BBC NewsHealth warning over palm oil beach find at StranraerBBC NewsPolice have issued a health warning after solid palm oil was found washed up on a beach in south west Scotland. The substance was reported close to Agnew Park in Stranraer over the weekend …

ReutersOil industry revives quest for deepwater reservesReutersHOUSTON Deepwater oil drilling can be expensive, time-consuming and a hard sell to investors. But the world's top energy firms are restarting their search for giant oilfields under the ocea …

Brought Down by Long Bust, Texas Oil Men Pray for Another BoomWall Street Journal (subscription)Just 2½ years ago, when a barrel of oil sold for about $100, John Schiller and his wife, Kristi, were living luxuriantly in Houston high society. Mr. Schiller, …

Brought Down by Long Bust, Texas Oilmen Pray for Another BoomWall Street Journal (subscription)Just 2½ years ago, when a barrel of oil sold for about $100, John Schiller and his wife, Kristi, were living luxuriantly in Houston high society. Mr. Schiller, t …

ReutersOil traders back off bets on accelerated rebalancing: KempReutersMost traders and forecasters expect the oil market to shift from a supply surplus in 2014/15 to a deficit in 2017/18 with a corresponding shift from contango to backwardation. But the …

ReutersUS shale oil braces for the unfamiliar in 2017: inflationReutersU.S. shale producers are facing their first production cost increase in five years in 2017 as industry activity picks up and energy service providers hike fees to take a bigger share of …

wlfi.comGroup hopes to bring extra-terrestrial engineering to Purduewlfi.comThe new field of study would be called extra-terrestrial engineering. Professors forming a group called Resilient Extra-Terrestrial Habitats answered questions and discussed ways P …

Baroud receives inaugural Littlejohn Dean Faculty FellowshipVanderbilt University NewsA civil engineering professor who develops tools that improve infrastructure systems' reliability and recovery from disasters like hurricanes and floods has received …

Vanderbilt University NewsBaroud receives inaugural Littlejohn Dean Faculty Fellowship ...Vanderbilt University NewsBaroud receives inaugural Littlejohn Dean Faculty Fellowship. A civil engineering professor who develops tools that improve infrastructure s …

ReutersOil falls on China concerns, down 3 percent for the week on OPEC doubtsReutersNEW YORK Oil prices fell on Friday and ended the week 3 percent lower on lingering doubts over the extent of OPEC cuts, with sentiment worsened by concerns over the econom …