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The fatality rate for oil workers is five times that of the overall work force.
Smaller companies are getting by plugging wells for customers.
The EPA is issuing rules limiting methane leaks in the drilling, production and transportation of natural gas and oil.
The deal brings the company's total liability to more than $40 billion.
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.
