NOLA.comAn eye-popping gif of how oil moves around AmericaWashington Post (blog)The recent boom in U.S. oil production has meant that more crude oil is traveling by rail in this country than ever before -- and that alarming oil-by-rail accidents are also o …

Business InsiderISIS now has a foothold in an oil-rich Mediterranean port cityBusiness InsiderLibya has the 9th-largest proven oil reserves on earth, one cause for optimism that the country will at least have the resources to rebuild after its current civi …

CBC.caPipelines vs. trains: Which is better for moving oil?CBC.caThere have been four oil-train accidents in the past month in North America, including two in Northern Ontario, one of which only recently stopped burning, near the town of Gogama. These trai …

Everyone Is Guessing When It Comes To Oil PricesInvestorIdeas.com (press release)March 11, 2015 (www.investorideas.com newswire) Predicting and diagnosing the trajectory of oil prices has become something of a cottage industry in the past year. But along w …

Reverse Oil Shock: Part 3 – Feeding Financial InstabilityEconoMonitor (blog)Financial markets have generally assumed lower oil prices are positive for asset prices, resulting from the positive effect on growth and lower inflation which extends the period o …

NBCNews.comFires Finally Dwindling Days After Illinois Oil Train DerailmentNBCNews.comFirefighters were still working Sunday to extinguish the last of a series of fires that erupted when a BNSF Railway train loaded with crude oil derailed two days ago in a …

Barclays' Mahesh Says Election a 'Huge Risk' for Nigeria OilBloomberg(Bloomberg) -- Barclays Plc energy analyst Miswin Mahesh sees a “huge risk” of oil production in Nigeria being disrupted by political instability arising from elections schedu …

Wall Street JournalWrecks Hit Tougher Oil RailcarsWall Street JournalIn a string of recent oil train derailments in the U.S. and Canada, new and sturdier railroad tanker cars being built to carry a rising tide of crude oil across the continent have failed …

Financial PostOil-by-rail economics suffers amid narrowing spreadsFinancial PostDavid Paul Morris/BloombergCanadian crude oil exports by rail — not counting domestic hauls to refineries — grew to just over 182,00 barrels per day by the third quarter, compa …

South China Morning Post (subscription)Railways reduce shipping load on drop in oil pricesThe Globe and MailThe cost of shipping a barrel of oil by train can be as much as $22 (U.S.), depending on the destination, double that of pipelines and often exceedi …