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Davos 2023: Starmer Says No New UK Oil and Gas Fields Under a Labour Government

Jan 20 2023 // Britain’s opposition leader Keir Starmer said on Thursday there would be no investment in new oil and gas fields in Britain under a Labour government – a big change from current UK energy policies.Starmer said...

California Lawsuit Filed over Oil And Gas Drilling Ban

Jan 18 2023 // An oil company sued the city of Los Angeles over its recent law to ban the drilling of new oil and gas wells and to phase out existing ones within city limits over the next two decades.Warren Resources filed the lawsuit...

Las Vegas Solar Site Arson Was Clean Energy Message, Man Says

Jan 13 2023 // A Colorado dentist accused of setting a fire that damaged a transformer at a solar power array outside Las Vegas last week told investigators he wanted to send a message supporting clean energy and denied his intention was...

Oil Worker Dies After Falling Into North Dakota Pit

Jan 9 2023 // BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – A worker from Texas is dead after falling at an oil rig site in North Dakota.Daniel Navarrete, 42, of New Braunfels, Texas, fell through an open hatch Thursday in a pit at a Nabors Industries rig...

Russia’s Flagship Oil Sells at Half Global Prices, Below G7 Imposed Cap

Jan 9 2023 // Russia’s flagship oil is selling at less than half international prices — and way below a Group of Seven imposed cap — following sanctions targeting the Kremlin’s revenue from petroleum sales.The...

Activists Say They’ll Continue to Call out Liberty Mutual for Fossil Fuels

Jan 5 2023 // Right after Tim Sweeney took the helm as Liberty Mutual’s CEO, a group of activists hosted a demonstration asking the him to “pick fossil fuels or Boston” by prioritizing climate policies to mitigate risk...

Tennessee Power Outages Amplify Calls for TVA to Rethink Fossil Fuels

Jan 2 2023 // A federal utility’s decision to resort to rolling blackouts after coal and natural gas units went offline during dangerously cold conditions has intensified questions about the Tennessee Valley Authority’s...

Exxon Sues to Force EU to Scrap New Windfall Profits Tax on Oil Companies

Dec 29 2022 // U.S. oil major Exxon Mobil Corp. is suing the European Union in a bid to force it to scrap the bloc’s new windfall tax on oil groups, arguing Brussels exceeded its legal authority by imposing the levy.Record profits...

Oil Refiners Restoring Lost Output After Arctic Blast

Dec 28 2022 // U.S. oil refiners on Tuesday were working feverishly to resume operations at a dozen facilities knocked offline by a holiday deep freeze, a recovery that in some cases will stretch into January.An Arctic blast sent...

Putin Bans Russian Oil Exports to Countries Implementing Sanctions-Related Price Cap

Dec 28 2022 // President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday delivered Russia’s long-awaited response to a Western price cap, signing a decree that bans the supply of crude oil and oil products from Feb. 1 for five months to nations that...

Exxon Avoids Hiring Tankers That Previously Transported Russian Oil

Dec 21 2022 // Exxon Mobil Corp., is avoiding hiring oil tankers that previously carried cargoes from Russia, putting itself in the same camp as Shell Plc with a move that pressures owners to choose whether to serve Moscow’s...

Oil Tanker Owners Show Signs of Shunning Russia’s Crude in Response to G-7 Sanctions

Dec 16 2022 // There are tentative signs that oil tanker companies are avoiding sending their ships to collect crude from a key Russian port in Asia following G-7 sanctions targeting Moscow’s petroleum revenues.Since Dec. 5, buyers...

Company Starting to Recover Oil From Kansas Pipeline Spill

Dec 15 2022 // TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) – The company operating a pipeline that spilled about 14,000 bathtubs’ worth of oil into a Kansas creek during a test for potential problems is recovering at least a small portion of the crude.The...

Keystone Oil Spill Cleanup Expected to Last Weeks

Dec 15 2022 // Cleanup of the biggest U.S. oil spill in nearly a decade will take at least weeks more, local officials in Kansas said on Tuesday, citing a recent meeting with Keystone pipeline owner TC Energy Corp.There is still no...

Insurers and Turkey Reach Deal to Let Oil Tankers Sail Unhindered: Norway’s Gard

Dec 13 2022 // Norwegian ship insurer Gard said on Tuesday that an agreement had been reached between Turkey and insurers to enable vessels carrying oil to sail through Turkish waters unhindered.“Following significant engagement...

Kansas Oil Spill Biggest in Keystone History

Dec 12 2022 // TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) _ A ruptured pipe dumped enough oil this week into a northeastern Kansas creek to nearly fill an Olympic-sized swimming pool, becoming the largest onshore crude pipeline spill in nine years and surpassing...

Insurance-Related Oil Tanker Backlog Starts to Clear in Turkey’s Vital Shipping Strait

Dec 12 2022 // A backlog of tankers waiting to haul oil through Turkey’s vital shipping straits appeared to start clearing, offering hope that authorities in Ankara have resolved a spat with the insurance industry that arose...

Big Oil Does Little to Act On Climate Despite Vows

Dec 12 2022 // Major energy companies are not doing enough to prevent the worst effects of climate change despite public promises to fight the problem, a U.S. House panel said about documents released on Friday that it got in a...

G7 Price Cap on Russia Oil Not to Blame for Tanker Queues: EU Says

Dec 9 2022 // The Group of Seven countries’ price cap on Russian oil is not responsible for a queue of tankers waiting in the Black Sea to pass through Istanbul’s Bosphorus Strait on the way to the Mediterranean, the...

Sanctions, Insurance Standoff Escalates, With More Oil Tankers Stuck in Turkish Strait

Dec 9 2022 // A standoff over sanctions and insurance that has caused a jam of oil tankers at the key Bosphorus shipping strait escalated on Thursday, leaving millions of barrels of crude stuck.Late last month, Turkey insisted on proof...