All the headlines from our Oil Gas Topic Page, ordered by recency.
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...
Jun 21 2019 // A series of attacks on oil tankers near the Persian Gulf has ratcheted up tensions between the U.S. and Iran – and raised fears over the safety of one of Asia’s most vital energy trade routes, where about a fifth...
Jun 17 2019 // Oil tanker owners face spiraling insurance costs to load cargoes from the world’s largest crude-export region after the latest round of attacks on vessels.War risk premiums that owners pay each time they go to the...
Jun 14 2019 // Dutch marine engineer Boskalis said on Friday it had has been appointed to salvage both tankers that were hit in the Gulf of Oman in a suspected attack.Boskalis said the condition of the Front Altair tanker, carrying a...
Jun 14 2019 // Oil tanker owners are turning increasingly nervous about loading cargoes from the world’s largest export region for crude after the latest round of attacks on vessels.Both owners and the companies that charter their...
Jun 13 2019 // An investigation into an explosion at an Oklahoma natural gas drilling rig that killed five workers last year faulted inadequate training and equipment and called for new regulations, the U.S. safety regulator said.The...
Jun 13 2019 // Two oil tankers were damaged on Thursday in a suspected attack near the entrance to the Persian Gulf, stoking fears that high-stakes diplomatic efforts won’t avert a military confrontation between the U.S. and Iran....
Jun 12 2019 // A coalition of environmental groups on Tuesday filed a lawsuit challenging the U.S. Interior Department’s rollbacks of safety measures put in place by the Obama administration in the aftermath of the fatal 2010 BP...
Jun 10 2019 // Fears about oil spills into the Great Lakes from two aging U.S. pipelines have flared, raising doubts about their future and creating fresh headaches for operator Enbridge Inc and the Canadian energy sector.Canada has...
Jun 6 2019 // A judge has approved an agreement for Exxon Mobil Corp. to pay $1.05 million to settle federal pollution violations over a 2011 pipeline break that sent oil into Montana’s Yellowstone River.U.S. District Judge Susan...
Jun 6 2019 // In a courtroom packed with environmental activists, federal judges wrestled Tuesday with whether climate change violates the constitutional rights of young people who have sued the U.S. government over the use of fossil...
May 23 2019 // Colorado officials said that they had no plans to stop energy companies from drilling for oil and gas while regulators overhaul state rules to make health, safety and the environment their top priority.Dan Gibbs, chief of...
May 22 2019 // Not since 2005 have the world’s insurers considered shipping in the Persian Gulf so dangerous for oil tankers.The Joint War Committee of London’s Lloyd’s Market Association said Friday that it would...
May 20 2019 // Tougher rules on sulfur emissions from ships will come into effect next year in the biggest shake-up for the oil and shipping industries for decades.United Nations shipping agency the International Maritime Organization...
May 17 2019 // Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) are “highly likely” to have facilitated attacks last Sunday on four tankers including two Saudi ships off Fujairah in the United Arab Emirates, according to a...
May 16 2019 // Michael Peterson has had about five months to come in and tackle what promises to be unique job.Peterson is California’s deputy commissioner for climate and sustainability. After California Insurance Commissioner...
May 16 2019 // Colorado oil and gas regulators are outlining some of their first planned rule changes under a new law that makes public safety and the environment their top priorities.The Oil and Gas Conservation Commission will meet...