Tag: Oil

Oil falls below $96 as parts of US set to thaw out

Oil falls below $96 as parts of US set to thaw out

The Associated Press · January 27, 2014 9:02 pm

Such legislation would fly in the face of decades of precedent across the country that exempted oil waste, specifically exploration and production waste water, the classification of being non-hazardous. (Thinkstock)

Energy and Environment

Louisiana parish seeks more authority over oil waste

Washington Examiner · January 27, 2014 5:00 am

Colorado Democratic state Sen. Mary Hodge, left, has proposed a bill requiring landowners and buyers to be better informed about their property rights, which often doesn't include mineral rights below the surface. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)

Energy and Environment

Colorado oil and gas industry may see big changes

Associated Press · January 25, 2014 5:00 am

Frack On

Irwin M. Stelzer · January 25, 2014 5:00 am

Wyoming will eye distance between homes, oil wells

Wyoming will eye distance between homes, oil wells

Mead Gruver · January 24, 2014 11:19 pm

Oil falls 1st time this week; natural gas jumps

Oil falls 1st time this week; natural gas jumps

The Associated Press · January 24, 2014 8:46 pm

US rig count stable, remains this week at 1,777

US rig count stable, remains this week at 1,777

Washington Examiner · January 24, 2014 7:29 pm

The mobile drilling unit Kulluk is towed by tugs in high winds and high seas some 116 miles southwest of Kodiak City, Alaska, in December 2012. (AP Photo/U.S Coast Guard, Chris Usher)

Energy and Environment

After a year on ice, Shell looks to Arctic drilling

Zack Colman · January 24, 2014 5:00 am

Large sections of pipe are shown on a neighboring property to Julia Trigg Crawford family farm in Sumner, Texas. (AP/Tony Gutierrez)

Energy and Environment

Republican senators press Obama to approve Keystone XL

Zack Colman · January 24, 2014 5:00 am

FILE - In this Dec. 30, 2013 file photo, a fireball goes up at the site of an oil train derailment in Casselton, N.D. Warning that a "major loss of life" could result from an accident involving the increasing use of trains to transport large amounts of crude oil, U.S. and Canadian accident investigators urged their governments to take a series of safety measures. The oil train derailed and exploded near Casselton, N.D., creating intense fires. The accident occurred about a mile outside the town, and no one was hurt. Rail lines run through and alongside the town. (AP Photo/Bruce Crummy, File)

NTSB: Oil train crash risks ‘major loss of life’

Joan Lowy · January 24, 2014 1:44 am

Oil rises for 4th straight day

Oil rises for 4th straight day

The Associated Press · January 23, 2014 10:16 pm

FILE - In this Dec. 30, 2013 file photo, a fireball goes up at the site of an oil train derailment in Casselton, N.D. Warning that a "major loss of life" could result from an accident involving the increasing use of trains to transport large amounts of crude oil, U.S. and Canadian accident investigators urged their governments to take a series of safety measures. The oil train derailed and exploded near Casselton, N.D., creating intense fires. The accident occurred about a mile outside the town, and no one was hurt. Rail lines run through and alongside the town. (AP Photo/Bruce Crummy, File)

Energy and Environment

National Transportation Safety Board warns of ‘major loss of life’ from rail shipments of crude oil

Zack Colman · January 23, 2014 5:00 am