Tag: Oil

An investigator photographs the scene where a locomotive and cars carrying crude oil went off the track beneath the Magnolia Bridge in the Interbay neighborhood of Seattle, Thursday morning, July 14, 2014. (AP Photo / The Seattle Times, Mike Siegel) SEATTLE OUT; USA TODAY OUT; MAGS OUT; TELEVISION OUT; NO SALES; MANDATORY CREDIT TO BOTH THE SEATTLE TIMES AND THE PHOTOGRAPHER

Oil train derails in Seattle rail yard; no spill

Washington Examiner · July 24, 2014 5:30 pm

Oil drifts down despite China manufacturing bounce

Oil drifts down despite China manufacturing bounce

Pablo Gorondi · July 24, 2014 12:56 pm

Smoke rises from the site of a fire in an industrial area of Williston, N.D. on Tuesday, July 22, 2014. Authorities have set up an evacuation zone within a half-mile radius of Red River Supply, the site of the fire. No injuries were immediately reported. Red River Supply provides services to oil companies working in North Dakota's oil patch. (AP Photo/Josh Wood)

Slow public alert on Williston fire raises concern

Josh Wood · July 24, 2014 1:56 am

An oil-tank train with crude oil from the Bakken shale fields of North Dakota travels near Staples, Minn. (AP/Mike Cronin)

Energy and Environment

Transportation Department floats rules to keep trains carrying crude oil from exploding

Zack Colman · July 23, 2014 7:14 pm

Oil gains on sharp drop in US supplies

Oil gains on sharp drop in US supplies

The Associated Press · July 23, 2014 7:12 pm

The American Petroleum Institute, the top oil and gas trade group, is hosting a Capitol Hill ice cream social Wednesday to welcome its new executive vice president of government affairs, Louis Finkel. (iStock Photo)

Energy and Environment

Ice cream wars: Oil lobby and climate change activists woo with treats

Zack Colman · July 23, 2014 3:24 pm

A arrivals flight board displays various canceled and delayed flights in Ben Gurion International airport a day after the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration imposed a 24-hour restriction on flights after a Hamas rocket landed Tuesday within a mile of the airport, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Wednesday, July 23, 2014. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry flew into Israel's main airport Wednesday despite a Federal Aviation Administration ban in an apparent sign of his determination to achieve a cease-fire agreement in the warring Gaza Strip despite little evidence of progress in ongoing negotiations. (AP Photo/Dan Balilty)

Oil stays above $102 amid Gaza peace efforts

Pablo Gorondi · July 23, 2014 11:47 am

Smoke rises from the site of a fire in an industrial area of Williston, N.D. on Tuesday, July 22, 2014. Authorities have set up an evacuation zone within a half-mile radius of Red River Supply, the site of the fire. No injuries were immediately reported. Red River Supply provides services to oil companies working in North Dakota's oil patch. (AP Photo/Josh Wood)

Cause of fire at Williston company unknown

Josh Wood · July 23, 2014 12:30 am

Israeli soldier march during a drill near Israel and Gaza border, Tuesday, July 22, 2014. Israeli airstrikes pummeled a wide range of targets in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday as the U.N. chief and the U.S. secretary of state began an intensive effort to end more than two weeks of fighting that has killed hundreds of Palestinians and dozens of Israelis.(AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov)

Geopolitical tensions seen keeping oil prices high

Pablo Gorondi · July 22, 2014 9:42 pm

Israeli soldier march during a drill near Israel and Gaza border, Tuesday, July 22, 2014. Israeli airstrikes pummeled a wide range of targets in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday as the U.N. chief and the U.S. secretary of state began an intensive effort to end more than two weeks of fighting that has killed hundreds of Palestinians and dozens of Israelis.(AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov)

Oil gains further on concerns over Ukraine, Gaza

Pablo Gorondi · July 22, 2014 12:55 pm

Oil prices rebound above $103 on geopolitical risk

Oil prices rebound above $103 on geopolitical risk

Pablo Gorondi · July 21, 2014 2:08 pm

US oil, gas lease sale staged under protest

US oil, gas lease sale staged under protest

Martin Griffith · July 19, 2014 9:13 pm