …

Wall Street JournalEncana to Sell Colorado Oil and Gas Assets for $900 MillionWall Street JournalEncana, which has been shedding assets to shore up its balance sheet, will sell 51,000 net acres in the DJ Basin oil and natural-gas play to a new entity owned …

MLive.comMarijuana oil production caused Warren home explosionMLive.comWarren Fire Commissioner Wilbert "Skip" McAdams says butane stored in a Warren man's freezer for creating THC oil is what caused an explosion and fire Monday afternoon. Mc …

Chron.com (blog)Jobs report: Thousands more oil and gas cuts in SeptemberChron.com (blog)Weak oil prices continue to hammer an already beleaguered oil and gas workforce in the U.S., with another 8,300 jobs cut in September, according to Labor Department da …

MarketWatchOil's slump played havoc in US junk-bond market in SeptemberMarketWatchLow oil prices continued to wreak havoc in the U.S. high-yield bond market in September, and the outlook remains grim, reports from two major rating firms showed Friday. …

Oil Drillers Bet Choking Wells Will Keep Shale From Going BustBloombergThey're conceding huge up-front gushers of crude in exchange for smaller production declines over time so that the wells ultimately generate more oil. The strategy sacrifices one of …

BloombergAn Oklahoma of Oil at Risk as Debt Shackles U.S. Shale DrillersBloombergAs much as 400,000 barrels a day of oil production is at risk as U.S. shale companies like Samson Resources Co. run out of money and are forced to slow drilling. Total debt fo …

Yahoo NewsFired regulator: Brown pushed to waive oil safeguards.Yahoo NewsSAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The state's fired former top oil regulator says Gov. Jerry Brown's administration pressured him to break federal and state law on oilfield permitting. De …

Wall Street JournalPrivate-Equity Firms Plunge Back Into the Oil PatchWall Street JournalPrivate-equity firms are doubling down on energy, despite heavy damage from their last adventure in the oil patch. These firms' stakes in a dozen publicly traded e …

The Globe and MailHusky Energy Profit Slumps 81% on Oil's Drop - WSJWall Street JournalHusky said its daily production edged up nearly 1% to 337,000 barrels of oil equivalent a day, which it said reflects steady results from its suite of heavy oil ther …