Flooding flushes oil, chemicals into Texas riversAustin American-StatesmanEL PASO, Texas — Recent floods across Texas have inundated oil wells and fracking sites, flushing crude oil and toxic fracking chemicals into the state's rivers. State emergency …

VanguardUS importing Nigeria crude oil again?VanguardThe opening up of the US market is giving Nigeria a new beginning with the US in oil trade. However, it is because the price of crude has dropped so low that it is no longer profitable for the US shale p …

San Antonio Express-News (subscription)Oil drillers starting to tap into their backlogSan Antonio Express-News (subscription)The speed of the U.S. oil industry's inevitable resurrection after the worst oil bust in decades is at the center of a new deba …

TransCanada Restarts Keystone Oil Pipeline After LeakWall Street JournalThe 3,000-mile-long Keystone pipeline carries light and heavy crude oil from Hardisty, Alberta to a refinery and oil terminal in Illinois, as well as storage facilities at Cushing, Okl …

ThinkProgressAnti-Drilling Protesters Shout, Disrupt Oil, Gas Lease SaleABC NewsProtesters opposed to drilling in the Gulf of Mexico disrupted an oil and gas lease sale Wednesday, chanting and waving signs as government officials read bids from companies f …

VanguardOil workers end strike after govt pledges no job cutsVanguardNigerian unions on Thursday ended a day-old strike against the revamp of the beleaguered state oil firm after a minister promised there would be no job cuts. The strike, launched on Wedne …

Wall Street JournalUS to Target Existing Oil, Gas Wells in Effort to Cut Methane EmissionsWall Street JournalWASHINGTON—The Obama administration is expected to announce its first step toward regulating methane emissions from hundreds of thousands of oil an …

Wall Street JournalUS Targets Oil, Gas Wells to Cut Methane EmissionsWall Street JournalWASHINGTON—The Obama administration is expected to announce its first step toward regulating methane emissions from hundreds of thousands of oil and natural gas wells a …

Wall Street JournalUS Bid to Prosecute BP Staff in Gulf Oil Spill Falls FlatWall Street JournalThe outcome, stemming from the largest oil spill off the U.S. coast, in which 11 people died and more than three million barrels of oil poured into the Gulf, is …

FuelFix (blog)Army Corps to Review North Slope Oil Project by Spanish FirmABC NewsA federal agency will conduct an environmental assessment of a Spanish company's plans to develop what it says could be a significant oil field on Alaska's North Slop …