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Judge OKs $230M Settlement in California Oil Spill Case

Sep 26 2022 // A judge has approved a $230 million lawsuit settlement by the owners of a pipeline that spilled more than 140,000 gallons of crude oil into the ocean off California in 2015, lawyers announced.A federal judge in Los Angeles...

U.S. Seeks to Restore Safety Rules Sparked by Gulf Oil Spill

Sep 13 2022 // The Biden administration on Monday proposed offshore drilling safety measures that it said would help prevent oil spills and protect workers and the environment.The proposal aims to restore safety provisions put in place...

Oil Company Settles Criminal Cases In California Spill

Sep 12 2022 // An oil company on pleaded guilty in federal court to negligently discharging crude off the Southern California coast when its underwater pipeline ruptured last year, a spill that closed miles of shoreline and shuttered...

G7’s Price Cap on Russia Oil Takes Shape but Will Russia Sidestep Insurance Rules?

Sep 12 2022 // The Group of Seven countries is working to cap the price of Russian oil in an attempt to limit Moscow’s ability to fund its invasion of Ukraine, a plan analysts say could work in the long term but might boost oil...

Toyota Reaches Potential $150M Settlement Over Fuel Pump Recalls

Sep 9 2022 // Toyota Motor Corp. reached a settlement potentially worth $150 million to resolve U.S. class-action litigation tied to recalls of about 3.36 million Toyota and Lexus vehicles whose defective fuel pumps could cause engines...

North Dakota Oil Rig Explosion Injures 3

Sep 8 2022 // Federal, state and local investigators in northwest North Dakota are looking into the cause of an oil rig explosion and fire that sent three workers to the hospital.The crew members were taken to a burn center in St. Paul,...

G7 Expected to Advance Russia Oil Price Cap Plans With Insurance Playing Key Role

Sep 2 2022 // Group of Seven finance ministers are expected to firm up plans on Friday to impose a price cap on Russian oil aimed at slashing revenues for Moscow’s war in Ukraine but keeping crude flowing to avoid price spikes, G7...

Italian Oil Giant Eni Hit by Cyber Attack

Sep 1 2022 // The Italian oil giant Eni SpA said Wednesday that its computer networks were hacked in recent days and that the consequences so far appeared to be minor.“Eni confirms that the internal protection systems have...

Oil Spill Settlement Reached with California Businesses

Aug 29 2022 // A pipeline operator it has reached a settlement with Southern California tourism companies, fishermen and other businesses that sued after a crude oil spill off the coast last year near Huntington Beach.Amplify Energy...

Delaware Climate Lawsuit Against Oil Industry Is State Issue: Federal Court

Aug 19 2022 // A federal appeals court has ruled that a lawsuit filed by Delaware’s attorney general seeking to hold the petroleum industry responsible for climate change effects in the state must be heard in state court instead of...

Pipeline Company to Pay Nearly $1M for California Oil Spill

Aug 15 2022 // The owner of an underwater oil pipeline that spilled some 25,000 gallons of crude into the ocean off Southern California last year will pay nearly $1 million in cleanup costs.The Orange County Board of Supervisors agreed...

Louisiana Oil Spill Cleanup Underway After Tank Platform Collapse

Aug 11 2022 // An oil spill cleanup is underway at a site where an oil tank platform collapsed in a Louisiana bay, the Coast Guard said.The spill of crude oil occurred at Hilcorp’s Caillou Island facility in Terrebonne Bay,...

Russia Finds New Route to Get Oil to Market Via Tiny Egyptian Port

Aug 5 2022 // Russia appears to have found a new means of getting its oil to market with western sanctions looming for Moscow.A cargo of about 700,000 barrels of Russian oil was delivered to Egypt’s El Hamra oil terminal on its...

G7 Nations Mull Options to Deprive Moscow of Bumper Oil Profits

Aug 3 2022 // The Group of Seven (G7) wealthy nations is looking at blocking the transportation of Russian oil among other options to deprive Moscow of bumper revenues amid its invasion of Ukraine, unless it heeds a price cap.In a...

Pipeline Company to Pay Nearly $1M for California Oil Spill

Jul 29 2022 // The owner of an underwater oil pipeline that spilled some 25,000 gallons of crude into the ocean off Southern California last year will pay nearly $1 million in cleanup costs.The Orange County Board of Supervisors on...

G7 Countries Aim to Have Price Cap on Russia Oil Before Dec. 5, When Sanctions Kick In

Jul 28 2022 // The Group of Seven richest economies aim to have a price-capping mechanism on Russian oil exports in place by Dec. 5, when European Union sanctions banning seaborne imports of Russian crude come into force, a senior G7...

Dredging Company Paying $1M for Restoration in Louisiana Oil Spill

Jul 18 2022 // A Houston dredging company has been ordered to pay a $1 million fine for an oil spill that occurred when a subcontractor cut through an oil pipeline during barrier island restoration work off Louisiana in 2016.Great Lakes...

1M Gallons of Oil Collected Since 2019 Spill off Louisiana Coast

Jul 14 2022 // One million gallons of oil have been collected since April 2019 from the site of the nation’s longest oil spill, in the Gulf of Mexico off Louisiana, the Coast Guard and National Oceanic and Atmospheric...

G-7 Eyes Cap on Price of Russian Oil via Insurance, Shipping Restrictions

Jun 27 2022 // Group of Seven nations are discussing a cap on the price of Russian oil that would work by imposing restrictions on insurance and shipping, according to people familiar with the matter.The potential mechanism would only...

Dredging Company Paying $1M for Restoration in Louisiana Oil Spill

Jun 24 2022 // A Houston dredging company has been ordered to pay a $1 million fine for an oil spill that occurred when a subcontractor cut through an oil pipeline during barrier island restoration work off Louisiana in 2016.Great Lakes...