Sinopec's Profit Drops on Lower Oil Prices and Refining Earnings  Yahoo Finance(Bloomberg) -- Sinopec said its first-quarter profit declined 20 percent amid lower crude prices and shrinking refining earnings. Net income dropped to 15.47 ... Read …

Grounded Barge Leaks Oil on Kodiak Island  The Maritime ExecutiveA long-derelict barge near the U.S. Coast Guard base on Kodiak Island may be leaking petroleum, and... Read more https://www.maritime-executive.com/article/grounded-barge-leaks-oil …

ISIS Moves Into Online Casinos To Offset Dwindled Oil RevenueOilPrice.comIslamic State is running online casinos as the terrorists try to compensate dwindled revenues from oil smuggling after they were driven out of vast areas in Syria and out of Iraq, Vas …

Pacific StandardThe Budget Deal Reinstates a Tax to Fund Oil Spill Clean-UpsPacific StandardThe new budget deal, which Congress passed early Friday morning after a brief shutdown overnight, reinstates a tax on oil to help pay for spill clean-ups. The nine …

Mother JonesTrump's offshore oil rush risks disaster for oceans, climateFairbanks Daily News-MinerFAIRBANKS — Nowhere is the Trump administration's historic assault on our natural environment more worrisome than his reckless push for increased offs …

Chicago TribuneAmerica's oceans are open for oil drilling! But why not Lake Michigan?Chicago TribuneYet there's nothing in the Interior Department's plan to undo the current ban on oil and gas drilling in the Great Lakes. This is a clear case o …

Washington PostWithout fanfare, oil companies just received a tax break on New Year's DayWashington PostCongressional Republicans allowed a tax on oil companies that generated hundreds of millions of dollars annually for federal oil-spill response effo …