Unemployment claims have doubled in Texas as the oil industry sheds workers.

With hours cut, work in the Bakken oil fields don't seem worth it to one worker.

Denton, a college town in the middle of the oil patch, overwhelmingly votes against more fracking.

Energy companies that need to borrow to keep drilling could be hurt by low prices

Oligarchs were once at risk if they stepped out of line. Now, there's danger even if they don't.

There's a hurricane warning in effect on the Gulf Coast, and tropical storm Isaac has already shut down oil and gas operations in the area.

Get ready for some pain at the pump….

Oil giant Shell has moved all of its foreign workers out of Libya, following a similar move by BP late last week. With protests in Libya escalating…

Increasing oil prices could end the global economic recovery, according to Fatin Birol, chief economist at the International Energy Agency. Birol…

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