Oil

Wyoming Oil and Gas administrator steps down

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The price of oil is struggling for direction as OPEC ministers debate how much oil to produce while global economic growth is slowing.

Benchmark crude rose 10 cents to $82.72 per barrel Thursday in New York

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CASPER, Wyo. (AP) — State oil and gas regulators are blaming mechanical failure for a natural gas well blowout in eastern Wyoming last month.

According to an Associated Press story, an investigation by the Wyoming Oil and Gas Conservation Commission also found that workers at the rig failed to properly engage part of the wellhead apparatus

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A blowout that prompted an evacuation advisory for dozens near Douglas has been capped

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NEW YORK (AP) — Natural gas futures are rising off 10-year lows Thursday as drillers cut production in response to lower prices and utilities use more of the cheap fuel to generate electricity.

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NEW YORK (AP) — Oil prices are mixed as investors weigh strong U.S. corporate earnings with ongoing concern about European debt.

Benchmark U.S. crude rose Tuesday by 56 cents to $103.67 per barrel in New York

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NEW YORK (AP) — Oil prices are falling as tensions eased over Iran's nuclear program.

Benchmark U.S. crude lost 60 cents to $102.23 per barrel in New York while Brent crude lost $2.01 to $119

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NEW YORK (AP) — Oil prices fell for a second day on more troubling signs for the world economy.

Benchmark U.S. crude dropped 61 cents to $101.84 per barrel in New York while Brent crude lost $1

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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio energy regulators say injection of gas-drilling wastewater into the earth almost certainly a series of small earthquakes as they announced a series of tough new regulations for drillers

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