CBC.caThe Latest Saudi Ploy to Control World Oil PricesThe Market OracleDr. Kent Moors writes: From the hundreds of oil benchmark rates used around the world, two set daily have been dominant in determining the prices for the buying and selling of crude. O …

TIMEThere's No Such Thing As a Spill-Proof Way to Transport OilTIMETo a historian of pipelines, last month's Santa Barbara oil spill is a reminder that the more things change, the more they remain the same. Since their first introduction in the lat …

Wall Street JournalSection of Pipe in California Oil Spill RemovedWall Street JournalWorkers on Thursday removed a section of a crude-oil pipeline that ruptured and spilled more than 100,000 gallons of oil off the Santa Barbara County, Calif., coast last w …

Santa Barbara IndependentWhat Will the Refugio Oil Spill Kill?Santa Barbara IndependentSince last Tuesday's oil spill, more than 20,000 gallons of death-dealing crude has sickened or killed pelicans, cormorants, grebes, dolphins, sea lions, elephant se …

The IndependentCalifornia Oil-Spill Estimate Revised DownWall Street JournalThe amount of oil believed spilled from a ruptured pipeline off the Santa Barbara County, Calif., coast last week has been revised downward, as cleanup crews worked through the Mem …

Wall Street JournalCleanup Under Way as Officials Assess Size of California Oil SpillWall Street JournalSANTA BARBARA COUNTY, Calif.—As an investigation and cleanup efforts began Wednesday, federal officials said that oil that spilled from a burst pipeline …

Wall Street JournalExtent of California Oil Spill Being AssessedWall Street JournalSANTA BARBARA COUNTY, Calif.—The U.S. Coast Guard is still trying to assess exactly how much oil has leaked from a ruptured pipeline in southern California into the Pacific …

Wall Street JournalCleanup Crews Tackle California Oil Spill as Officials Assess SizeWall Street JournalThe oil spill in Santa Barbara County, Calif., could be as large as 2,500 barrels, or 105,000 gallons, in a worst-case scenario outlined Wednesday by th …

Wall Street JournalCalifornia Pipeline Ruptures, Leaks Oil Into Pacific OceanWall Street JournalOil from a ruptured pipeline in southern California leaked into the Pacific Ocean on Tuesday, spreading into a four-mile-long slick and fouling a Santa Barbara …

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 …