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Shell to Pay $111 Million to Resolve Long-Running Oil-Spill Dispute in Nigeria

Aug 17 2021 // Royal Dutch Shell Plc’s Nigerian unit agreed to pay a local community $111 million to resolve a long-running dispute over an oil spill that occurred more than half a century ago.The Anglo-Dutch energy giant will pay...

Panel Revives Jurisdictional Question in Louisiana Suits Against Oil Giants

Aug 9 2021 // The question of whether lawsuits blaming big oil companies for loss of vulnerable Louisiana coastal wetlands will be tried in state courts, as local parish governments want, or in federal courts, as the oil companies want,...

Shipwreck Cleanup Leaks Oil Onto Popular Georgia Beach

Aug 4 2021 // More oil gushed into the water Monday from the remains of an overturned cargo ship being dismantled along the coast of Georgia, where dozens of workers were still busy cleaning up thick bands of blackened sand from a...

Forgotten Oil and Gas Wells Lingering, Leaking Toxic Chemicals

Aug 3 2021 // Rusted pipes litter the sandy fields of Ashley Williams Watt’s cattle ranch in windswept West Texas. The corroded skeletons are all that remain of hundreds of abandoned oil wells that were drilled long before her...

A Week Later, Oil Well Fire Still Burns in North Dakota

Jul 29 2021 // The operator of an oil well pad where a fire has been burning since last week in McKenzie County has brought in a specialized emergency response crew to get a handle on the blaze.The well pad is located on federal land...

Worker Shortage Hampers North Dakota Oil Production

Jul 23 2021 // Oil production is flat in North Dakota due to a workforce shortage as the industry recovers from the coronavirus pandemic.Companies say they are in need of workers to inject water, sand and chemicals down wells to crack...

Worker Dies After Part of Houston-Area Oil Rig Falls on Him

Jul 22 2021 // A man was killed July 21 when part of an oil rig he was working on fell on him near Houston, officials said. The incident happened in a remote area of the northeastern part of Harris County, 10 miles northeast of Houston,...

Amwins Underwriting Division Expands Portfolio with New Oil & Gas Programs

Jul 20 2021 // With a focus on delivering unmatched underwriting acumen via programs that fill complex needs within the market, Amwins Underwriting is excited to announce the launch of two new Oil and Gas programs: Oil & Gas...

Shell Abandons Push to Get Oil Spill Lawsuit to Be Heard in Nigeria

Jul 12 2021 // Royal Dutch Shell Plc has abandoned its final attempt to argue that a major lawsuit brought by thousands of Nigerians over an oil spill in the West African country should be heard in Nigeria rather than the...

Earthquake Activity Increasing in U.S. Oil Regions, Study Says

Jul 5 2021 // The number of noticeable earthquakes has been increasing year after year since 2017 in the key oil producing regions of the U.S., according to an analysis by an independent energy research firm.The analysis of seismic...

California Health and Safety Rules for Oil, Gas Drilling Delayed Again

Jun 25 2021 // It’s been a year and a half since California Gov. Gavin Newsom directed oil regulators to consider new health and safety measures to protect people living near oil and gas drilling sites.But those regulators missed...

Study Says Earthquakes Are Increasing in U.S. Oil Regions

Jun 15 2021 // The number of noticeable earthquakes has been increasing year after year since 2017 in the key oil producing regions of the U.S., according to an analysis by an independent energy research firm.The analysis of seismic...

Keystone XL Oil Pipeline Is Terminated After Years of Climate Activism

Jun 11 2021 // TC Energy Corp. has ended its 16-year quest to build the Keystone XL oil pipeline, a controversial cross-border project that became a litmus test for climate activism and was blocked by President Joe Biden.Calgary-based TC...

Deloitte Sued for Allegedly Failing to Find ‘Irregularities’ in Audits of Singapore Oil Trader

Jun 10 2021 // A failed oil trader in Singapore that owes creditors more than $3.5 billion is suing Deloitte & Touche LLP, alleging the auditing firm failed to detect “serious irregularities” in its financial statements...

Fire-Gutted Container Ship Raises Oil Spill Concerns for Sri Lanka

Jun 3 2021 // Salvors and authorities are watching for any leaking of fuel after halting efforts to tow a fire-gutted container vessel away from beaches and fishing grounds off the coast of Sri Lanka.The ship’s stern hit the ocean...

Big Oil May Face More Climate Lawsuits After Shell Ruling, Say Lawyers, Activists

May 28 2021 // LONDON – A Dutch court’s decision to force Royal Dutch Shell to make deeper, faster cuts to its climate warming emissions on the basis of human rights could set a precedent, especially in European countries,...

India Oil Giant Under Fire for Offshore Disaster During Cyclone Tauktae

May 28 2021 // When India’s weather office sent out cyclone warnings on May 13 and most vessels moved to safety, one barge working on Oil and Natural Gas Corp.’s field off the Mumbai coast stayed put.That decision would prove...

Shell Loses Landmark Climate Case in Ruling with Global Implications for Big Oil

May 27 2021 // THE HAGUE/LONDON – A Dutch court ordered Royal Dutch Shell to drastically deepen planned greenhouse gas emission cuts on Wednesday, in a landmark ruling that could trigger legal action against energy companies around the...

Cyclone Sinks Barge Operated by India’s Oil & Natural Gas Corp., Hundreds Rescued

May 18 2021 // A cyclone barreling through India’s west coast sank a barge hired by state-run explorer Oil & Natural Gas Corp. prompting a massive operation to rescue 96 people missing from the vessel.“Long-range maritime...

China Reports Tanker Crash, Oil Spill in Yellow Sea

Apr 27 2021 // A tanker carrying around one million barrels of bitumen mix was involved in a collision near the Chinese port city of Qingdao, spilling oil into the Yellow Sea, Chinese maritime officials and tanker representatives said on...