Wall Street JournalRegulators Urge Railroads to Make Changes to Improve Oil-Train SafetyWall Street JournalU.S. regulators are urging railroads to make dramatic operating changes, including how they deal with wheel defects, saying a wheel problem may have …

Wall Street JournalFewer Oil Trains Ply America's RailsWall Street JournalThe growth in oil-train shipments fueled by the U.S. energy boom has stalled in recent months, dampened by safety problems and low crude prices. The number of train cars carrying …

Wall Street JournalOil Shipments by Rail Take Slow TrackWall Street JournalThe growth in oil-train shipments fueled by the U.S. energy boom has stalled in recent months, dampened by safety problems and low crude prices. The number of train cars carrying cr …

Green Bay Press GazetteSenators Introduce Legislation After Series Of Oil Train AccidentsHuffington PostConcern about the safety of tankers is on the rise. A recent federal government report predicted an average of 10 oil train derailments a year and $4.5 …

Reverse Oil Shock: Part 3 – Feeding Financial InstabilityEconoMonitor (blog)Financial markets have generally assumed lower oil prices are positive for asset prices, resulting from the positive effect on growth and lower inflation which extends the period o …

NBCNews.comFires Finally Dwindling Days After Illinois Oil Train DerailmentNBCNews.comFirefighters were still working Sunday to extinguish the last of a series of fires that erupted when a BNSF Railway train loaded with crude oil derailed two days ago in a …

Barclays' Mahesh Says Election a 'Huge Risk' for Nigeria OilBloomberg(Bloomberg) -- Barclays Plc energy analyst Miswin Mahesh sees a “huge risk” of oil production in Nigeria being disrupted by political instability arising from elections schedu …

Wall Street JournalWrecks Hit Tougher Oil RailcarsWall Street JournalIn a string of recent oil train derailments in the U.S. and Canada, new and sturdier railroad tanker cars being built to carry a rising tide of crude oil across the continent have failed …

Wall Street JournalOil Tanker Derails In West Virginia, Triggering EvacuationsWall Street JournalState police evacuated residents of Mount Carbon, W.V., a small town near the capital of Charleston Monday, after a train carrying crude oil derailed, causing …

Reuters UKOil prices steady as Japan emerges from recessionReuters UK"Crude oil prices gained over 2 percent ... on news of U.S. industry spending cuts and declining U.S. drilling. Baker Hughes rig data showed oil and natural gas drillers idled 98 rig …