The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement and Noble Energy successfully tested offshore spill response equipment in the Gulf of Mexico, FuelFix reports.
Offshore drilling industry leaders are expected to call for clarity from the federal government on new regulations at the Offshore Technology Conference, FuelFix reports.
Interior Secretary Sally Jewell on Friday made her first visits to Gulf of Mexico offshore oil wells since taking office, in a move intended to highlight safety reforms made after the BP spill.
Jewell toured LLOG Exploration's semi-submersible drilling rig about 120 miles south of New Orleans. There, she observed a cementing operation and discussed the company's development plans, the department said.
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Roughly 300 gallons of crude oil spilled early Friday into the Mississippi River near St. Louis after a vessel on the rain-swollen waterway slammed into a fleet of docked barges, causing 14 of them to briefly break away, according to the Coast Guard.
ST. LOUIS (AP) — ExxonMobil officials and regulators on Thursday were investigating the cause of a small oil leak from the Pegasus pipeline in southeast Missouri — the second leak from the 850-mile pipeline in a month.
BP's first $340 million in early Gulf restoration projects will be used to restore four barrier islands and build two fish stock research centers in Louisiana, The Times-Picayune reports.
In an interview with FuelFix, the Center for Offshore Safety Director Charlie Williams said tougher hazard analysis could be problematic for oil companies when writing safety audits required by the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement.
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.
