All the headlines from our Energy Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Aug 5 2010 // In the wake of the BP oil disaster, more than 50 U.S. and other environmentally-active global investors have sent letters to major energy companies asking them to disclose information on their spill prevention and response...
Aug 4 2010 // Newport Beach, Calif.-based GCube Insurance Services Inc., a global insurer of renewable energy technologies, announced today that John McLane has joined the company as senior vice president. McLane will be responsible for...
Aug 4 2010 // The vast majority of oil from the BP spill in the Gulf of Mexico is gone, President Barack Obama’s energy adviser said Wednesday, and the remaining oil reportedly does not pose a serious threat.The U.S. government...
Aug 4 2010 // A militant group linked to al Qaeda said on Wednesday that a suicide bomber was responsible for a mysterious explosion on a Japanese-owned oil tanker a week ago near the Strait of Hormuz.But analysts are sceptical about...
Aug 4 2010 // BP says it has begun expediting claim payments to businesses affected by the oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico, including establishing an Immediate Action Claims Team.According to a press update issued yesterday, the...
Aug 3 2010 // The British Petroleum, DeepWater Horizon oil spill may result in a loss in home value in Gulf coast communities of $648 million over one year, according to a new report from CoreLogic, a provider of information, analytics...
Aug 2 2010 // The Deepwater Horizon disaster in the Gulf of Mexico will not be a major event for the property/casualty insurance industry, but it may spur tightening of insurance terms and prices in the energy sector, according to...
Aug 2 2010 // No matter which television channel or Web site you turn to, the Gulf oil spill has dominated the news. This is an environmental crisis that will affect the region’s economic capabilities and natural resources for...
Jul 30 2010 // A U.S. senator from Florida called for a congressional inquiry into BP Plc’s plan to use losses from the Gulf of Mexico oil spill to reap $10 billion in tax benefits.Senator Bill Nelson said Wednesday he wants a...
Jul 30 2010 // Three months after the catastrophic oil rig explosion that sent millions of gallons of crude spewing into the Gulf of Mexico, the House of was poised Friday to debate legislation clamping down on the industry’s...
Jul 30 2010 // U.S. regulators have told Canada’s Enbridge to detail a safety and repair plan for a failed oil pipeline in Michigan after warning in January the company appeared to be in violation of safety standards because it was...
Jul 29 2010 // Crews are working to cap a new oil leak in a Louisiana coastal inlet after a barge slammed into an abandoned well on July 27, sending a shower of water, natural gas and oil spewing about 100 into the air.Emergency...
Jul 29 2010 // Republicans and some moderate Democrats in the U.S. Senate Wednesday began picking apart a new energy bill that they complained goes too far in holding oil companies responsible for accidents like the massive Gulf of...
Jul 29 2010 // A Japanese supertanker, which triggered fears of an attack in the sensitive Strait of Hormuz oil shipping route, collided with something, possibly a submarine or mine, UAE port officials inspecting the ship said on...
Jul 28 2010 // BP Plc’s newly named chief executive Tuesday called the Gulf oil spill a “wake-up call” for the entire industry as the company tallied up its losses and disclosed two U.S. investigations.Bob Dudley, who...
Jul 28 2010 // U.S. Senate Democrats are set to unveil a slimmed-down energy bill Tuesday aimed at reforming offshore drilling, but House lawmakers are taking up a tougher bill on Friday that adds another hurdle to get a bill signed into...
Jul 26 2010 // An oil storage tank at a natural gas well exploded Friday morning, killing two workers, leaving a third man remarkably uninjured and sparking a smoky well fire that smoldered for hours.A team of oil- and gas-well...
Jul 26 2010 // British energy giant BP Plc is holding up payments to economic victims of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, Kenneth Feinberg, administrator of a $20 billion compensation fund, said Saturday.“I have a concern that BP is...
Jul 26 2010 // In 2006, Worldwide Interiors, a Canal Road furniture importer, had a banner year with sales of $520,000, including $90,000 that June.Last year, amid south Baldwin County’s deflated real estate market, sales dipped to...
Jul 26 2010 // Many years ago when Mindy Hixon started working in the family trucking business in Carbon County, Wyo., she realized safety wasn’t a top priority.“I knew for a fact what we were doing was illegal, unsafe and...