Shell sued in UK for 'decades of oil spills' in NigeriaAljazeera.comThe Nigerian water is contaminated with oil and cancer-causing compounds such as benzene. It is what his people drink every day. Lawyers for more than 40,000 Nigerians are demandin …

Scientific American (blog)Amazon Tribe Fights Oil Development with TourismScientific American (blog)We are heading to the Amazon, via the capital of Ecuador's oil exporting business, Francisco de Orellana (also known as Coca). Once landed, one more tra …

BloombergOil Falls as OPEC Said to Defer Iranian, Iraqi Output Cut TalksBloombergOil traded near $48 a barrel as OPEC members sought to reach an agreement on output cuts. Start your day with what's moving markets. Get our markets daily newsletter. Sign …

CNBCOil patch recession wipes out more than $4 billion in wagesCNBCWhen global oil prices crashed in late 2014, U.S. oil fields braced for lost jobs and wages. So far, the oil bust has taken a $4 billion-dollar bite out of oil patch workers' paychecks, …

Times of IndiaTwitter lays off India engineering teamTimes of IndiaBENGALURU: Twitter is shutting its engineering operations in Bengaluru, a move that's likely to impact around 60 employees, most of who came on board after it acquired mobile marketing …

ETtech.comLayoffs at Twitter's Bengaluru dev center as it stops global engineering workETtech.com"To begin with, the India engineering centre will focus on three things -build product that are unique and distinct to Indian market, appeals to local …

CBC.caHigh Level businesses stay positive through oil and gas slumpCBC.caBut with a big drop in oil and gas drilling in the region, today you can pick your spot. "There's very little drilling happening here and the money isn't being spent this …

CBC.caOil and gas collapse leaves drilling companies on life-supportCBC.caDan Hoffarth has made a living in Alberta's oilpatch for 20 years, and things are as dark now as he can ever remember. After starting out as a roughneck in the 1990s, Hoffarth wo …

CBC.caCanadians in oil-producing provinces having more trouble paying debtsCBC.caCanadians by and large are paying back their loans on time, despite rising debt levels, but the situation isn't as rosy if you live in oil-producing provinces, according t …

CBC.caWho's afraid of $50 oil? (Answer: Canada's oil industry)CBC.caWestern Canada's oil business follows a predictable quarterly pattern; busy in the first three months of the year, which is where companies make a lot of their money. Quiet for …