The MainichiFire under control at oil plant in WakayamaJapan TodayResidents near an oil refinery in the western Japanese prefecture of Wakayama were allowed to return to their homes Monday morning after a fire at the plant was brought under control, local …

Is It Time To Sell Off Our Strategic Oil Reserves?Daily CallerHouse lawmakers sent a letter to government auditors asking them to examine “cost-effective” alternatives to the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) that was created in 1975 to protect the U.S. fr …

BBC NewsProtestors to oppose Cromarty Firth ship-to-ship oil transfersBBC NewsA protest against ship-to-ship oil transfers in the Moray Firth will take place in Nairn later. Cromarty Firth Port Authority wants permission to transfer millions of tonnes of c …

Irish IndependentKenya Naivasha: 25 dead as fireball engulfs traffic on roadBBC NewsAn oil tanker has exploded on a road in Kenya, killing at least 25 people. The Kenya Red Cross tweeted that the tanker, heading to Uganda, had appeared to lose control befo …

Radio New ZealandKenya Naivasha: 30 dead as fireball engulfs traffic on roadBBC NewsAn oil tanker has exploded on a road in Kenya, killing at least 30 people. The Kenya Red Cross tweeted that the tanker, heading to Uganda, had appeared to lose control befo …

FortuneUS Slated to Sell $375 Million of Emergency Reserve Oil This WinterFortuneThe U.S. government is slated to sell $375 million worth of crude oil from the country's emergency reserve this winter after Congress passed a temporary spending bill on F …

Economic TimesThree foreign oil companies keen on hiring strategic oil storagesEconomic TimesNEW DELHI: Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC), Saudi Aramco of Saudi Arabia and Royal Dutch Shell have evinced interest in hiring strategic oil storages that I …

FortuneThe US is doing something with oil it has only done once beforeFortuneThis July, the idea of selling off reserve oil began appearing as an easy cash course in proposed legislation such as the Senate transportation bill and a House of Representatives …

Business InsiderCrude oil enters bear market - Business InsiderBusiness InsiderOn Thursday, West Texas intermediate crude oil futures fell more than 1% to settle near $48.55 per barrel in New York. Crude oil has now fallen by about 20% in the last six week …

Oil risks becoming deeper thorn in markets' side - MarketWatchMarketWatchU.S. crude settled at under $50 a barrel for the first time since early April yesterday on rising supplies. It's still below that marker this morning, as some worry $40 oil co …