States experiencing the energy boom topped the Bureau of Economic Analysis's list of personal income growth, led by North Dakota and Texas, FuelFix reports.
BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon's Energy Ministry says 52 companies have participated in a pre-qualification process to win licenses for offshore oil and gas work.
Shell's top official in Alaska declined on Wednesday to address the problems it encountered during its initial exploration for oil in the Arctic Ocean last year, but stressed that the company's drilling program was carried out "safely and successfully."
At a Senate Commerce oceans subcommittee field hearing in Anchorage chaired by Chairman Mark Begich, D-Alaska, Shell Alaska Vice President Pete Slaiby also maintained that its mishaps were maritime problems. He said the grounding of the Kulluk drilling platform during towing in December had "minimal impact to the environment."
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Greenland's new government said Wednesday it doesn't plan to issue any new licenses for offshore oil exploration, an announcement that was welcomed by environmentalists who oppose drilling in Arctic waters.
Congressional Republicans continue to push expanded oil and gas drilling to fund transportation infrastructure, despite a continuing debate on how much revenue such an expansion could yield, Politico reports.
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — BP's cement contractor on the drilling rig that exploded in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010 said Tuesday that its recent discovery of missing cement samples was the result of a "simple misunderstanding," not an attempt to withhold crucial evidence.
WASHINGTON (AP) — A team of scientists have determined that a 5.6 magnitude quake in Oklahoma in 2011 was caused when oil drilling waste was injected deep underground.
Skeptics say the "mutual" agreement for former Shell executive David Lawrence to leave the company was driven by the problems the company faced with its Arctic drilling program, FuelFix reports.
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A Transocean employee who served as chief mate on the Deepwater Horizon testified Monday that he believes the rig crew's emergency training saved lives following the 2010 explosion that killed 11 workers and triggered the nation's worst offshore oil spill.
Chevron Corp. said it discovered a new deepwater oil well in the Gulf of Mexico about 190 miles from the Louisiana coast, The Wall Street Journal reports.
Senate Energy and Natural Resources Chairman Ron Wyden, D-Ore., asked the Justice Department to join the European Union's probe of possible oil price manipulation, Reuters reports.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Chairman Allison Macfarlane said the NRC can't consider a public hearing on the San Onofre nuclear plant until June, when an appeal period of an Atomic Safety and Licensing Board ruling ends.
Sens. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., and Joe Manchin, D-W.V., introduced a bill that would ensure that only domestically-made biofuels can be used to meet the Renewable Fuel Standard, The Chattanoogan reports.
A federal judge refused to reconsider a ruling that upheld the Interior Department's power to ban new hard rock mining projects on federal land, The Associated Press reports.
Tesla Motors increased the value of its stock and debt offerings 30 percent to $1.08 billion to gather reserves and pay back its Energy Department loans, Bloomberg reports.
Poland called on the European Union to end energy subsidies for fossil fuels and renewable sources and cut oil imports to better combat climate change, Bloomberg reports.
The first well reports from the Utica shale in Ohio show a significant supply of natural gas but not as much oil as some energy companies were expecting, Reuters reports.
