All the headlines from our Energy Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Sep 3 2014 // Halliburton Co.’s agreement to settle most of the lawsuits stemming from its role in the worst offshore oil spill in U.S. history refocuses attention on the still-awaited court ruling that will decide the extent of...
Sep 2 2014 // Halliburton Co. agreed to pay $1.1 billion to settle a majority of lawsuits brought over its role in the largest offshore oil spill in U.S. history.The agreement is subject to court approval and includes legal fees, the...
Aug 29 2014 // An explosion at a BP oil refinery in Indiana rattled nearby homes and sparked a fire that was later extinguished, but it didn’t cause any major injuries or halt production at the facility, a company official said.The...
Aug 27 2014 // As scientists investigate whether injection wells where the booming oil and gas industry disposes of wastewater cause earthquakes, the Texas agency that oversees oil and gas is proposing a regulatory overhaul.The Texas...
Aug 26 2014 // On the second day of his vacation, surrounded by science fiction and comic book fans at Comic Con, Alan Salazar looked around the San Diego Convention Center for a quiet place so he could take a phone call from his boss.It...
Aug 25 2014 // A trial is underway in a lawsuit brought by two men who say a 2010 Michigan oil spill destroyed their business.Charles Blakeman Jr. of Bellevue and Robert Patterson of Mason say they were prevented from guiding disabled...
Aug 22 2014 // Willis Group Holdings August Energy Market Review (EMR) highlights the decision by Oil Insurance Limited (OIL) to increase its per occurrence limit from $300 million to $400 million and the event aggregation limit from...
Aug 20 2014 // The Canadian government did not adequately audit the railroad company at the center of the Lac-Mégantic crude tanker disaster, which last year killed 47 people, an independent federal agency said on Tuesday, as it called...
Aug 15 2014 // Class action status has been granted in a lawsuit against Exxon Mobil stemming from a 2013 pipeline accident in Mayflower.U.S. District Judge Brian Miller in Little Rock ruled in favor of Arnez and Charletha Harper, the...
Aug 14 2014 // A Texas school district is scrambling to prepare for the upcoming school year after the Eagle Ford Shale oil boom led to staffing problems.The Alice Independent School District still has to fill 21 teaching positions...
Aug 7 2014 // A south Louisiana flood authority is fighting a new state law aimed at retroactively killing a lawsuit filed last year over coastal damage attributed to oil and gas drilling.The Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection...
Aug 6 2014 // U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited an Oklahoma oil refinery with five repeat and three serious violations for continuing to expose workers to unsafe conditions. As a...
Aug 4 2014 // The expansion of shale resource extraction encompasses several interrelated elements, including exploration risk, infrastructure project risk, and the risks associated with new or enlarged trade flows and the significant...
Aug 1 2014 // Houston and Harris County officials have been flooded with thousands of emails from BP and its employees over the past few weeks encouraging them to drop a lawsuit over the 2010 Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill.Some have...
Jul 30 2014 // The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission has set separate two-day hearings next month to consider permanent licenses for ride-sharing companies Uber and Lyft.The PUC last week gave the San Francisco-based firms temporary...
Jul 25 2014 // Pennsylvania’s Public Utility Commission approved emergency permits Thursday for two ride-sharing companies to operate in the Pittsburgh area.The PUC had previously obtained cease-and-desist orders — which the...
Jul 25 2014 // The Transportation Safety Board of Canada on Thursday welcomed proposed U.S. regulations for oil-by-rail tankers, but cautioned of the persistent danger until tank cars built before 2011 stop carrying oil and other...
Jul 25 2014 // El Nino will probably develop as a weak event in late summer or early fall in the Northern Hemisphere, according to MDA Weather Services, while Commodity Weather Group LLC said it may be delayed for several months as the...
Jul 23 2014 // More than half a day after an industrial fire broke out in the North Dakota oil patch town of Williston, N.D., authorities still were unable to say what caused the massive blaze.The fire, which started around midnight...
Jul 23 2014 // A group of Louisiana tax assessors is advocating for a series of property valuation changes that, if approved, could significantly increase property tax rates for oil and gas well operators, as well as revenues for local...