Fired Regulator: Brown Pushed to Waive Oil Safeguards.ABC NewsCalifornia's top oil and gas regulators repeatedly warned Gov. Jerry Brown's senior aides in 2011 that the governor's orders to override key safeguards in granting oil industry permi …

CBC.caOil hits $45 US, pulling TSX higherCBC.caOil resumed its rapid climb on Friday, punching through $45 US a barrel and giving a boost to the Toronto stock market. West Texas Intermediate, the most important North American futures contract, was up 7.1 p …

Business InsiderUS oil rig count rises for a 6th straight weekBusiness InsiderThe number of oil rigs in use in the US rose for the sixth-straight week this week, increasing 1 to 675. This is still down from a peak of 1,609 in October 2014, though the decli …

CBC.ca2 days of gains push oil up 17%, TSX up 3.6%CBC.caAfter a week with wild swings in the values of stocks and commodities, oil futures ended up gaining 17 per cent in two days and the TSX was up 3.6 per cent in the same period. That didn't wipe out …

CBC.caOil climbs above $40 US a barrel after stocks reboundCBC.caOil futures are soaring today, encouraged by the sharp rebound in U.S. stocks yesterday and fresh signs that the country's economy is growing strongly. The West Texas Intermediate crude c …

Texas Monthly (subscription) (blog)Oil Price Anxiety Forecast: Mild ConsternationTexas Monthly (subscription) (blog)Last year, readers may recall, there was a fair amount of anxiety among Texans, and a fair amount of gloomy prophesying about Texas, as a re …

MarketWatch6 important things to know about cheap oilMarketWatchOil is a mainstay for economies around the globe, especially in China, the world's second-largest oil consumer. So it's no surprise that worries about the Chinese economy have helped t …

CBC.caOil rebounds, Canadian dollar edges higher as markets climbCBC.caOil futures are bouncing higher this morning, a day after hitting a six-year low, and the Canadian dollar has recovered slightly as stock markets rebound. But the West Texas Intermediat …

CBC.caCanadian oil stocks hit hard on marketsCBC.caAlready hurting because of low oil prices, Canadian oil and gas companies are being hit hard on the stock market. In early trading on Monday, the price of some stocks hit levels not seen in 15 years. Stock …

CBC.caCheap oil will last through 2018 at least, Moody's saysCBC.caIn the early days of the slowdown that began in the late summer of 2014, the strategy for many oil producers was to ride out the storm: cut costs, put new drilling on hold and keep your …