Diversified's deal with West Virginia on plugging old oil wells shows rules need to change, environmental groups say  Pittsburgh Post-GazetteThe company has signed a 15-year plugging deal in West Virginia, but no agreement yet in Pennsylvania. R …

Canadian Natural cuts $1B from budget due to steep oil price differential  CBC.caOilsands producer Canadian Natural Resources is setting its 2019 capital budget at $1-billion less than its "normalized" range but says it will ramp up spending ... …

Bank of Canada holds interest rate at 1.75%; keeps eye on oil slump, investment  CityNews VancouverOTTAWA – The Bank of Canada is leaving its interest rate unchanged and says the timing of future hikes will depend on factors such as how long the …

If bottlenecks weren't enough, two key Canada-to-U.S. oil pipelines hit by disruptions  Financial PostKeystone shut, while Mainline system experiences outages, low flow rates. Read more https://business.financialpost.com/commodities/update-1-two- …

Boom goes the honey pot: Suspected marijuana-oil lab explodes in Santa Rosa  SFGateAn explosion at a Santa Rosa home suspected of being a clandestine lab for making concentrated marijuana oil led to the arrest of a 64-year-old man, ... Read more …

The hunt for oil threatens pristine Alaska, as Trump administration clears the way  The Seattle TimesFor more than a generation, opposition to drilling has left the wildlife refuge largely unscathed, but now the Trump administration — with an inf …

Wall Street JournalChoppers Try to Rotate From Oil Industry to the MilitaryWall Street JournalBristow, the world's largest commercial-chopper operator by sales, has been among the hardest hit by the broader oil-and-gas downturn and the loss of Super Pu …

Choppers Try to Rotate From Oil Industry to the Military  The Wall Street JournalThe worldwide glut of large commercial helicopters grounded by low energy prices and safety concerns has left providers looking for new uses, including ... Read more …

Channel NewsAsiaHelicopter crashes on way to Indian oil rig, killing 5ABC NewsA helicopter carrying employees of an Indian oil company to an off-shore rig in the Arabian Sea crashed Saturday, killing five people and leaving another two missing, the navy sa …

Channel NewsAsiaHelicopter crashes on way to Indian oil rig, killing 4ABC NewsA helicopter carrying employees of an Indian oil company to an off-shore rig in the Arabian Sea crashed Saturday, killing four people and leaving another three missing, the navy …