Sunlight works against oil clean-up effortsEurekAlert (press release)Oil spills, whether minor leaks or major environmental disasters, are bound to happen. Chemical dispersants are one of the tools that can help mitigate the impact of such spills, but they …

Indianapolis StarState agency shakeup follows CBD oil, cold beer controversiesIndianapolis StarSeveral key people at the Alcohol and Tobacco Commission are leaving or are being replaced, following criticism from lawmakers regarding some of the agency's …

Stunning Nasa 'oil painting' image reveals raging storms on Jupiter with clouds that travel at 129000mph and stretch ...Daily MailA stunning new Nasa image shows raging storms on Jupiter with clouds that stretch for thousands of miles. Swirling clo …

Wall Street Journal (subscription)Oil Prices Gain On Improving Market SignalsWall Street Journal (subscription)Oil prices rose Wednesday amid ongoing optimism that production cuts have shown some success in bringing down global inventories. Light, sweet cr …

Wall Street Journal (subscription)Oil Edges Up as Harvey Disrupts US Crude FlowWall Street Journal (subscription)Oil futures edged up and gas futures extended their gains on Thursday as the disruption from Hurricane Harvey complicated the flow of U.S. crud …

Glenwood Springs Post IndependentHarvey knocks out more refineries, shifting global oil flowsABC NewsHurricane Harvey is sending pump prices higher for U.S. motorists and causing temporary shifts in the flow of oil and gasoline around the world after takin …

Barron'sOil Prices Take a Hit as Hurricane Harvey Slams TexasBarron'sCrude oil prices sank on Monday, as oil and gas companies on the Texas Gulf Coast continued to deal with Tropical Storm Harvey with some offshore oil and gas operators evacuating platform …

CBC.caOil and gas companies begin evacuations of offshore rigs as tropical storm Harvey loomsCBC.caShell said it was evacuating all personnel from the roughly 100,000 barrel-per-day Perdido oil and gas production platform as a precaution. Anadarko said it …

Former engineering firm exec guilty in Sandy insurance caseThe Daily ProgressMINEOLA, N.Y. (AP) — A former director of an engineering firm charged with illegally altering reports about damage from Superstorm Sandy has pleaded guilty to unauthorized practic …

CBC.caResearchers look to sawdust to absorb, burn off Arctic oil spillsCBC.caResearchers at the Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory are testing chemically modified wood flour to determine whether it can enhance the burning of c …