All the headlines from our Oil Gas Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Dec 8 2014 // The U.S. Supreme Court refused to review BP Plc’s $9.7 billion settlement over the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill, turning away the company’s argument that hundreds of millions of dollars are going to businesses...
Dec 8 2014 // The killing of a crew member of a Vietnamese tanker by pirates marks a deadly escalation in Southeast Asian hijackings and the third attack on a ship from Vietnam in two months.Crew member Tran Duc Dat was shot yesterday...
Dec 4 2014 // A federal judge has sent a Plaquemines Parish lawsuit against 19 oil and gas companies back to New Orleans court for trial.U.S. District Judge Jay Zainey’s ruling sets the stage for the return of 27 others suits to...
Dec 3 2014 // A state study says the increase in crude oil shipments by rail is creating new risks and will require increased safety measures and improved oil spill response and prevention. Even as more trains carry volatile shipments...
Dec 3 2014 // A new study says oil from the Deepwater Horizon disaster is still trapped in Alabama’s beaches four years later.The report was released by Auburn University researchers who’ve been studying the BP oil spill...
Dec 2 2014 // The New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services issued a public service announcement reminding residents that snow and ice can damage outdoor heating oil/propane/natural gas tanks, and the piping connecting the tank...
Nov 30 2014 // BP Plc, having pledged billions of dollars for damages caused by the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill, won’t have to make payouts any time soon to more than 95 percent of the workers hurt while cleaning up the mess.If...
Nov 24 2014 // Money from the first and only settlement so far in a Louisiana flood board’s lawsuit against dozens of energy companies will be placed in a special account dedicated to coastal restoration.The Southeast Louisiana...
Nov 20 2014 // Russian companies face billions of dollars in extra insurance costs as Western sanctions prompt foreign insurance firms to start pulling out, worried that any business they undertake is at risk from future measures and an...
Nov 12 2014 // A South Mississippi man faces trial in a federal fraud case alleging he lied about his past employment to get $25,800 in oil spill recovery money.Court records showed Shawn Albert Townsel received the money after claiming...
Nov 11 2014 // Nature and a multimillion dollar rock pile built in the Gulf of Mexico after the BP oil spill have healed a large barrier island nine years after it was sliced in two by Hurricane Katrina.Katrina swamped Alabama’s...
Nov 11 2014 // BP Plc lost a bid to remove Patrick Juneau, the claims administrator overseeing payouts for the 2010 Gulf of Mexico spill, according to a New Orleans federal court ruling Monday.Juneau is in charge of the London-based...
Nov 7 2014 // A federal appeals court panel has reaffirmed its ruling that BP is liable for federal Clean Water Act damages stemming from the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill, the latest loss for the oil giant as it fights court decisions...
Nov 5 2014 // A Canadian pipeline company says it has cost about $1.21 billion to clean up a 2010 oil spill into the Kalamazoo River system in Michigan. TV stations WOOD and WWMT report Calgary, Alberta-based Enbridge Inc. released the...
Nov 3 2014 // Two of the smaller players in a New Orleans area flood board’s lawsuit against the oil industry over damage to the state’s coast have agreed to a settlement.An attorney for the Southeast Louisiana Flood...
Oct 29 2014 // Hijackings of small oil tankers by armed gangs are increasing in Southeast Asia, home to the shortest sea-trade route between the Middle East and China, even as pirate attacks globally fell for a third year.Five of the six...
Oct 27 2014 // Complaints about trucks tearing up parish roads have prompted the St. Landry Parish Council in Louisiana to re-examine how road-use permits are issued and how the parish can force those causing the damage to pay for...
Oct 24 2014 // A weak El Nino will probably develop by the year-end, according to MDA Weather Services.While sea-surface temperatures are warmer than normal across most areas in the tropical Pacific ocean, it still doesn’t qualify...
Oct 21 2014 // Cleanup crews continue to mop up a 4,000-barrell oil spill into a four-mile stretch of Tete Bayou northwest of Shreveport, La.Officials said that the oil has been contained without reaching Caddo Lake, which straddles the...
Oct 21 2014 // Methane emissions will likely be the next big environmental issue to face North Dakota’s booming oil industry according to a top official at the state’s Department of Health.Dave Glatt, chief of the Department...