NEWS.com.auAustralian dollar plunges on oil pricesNEWS.com.auThe currency has slumped after a meeting of oil producing nations in Qatar on Sunday night (AEST) failed to agree to cut production. The talks broke down after Saudi Arabia reportedly demanded th …

Ventura County StarOil island draws heat for 'disrepair and dysfunction'San Francisco ExaminerLOS ANGELES — One of California's early offshore oil drilling operations is under fire from state regulators to clean up its act after severely corrod …

A Bust Hits the Oil Patch as Rest of Nation Enjoys Cheap GasABC NewsIt might sound strange, but the penny-pinching folks in Louisiana's Oil Patch can't wait for the price of gasoline to go back up. Cheap gas at the pump — though a welcome cash infu …

The Times of IsraelIsraeli firm makes the move to plant engineering mecca St. LouisThe Times of IsraelMany of the Israeli companies in this area are looking to another center of genome research: St. Louis, Missouri, home of several institutions and compani …

The GuardianBP oil spill: judge grants final approval for $20bn settlementThe GuardianA federal judge in New Orleans has granted final approval to an estimated $20bn settlement, resolving years of litigation over the 2010 BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico …

The Oil Man: Oil price, Amerisur, Faroe, PresidentInteractive InvestorOil price bulls have a long three weeks ahead of them as they wait anxiously for the meeting in Doha on 17 April. It is not an exaggeration to suggest that there is much hanging on its s …

RTSaudi Arabia loses oil market share in key countriesRTAccording to the analysis, the kingdom lost ground in China, South Africa and the US between 2013 and 2015, despite the goal of maintaining its crude market share amid the oil glut. “Saudi Arabia has …

NOLA.comCrude oil spilled into Louisiana waterway: US Coast GuardReutersThe U.S. Coast Guard said early on Tuesday an unknown amount of crude oil had spilled from a tank into a Louisiana waterway and the source of the leak had been secured. The tank was be …

ThinkProgressAnti-Drilling Protesters Shout, Disrupt Oil, Gas Lease SaleABC NewsProtesters opposed to drilling in the Gulf of Mexico disrupted an oil and gas lease sale Wednesday, chanting and waving signs as government officials read bids from companies f …

KTALLouisiana Tech engineering students win state design project competitionKTALA team of four Louisiana Tech University civil engineering students have won first place in the senior design project competition at the Louisiana Transportation Conference 201 …