Amid cautious optimism that a "top kill" effort to cap the leaking well causing the Gulf oil spill is working, President Obama banned new offshore drilling Thursday until further notice.

Part of Noland Road was briefly shut down Wednesday afternoon after a tractor-trailer spilled more than 500 gallons of canola oil onto the roadway. Independence, Missouri, fire crews were dispatched ...

State Attorney General Liz Murrill has asked the federal government to drop a $128 million lawsuit against insurance companies over the longest-running spill in U.S. history — leaking off Louisiana's ...

Exxon Mobil Corp. signed agreements that lay the groundwork for it to explore Iraq’s giant Majnoon oil field, ending the company’s near two-year hiatus in the country. The Texas oil major has signed ...

Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE:XOM) shares are trading higher premarket on Tuesday. On Monday, the oil giant stated that it anticipates changes in oil prices to impact its Upstream results by ($100) ...

Exxon Mobil (NYSE:XOM) expects changes in crude oil prices to boost its Q3 earnings by as much as $300 million compared with Q2, the company said post-market Monday in an SEC filing. Exxon (NYSE:XOM) ...

DENVER — The off ramp from Interstate 25 to Auraria Parkway was closed Monday morning after a crash. According to police, the crash was a single vehicle rollover that caused an oil spill. No serious ...

Cleanup efforts are underway after an oil spill at the Suisun City marina this week, officials say. The City of Suisun City says marina staff discovered the oil spill late Thursday morning. Red-dye ...

The Valdez Marine Terminal, where North Slope crude oil is offloaded onto ocean tankers. Stakeholders in Valdez are embroiled in a dispute over oil spill protections at the terminal there, at the end ...

Every day, millions of gallons of oil move from the Arctic through the trans-Alaska pipeline to the small coastal town of Valdez, 600 miles away. There, high above the waters of Prince William Sound, ...