New York TimesOil Makes a Comeback in PennsylvaniaNew York TimesIt wasn't until 1851 that Mr. Kier became the first oil baron when he started manufacturing Carbon Oil, a kerosene that would replace whale oil as a fuel for lamps. By 1853, Mr. Kier was m …

ABC NewsOklahoma Admits Oil and Gas Industry Responsible for Dramatic Rise in EarthquakesABC NewsFor the first time in the state's history, Oklahoma's state government officially recognized the long held scientific consensus linking the disposal of …

Wall Street JournalOil Price War May Benefit Both US Shale And Saudi ArabiaOilPrice.comEven as financial commentators on CNBC are starting to come around to the idea of a bottom in oil prices, the key question for US oil producers remains one of timing. Ho …

BloombergWall Street Bets On Oil Price RallyOilPrice.comIf the whims of speculators are anything to go by, then oil markets are poised for a rebound. Data from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission show that bullish positions on WTI have reached their h …

David Cameron steps into Tullow Oil's row with Gabon governmentFinancial TimesDavid Cameron has intervened in an escalating row between UK oil companies and the government of Gabon after the petroleum ministry expropriated assets from the explorer Tull …

NOLA.comBottom Line: Gulf Oil Spill Isn't an Environmental DisasterInsurance JournalBeginning more than a century ago with John D. Rockefeller's monopolistic ambitions at Standard Oil, the petroleum industry has earned popular distrust. In the 2000 …

TIMEOPEC Says US Oil Boom Will End This YearOilPrice.comOPEC says the demand for oil – its oil – will rise during 2015 because the cartel is winning its price war against US shale producers by driving them out of business. “Higher global refinery runs, dri …

OilPrice.comThe EIA Is Bizarrely Optimistic About Future US Oil ProductionOilPrice.comProduction from tight formations leads the growth in U.S. crude oil production across all AEO2015 cases. The path of projected crude oil production varies significantly a …

What's Really Behind The U.S Crude Oil BuildOilPrice.comLast week we saw another 10MB massive crude oil build domestically at a time when US production is flattening, refinery capacity is rising and gasoline demand is growing (5% year over year vs. 3% …

CNNMoneyTop 12 media myths on oil pricesCNNMoneyBack in July 2014 when WTI crude oil was peaking, they were calling for more, even as the dollar was showing signs of strength (and we know what happened there) and as oil inventories were beginning to wash u …