WRAL.comStates rarely punish companies for oil wastewater spillsWRAL.comOKLAHOMA CITY — In April 2013, a malfunctioning oil well in the countryside north of Oklahoma City caused storage tanks to overflow, sending 42,000 gallons of briny wastewater hurtling …

Wall Street Journal'Strippers' Pose Dilemma for Oil IndustryWall Street JournalSteve Plants, vice president of Plants & Goodwin Inc. in Shinglehouse, Pa., still pumps crude oil from wells drilled in the 1890s. But with the price of crude below …

Aljazeera.com (blog)Gold, oil and copper: Is the commodity boom over?Aljazeera.com (blog)Everything from copper to oil, cotton to sugar has been hit. And unlike stock markets, commodities have an impact on everyday lives. From farmers to miners to consumer …

Wall Street JournalPain Worsens for Oil Giants Exxon and ChevronWall Street JournalThe energy giant's division that pumps oil and gas accounted for just $2 billion of that, the lowest level since 2002. Chevron eked out a quarterly profit of $571 millio …

USA TODAYExxon Mobil's Q2 income falls 52% due to low oil pricesUSA TODAYExxon Mobil 's (XOM) second quarter net income fell 52% to $4.2 billion, becoming the latest in a string of energy companies whose profits are sinking along with oil prices wo …

NBCNews.comGreenpeace Protesters Blocking Oil Ship Rappel Down From Portland BridgeNBCNews.comGreenpeace protesters dangling from a Portland, Oregon, bridge lowered themselves to the Willamette River on Thursday, clearing the way for an oil company icebrea …

Indian Country Today Media NetworkNebraska lawsuit challenging oil pipeline to get hearing - Washington TimesWashington TimesOMAHA, Neb. (AP) - A hearing is scheduled Monday in the Nebraska lawsuit challenging a Canadian company's efforts to build an o …

Tampabay.comEnvironmental groups raise concerns over Florida's new hunt for oil | Fox NewsFox NewsMIAMI – Renewed hunts for oil in sensitive Florida ecosystems have environmental groups raising questions about the state's regulation of the oil and …

Wall Street JournalFalling Crude Prices Upend Canada's Oil Sands Projects - WSJWall Street JournalTwo years ago Canadian oil sands producer Cenovus Energy Inc., CVE -2.54 % buoyed by success at its flagship project and eager to cut operating expenses, …

Wall Street JournalInside Cenovus Energy's Oil Sands Operations - WSJ - Wall Street JournalWall Street JournalThe recent swoon in crude-oil prices poses a particular challenge to higher cost operators of shale-oil wells in the U.S. and oil-sands sites …