BBC NewsIslamic State fighters target Libyan oil port of SidraBBC NewsFighters from the so-called Islamic State (IS) group have clashed with guards near Libya's Sidra oil port east of its Sirte stronghold, reports say. It is not clear how close the fig …

US oil 'strippers' maneuver to keep pumping amid crude slumpReutersThe conventional wisdom is that "strippers" would be the first to fold in the face of oil's slide below $40 given their tiny size - some may pump as little as few hund …

EurekAlert (press release)Scientists link oil exposure to reduced survival of fishYahoo News UKANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — New federal research shows that embryonic salmon and herring exposed to very low levels of crude oil can develop heart defects that hurt …

WRAL.comStates rarely punish companies for oil wastewater spillsWRAL.comOKLAHOMA CITY — In April 2013, a malfunctioning oil well in the countryside north of Oklahoma City caused storage tanks to overflow, sending 42,000 gallons of briny wastewater hurtling …

Wall Street Journal'Strippers' Pose Dilemma for Oil IndustryWall Street JournalSteve Plants, vice president of Plants & Goodwin Inc. in Shinglehouse, Pa., still pumps crude oil from wells drilled in the 1890s. But with the price of crude below …