'No relationship' between oil investment and prohibition proposalNew Zealand HeraldAn oil and gas company offering to invest in a Hawke's Bay initiative disputes any coincidence in timing between their offer, and a proposal to prohibit explorat …

World Class Oil Discovery Puts Mexico Back In The RaceOilPrice.comThe UK-based Premier Oil, along with its partners Talos Energy and the Mexico City-based Sierra Oil & Gas, announced a potentially huge new oil discovery off the Mexican coast last Wedne …

Austin American-StatesmanPipeline resumes normal operations after Bastrop County oil spillAustin American-StatesmanAn oil spill truck passes through a blockade en route to an oil spill in the 400 block of FM-20 in Bastrop, Texas, on Thursday, July 13, 2017 …

Otago Daily TimesOil on towels likely cause of fireOtago Daily TimesMassage oil residue on towels is the likely cause of a laundry room fire that resulted in the evacuation of two Queenstown bars and an apartment block. The Queenstown Volunteer Fire Brigad …

Wall Street Journal (subscription)From $2 Billion to Zero: A Private-Equity Fund Goes Bust in the Oil PatchWall Street Journal (subscription)A $2 billion private-equity fund that borrowed heavily to buy oil and gas wells before energy prices plunged is now …

The Globe and MailAlberta pledges $235-million to 'orphan' oil wells clean upThe Globe and MailThe Alberta government will provide a $235-million loan to accelerate the work of cleaning up “orphan” oil and gas wells that have come with a rash of ba …

The Denver ChannelQuestions abound after oil company's decision to shutter wells near site of Firestone home explosionThe Denver ChannelDENVER – Seven active oil and gas wells were shut down in the Firestone neighborhood where a house exploded during a …

Enid News & EagleOil, gas producers look to recyclingEnid News & EagleWith restrictions on disposal injection wells increasing, and the threat of drought impacting fresh water supplies, some oil and gas companies are turning to wastewater recycling to shor …

Oil flows from Alaska reserve set asPerth NowConocoPhillips is the first oil company to draw crude from the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska, an area the size of Indiana which President Warren G Harding dedicated as an emergency oil supply for the US Navy …

Will We Ever See $100 Oil Again?OilPrice.comA report from auditors PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) has revealed that oil prices are unlikely to climb back to the $100 level, and will have a limited rise from the current spot price to between $60 and $70 per b …