All the headlines from our Oil Gas Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Aug 8 2019 // North Dakota is considering whether to study lightning strikes at saltwater disposal sites after lightning hit state facilities at least four times since June, triggering fires and spills of oil and brine.People familiar...
Aug 5 2019 // At Mexico’s state-run oil company, skinnier waists mean bigger bonuses.Under Petroleos Mexicanos’s new collective bargaining contract with its union, workers who meet certain body weight standards will receive...
Aug 1 2019 // Oil tanker owners are finding a way to reduce the risks of navigating the Strait of Hormuz, the world’s most important — and lately most dangerous — energy chokepoint: vanish from global tracking...
Jul 29 2019 // Wind is threatening to spread a growing 52-mile (84-kilometer) oil sheen in Indonesia from an undersea well that began leaking about two weeks ago into the Java Sea.State crude producer PT Pertamina plans to install more...
Jul 16 2019 // California regulators say Chevron has not done enough to stop a massive oil spill that dumped about 800,000 gallons of crude oil and water into a Kern County canyon, and they want the company to take further action to halt...
Jul 15 2019 // The Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled on June 27 that Canada-based Enbridge Energy doesn’t need to carry additional insurance for a pipeline project in Dane County, despite the local government’s insistence that it...
Jul 11 2019 // Tropical Storm Barry formed in the Gulf of Mexico and could strike Louisiana as a hurricane Saturday, causing almost $1 billion in damage and worsening flooding in New Orleans.The system, which was about 95 miles (153...
Jul 11 2019 // The British navy intervened to stop Iran from blocking a commercial oil tanker leaving the Persian Gulf, heightening friction just as European nations scramble to salvage a landmark nuclear accord with the Islamic...
Jul 10 2019 // U.S. oil prices have climbed 3% as more major oil producers shut production and withdrew staff from offshore platforms in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico, as a storm threatened oil-producing areas.Anadarko Petroleum Corp., the...
Jul 9 2019 // Oil tanker owners are avoiding sending their ships to the Middle East’s main refueling hub after a spate of attacks on vessels in the past two months ratcheted up tensions and highlighted the growing risks of...
Jul 3 2019 // Remember those Somali pirates? Earlier this decade, they brazenly hijacked giant oil tankers, demanded ransoms in the millions of dollars, and gave Tom Hanks yet another chance to play the everyman overcoming a...
Jul 2 2019 // British public companies and pension funds may have to publish by 2022 what risks their businesses face from climate change under a new so-called green finance strategy.Britain last week became the first G7 country to sign...
Jul 2 2019 // The number of working oil rigs in Oklahoma is down more than a quarter from this time last year, amid a nationwide decrease. Oilfield services firm Baker Hughes reported 102 rigs operating in the state on June 28. The...
Jul 1 2019 // Zurich Insurance Group announced it is accelerating actions to progress towards a low-carbon economy “amid an increasing climate crisis.” Its actions range from committing to UN targets for global temperature...
Jun 27 2019 // The majority of Americans say global warming is important to them, and that it’s affecting the weather in the U.S.A national survey by the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication and the George Mason University...
Jun 26 2019 // A new federally led study of oil seeping from a platform toppled off Louisiana’s coast 141/2 years ago found releases lower than other recent estimates, but contradicts the well owner’s assertions about the...
Jun 25 2019 // The North Dakota Petroleum Council and state officials say a new oilfield safety training program, 18 months in the making, will be a time-saver for tens of thousands of contract workers.Fifty oil companies worked on the...
Jun 25 2019 // The cost of insuring Middle East oil shipments is soaring as tensions mount in a region responsible for about a third of all seaborne petroleum.So-called war risk premiums for a standard oil cargo from the Persian Gulf and...
Jun 24 2019 // Officials say a very small fire continues to burn at a Philadelphia refinery following explosions and a pre-dawn blaze that shook homes and caused some minor injuries.Philadelphia Energy Solutions said Saturday that...
Jun 24 2019 // One of Britain’s biggest fund managers started selling shares in Exxon Mobil Corp., saying America’s largest oil company isn’t doing enough to address climate change. Legal & General Investment...