Explosion brings Syncrude oil sands facility to a haltThe Globe and MailAn explosion at a Syncrude oilsands processing site near Fort McMurray has interrupted operations at the facility. Ryan Bartlett with the Alberta Energy Regulator says the blast happen …

CBS LocalGovernor Signs Bill To Stiffen Penalties For Manufacture Of Explosive Hash Oil ...CBS LocalLOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com) — Gov. Jerry Brown on Friday signed a bill that would stiffen penalties for making hash oil and methamphetamine in or near residenti …

Globalnews.caCanada not prepared to deal with Arctic or deep water oil spillGlobalnews.caNewfoundland and Labrador relies on offshore oil for about one-third of government revenues. Deepwater prospects in the Flemish Pass more than 1,200 metres down and 50 …

Wall Street JournalFire at Ukraine Oil Storage Depot Leaves One Worker, Several Firefighters DeadWall Street JournalKIEV, Ukraine—An intense fire at an oil storage depot near Kiev left several firefighters and one worker dead on Tuesday, in what Ukrainian …

Sacramento BeeHash-oil burns are exploding dangerSacramento BeeSimilar scenes have played out throughout California in recent years as intense fires from the illegal manufacture of butane hash oil – cheap and easy to make but extremely volatile – have expl …

BloombergUS Coast Guard Responds to Oil Platform Fire in Gulf of MexicoWall Street JournalThe U.S. Coast Guard said Friday that it is responding to a fire at an oil production platform near New Orleans. The Coast Guard received a report of a fire from the …

The Seattle TimesUS stocks mostly fall on lower oil prices, inflation reportThe Seattle TimesNEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks slipped in noon trading Friday as energy companies fell along with the price of oil. Investors are weighing the latest batch of corpora …

CBC.caOil Spill Blights California CoastlineNBCNews.comA 24-inch pipeline owned by Plains All American Pipeline ruptured along the scenic California coastline near Refugio State Beach on May 19 and spilled some 21,000 gallons of crude oil into the ocean an …

TIMEThe BP Oil Spill Killed a Lot of DolphinsTIMEThe explosion of BP's Deepwater Horizon oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010 had a deadly effect on at least one ocean dweller: bottlenose dolphins. A new study from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric …

CBC.caCalifornia oil spill cleanup starts following pipeline ruptureCBC.caMore than 22,700 litres of oil had been raked, skimmed and vacuumed from a spill that stretched across more than 14 kilometres of California coast in a cleanup effort that is now goi …