Oil and gas executives expect to boost spending this year: survey  The Globe and MailUS oil and gas firms are ready to spend as confidence grows, survey says  CNBCConfident Oil Industry Set to Ratchet Up Spending in 2019  Bloo …

Ruptured pipeline causes oil to leak into Okemah Lake  Okemah News LeaderBy Kay Thompson ONL Publisher. For the second time in 18 months, oil has leaked from the direction of Buckeye Creek into Okemah Lake. City officials became ... Read more ht …

Taylor Energy sues contractor chosen to fix its 14-year-old oil leak  NOLA.comThe Belle Chasse contractor defended itself, saying its done "hundreds" of similar jobs. Read more https://www.nola.com/environment/2018/12/taylor-energy-sues-contracto …

Canadian Businesses Pare Sales Growth Expectations Amid Oil Woes  BloombergCanadian businesses are paring back expectations for sales growth in the face of turmoil in the country's oil sector and seeing still-elevated capacity constraints ... Rea …

Canada Reveals Finance Package to Contend with Low Oil Prices  Wall Street JournalCanada unveiled Tuesday a package for the country's struggling energy sector in a bid to minimize the economic and political fallout from depressed prices for ... R …

Canada Reveals Finance Package to Contend with Low Oil Prices  The Wall Street JournalCanada unveiled Tuesday a package for the country's struggling energy sector in a bid to minimize the economic and political fallout from depressed prices for . …

Saudi Arabia Makes Rare Bullish Call on Oil in Its 2019 Budget  BloombergSaudi Arabia's government expects to earn more from oil next year, an optimism that defies most price forecasts for crude and contrasts with the kingdom's ... Read more http …

Shale Under Pressure As Oil Falls Below $50 | OilPrice.com  OilPrice.comThe remarkable growth of U.S. shale production may come under threat in 2019 if oil prices fail to climb back to higher levels. Read more https://oilprice.com/Energy/Crude-O …

Wall Street JournalBig Oil Is Now Thrifty—but That Comes at a CostWall Street JournalThe oil business works like a treadmill. To maintain production levels, companies have to keep approving new projects and finding, or buying new, untapped deposits. In the …

Wall Street JournalBig Oil Is Now Thrifty—but That Comes at a Cost - WSJWall Street JournalOil prices are up again after years of weakness, but few executives at the world's integrated oil giants are talking about ramping up spending soon. That raises …