Tag: Oil

FILE - In this July 26, 2011, file photo, a worker hangs from an oil derrick outside of Williston, N.D. State data show that 1 billion barrels of oil have been produced from the rich Bakken shale formation in western North Dakota and eastern Montana. Data show that North Dakota has tallied 852 million barrels of Bakken crude, and Montana has produced about 151 million barrels. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)

Bakken oil fields mark billionth barrel of oil

James MacPherson · April 29, 2014 9:37 pm

$Michigan updates oil, gas ‘fracking’ regulations$ Business

Michigan updates oil, gas ‘fracking’ regulations

Washington Examiner · April 29, 2014 4:18 pm

$FILE - In this March 29, 2013 file photo, workers tend to a well head during a hydraulic fracturing operation at an Encana Oil & Gas (USA) Inc. gas well outside Rifle, in western Colorado. The vast majority of economists surveyed this month by The Associated Press say lifting restrictions on exports of oil and natural gas would help the economy even if it meant higher fuel prices for consumers. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley, File)$ Business

Economists back increased US oil and gas exports

Jonathan Fahey · April 29, 2014 12:02 pm

US oil flat, Brent falls on Libya exports

US oil flat, Brent falls on Libya exports

The Associated Press · April 28, 2014 8:03 pm

In this Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2014 photo, an oil truck sits in a dirt lot near a new housing development in Watford City, N.D. The housing development is part of the towns growth explosion from the Baaken oil boom. For years, the town's population hovered around 1,500. Now its at about 7,000 - a number that's expected to more than double in years to come. (AP Photo/Martha Irvine)

The promise, the growing pains of oil boom town

Sharon Cohen · April 28, 2014 6:16 pm

Gas up 8 cents per gallon in Mass.

Gas up 8 cents per gallon in Mass.

Washington Examiner · April 28, 2014 4:48 pm

Texas had 216 oilfield deaths from 2008 to 2012

Texas had 216 oilfield deaths from 2008 to 2012

Washington Examiner · April 28, 2014 1:34 pm

This image made available by environmental organization Greenpeace on Monday, April 28, 2014 shows the Mikhail Ulyanov oil tanker on its way from the Prirazlomnaya oil drilling platform in the Pechora Sea to Rotterdam, Netherlands. Greenpeace International said Monday it has sent the 'Rainbow Warrior III' to protest the arrival of the Russian-flagged tanker that is bringing the first oil produced at a new Russian offshore platform in the Arctic circle to Rotterdam. Greenpeace spokesman Arin de Hoog could not immediately say when the two vessels are expected to meet and what form the protest will take. (AP Photo/Dmitrij Leltschuk, Greenpeace) NO SALES NO ARCHIVE

Greenpeace ship to confront Russian Arctic tanker

Toby Sterling · April 28, 2014 12:05 pm

Oil drops following declines in stock market

Oil drops following declines in stock market

The Associated Press · April 25, 2014 8:45 pm

Protesters occupy remote oilfield in Peru

Energy and Environment

Protesters occupy remote oilfield in Peru

Washington Examiner · April 25, 2014 4:01 am

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Energy and Environment

Middle East waters hold energy gold

Tim Mak · April 25, 2014 4:00 am

Court filing says ship in Texas spill was speeding

Juan Lozano · April 25, 2014 12:40 am