All the headlines from our Energy Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jan 15 2016 // The number of work-related deaths in the North Dakota oil patch in 2015 dropped from the previous year.Occupational Safety and Health Administration data show three such fatalities last year, down from seven in 2014 and 10...
Jan 11 2016 // Alliant Insurance Services, a nationwide specialty insurance brokerage firm, has added renewable energy expert Bob Gary to its Energy and Marine Group as senior vice president. Gary will oversee business development and...
Jan 11 2016 // Editor’s Note: This is the first article in a three-part series on the oil and gas industry. The second article will address new and emerging claims trends and the third article will address the emerging risks...
Jan 7 2016 // A landmark study by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency that concluded fracking causes no widespread harm to drinking water is coming under fire — this time, from the agency’s own science advisers.The...
Jan 6 2016 // The state commission that regulates Oklahoma’s oil and natural gas industry on Jan. 4 ordered some injection well operators to reduce wastewater disposal volumes after at least a dozen earthquakes hit an area north...
Jan 3 2016 // Deadly flooding across the U.S. Midwest is disrupting everything from oil to agriculture, forcing pipelines, terminals and grain elevators to close.The floods have killed at least 30 people and shut hundreds of roads...
Jan 3 2016 // The Tennessee attorney general is accusing Chevron of fraudulently siphoning more than $18 million over a period of about 30 years from a cleanup fund that people contribute to every time they fill up at the pump.The...
Dec 31 2015 // ACE Group has launched ACE Renewable Energy Environmental Protection, a dedicated environmental policy for companies in the renewable energy industry in the U.K. and Ireland.ACE Renewable Energy Environmental Protection...
Dec 31 2015 // A fierce storm in the North Sea forced oil firms to evacuate platforms and shut down production on Thursday on concerns that they could be hit by a drifting barge that had broken its anchor.The strong winds had ripped the...
Dec 28 2015 // Ferrari North America Inc. recalled the 2016 California T convertibles it made over a two-month period this year because of the risk of fuel leaks. The California Ts produced between Sept. 8 and Nov. 11 may have a...
Dec 23 2015 // A C$460 million (US$330.46 million) settlement fund for victims of the 2013 Lac-Megantic crude-by-rail disaster will begin disbursements this week without the participation of Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd [CP], the monitor...
Dec 21 2015 // The Senate passed the bill 65-33 on Friday, shortly after a 316-113 House vote. The legislation, which will finance the government through September 2016, goes to President Barack Obama, who plans to sign...
Dec 10 2015 // Two energy companies asked a judge on Dec. 9 to throw out a lawsuit by an Oklahoma woman who claims she was injured in an earthquake caused by the injection of wastewater deep into the ground — a long-used method to...
Dec 10 2015 // Liberty Mutual Holding Co., the second- largest U.S. property-casualty insurer, posted its worst loss in at least a decade on costs tied to scaling back operations in Venezuela and the declining value of some...
Dec 7 2015 // Call it the invisible spill.You can’t see it, but it’s there – a steady stream of natural gas seeping out of the pipe casing in a well in Southern California that may spew as much greenhouse gas into the air...
Dec 7 2015 // Zurich-headquartered Canopius Group AG announced the appointment of Francis Lobo as head of Upstream Oil and Gas Engineering, effective immediately.Lobo will report to Steve Warren, Group Head of Energy & Engineering,...
Dec 3 2015 // Manslaughter charges were dropped on Wednesday, Dec. 2, against a BP supervisor responsible for safety aboard the rig where an explosion killed 11 workers in 2010, and he pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of violating...
Dec 2 2015 // At least seven earthquakes rattled north-central Oklahoma on Monday, Nov. 30, including one felt 300 miles away in Iowa, prompting concern from local residents and policymakers that the state isn’t doing enough to...
Dec 2 2015 // Insurers, cities and other investors controlling more than $3.4 trillion in assets have pledged to keep some or all of their money out of fossil-fuel companies — a high-water mark for the divestment movement,...
Dec 1 2015 // The New York Department of Environmental Conservation is calling on homeowners who have oil furnaces to inspect their heating oil tanks for leaks that could lead to expensive cleanups. The agency says more than 2 million...