The GuardianShell ready to begin drilling for oil in the ArcticThe GuardianThe Fennica carries a capping stack, a device that can be lowered on to a leaking oil well to control a blowout. Arctic operating standards, formed in the wake of the Deepwater Hori …

GizmodoPortland Is Trying to Stop an Oil Tanker With Kayaks and CanoesGizmodoIf you want to stop a giant oil company from drilling in the Arctic, you have a few options. A large group of Portland residents are currently forming a blockade to prevent one of …

kgw.comQ&A: A look at Shell Oil, its icebreaker Fennica and the debate over Arctic ...Fox BusinessRoyal Dutch Shell and other companies want to tap into U.S. Arctic offshore reserves that the U.S. Geological Survey estimates at 26 billion barrels of re …

The GuardianObama administration allows Shell's Arctic oil wells but drilling still ...The GuardianBarack Obama has removed one of the last obstacles to oil drilling in Arctic waters, granting Shell permission to bore two new exploratory wells. However …

TIME'Paddle in Seattle' Protesters Rally Against Arctic Oil ExplorationTIMEOn Monday, the group plans to block access to the oil giant's rig parked in the Port of Seattle's Terminal 5 and delay preparations for drilling. Environmental activ …

durhamregion.comUS says IS head of oil operations killed in US...durhamregion.comBEIRUT - In a rare ground attack deep into Syria, U.S. Army commandos killed a man described as the Islamic State's head of oil operations, captured his wife and rescued a …

Business InsiderThis company really can't decide on whether Britain has 100 billion barrels of ...Business Insider“All we said was that the oil we found did not constitute either 'contingent or prospective resources or reserves'. It was paragra …

ABC NewsActivists Who Scaled Shell's Arctic-Bound Oil Rig Refuse to Leave Despite ...ABC NewsSix Greenpeace activists who brazenly scaled a Royal Dutch Shell oil drilling ship bound for the Arctic Monday say they are refusing to leave despite a legal i …

New Frontier: Pursuing oil production in the Falkland IslandsPlatts (blog)The Falkland Islands, a UK self-governing territory over which Argentina claims sovereignty, has seen no drilling in its waters since a multi-well campaign in 2010 turned up the isla …

Palm loses ground in India to cheapest soybean oil since '08BusinessWorld Online EditionPalm is losing ground after record soybean supplies from the US to Brazil sent prices of the alternative oil to a six- year low. Palm's discount to soybean oil …