Jackson County lands purchased with funds from oil spill settlement  WLOXFifteen hundred acres of land in Jackson County will get a makeover thanks to funds from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill settlement allocated to Mississippi. Read more http: …

Quebec engineer leads farthest space exploration of ‘any planetary body in history’  The Globe and MailThe goal is to pass by the region known as the Kuiper Belt and send data back to Earth that can help explain the origins of the solar system. R …

DHS Tests Robot for Tracking Oil Spills Under Arctic Ice  The Maritime ExecutiveAn artist's depiction of LRAUV under sea ice. Using photo-chemical sensors, the robot scans the density of a billowing cloud of oil coming from an ocean floor ... Re …

New York TimesUS Sanctions on Iran Oil Take Effect, and the Fed Will Meet on RatesNew York TimesAmerican sanctions on Iranian oil exports officially resume on Monday morning, the most important action the Trump administration has taken against Tehran since …

Oil market on alert before Iranian sanctionsSeeking AlphaTough U.S sanctions targeting Iran's critical energy sector come into force at midnight, as well as fresh measures against the nation's shipping and financial industries. Eight countries - in …

Motley FoolDividends Are Making a Comeback in the Oil PatchMotley FoolAfter following oil prices higher for years, most dividends tumbled alongside crude prices as oil companies reduced or eliminated their payouts to conserve cash. However, oil prices boun …

RudawOil production and forecasts up in Kurdistan RegionRudawThe federal government has been unable to export much of Kirkuk's oil since taking control of the province's fields last autumn. It was trucking fewer than 30,000 bpd to Iran, but is repo …

The Sydney Morning HeraldMajor oil spill off Australia's coast would dwarf Deepwater Horizon disaster, documents showThe Sydney Morning HeraldA worst-case oil spill in the Great Australian Bight would be twice the scale of the Gulf of Mexico disaster, …

The Sydney Morning HeraldMajor oil spill off Australia's coast would dwarf Deepwater Horizon ...The Sydney Morning HeraldA worst-case oil spill in the Great Australian Bight would be twice the scale of the Gulf of Mexico disaster, and rough seas and a …

The GuardianRebounding oil prices buoy BP at a crucial timeThe GuardianThe price of oil recently hit a four-year high and some commentators think it could reach $100 a barrel by the end of the year – a price not seen since 2014. Looming Iranian sanctions i …