NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The first phase of a trial over the deadly Deepwater Horizon disaster neared an end Wednesday with testimony by a former BP executive who helped supervise the company's Gulf of Mexico drilling operations.
GALVESTON, Texas (AP) — More than 470 people are suing BP for $1 billion, saying they became sick due to a 15-day gas leak at its refinery in Texas City.
ExxonMobil's recent pipeline spill near Mayflower, Ark. has raised new concerns among safety analysts about the viability and safety of aging pipelines constructed with outdated welding practices, The Wall Street Journal reports.
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A BP team leader who supervised managers on the oil rig that exploded in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010 testified Monday that he was frustrated by last-minute changes to the drilling project, but didn't have any safety concerns before the deadly blast.
Shell is moving to act against "unprecedented levels" of oil theft from pipelines in the Niger Delta, pressing governments to go after middlemen and prosecute those who benefit from the illegal trade, The Wall Street Journal reports.
MAYFLOWER, Ark. (AP) — Some people whose homes were evacuated when an oil pipeline ruptured in central Arkansas could go home as early as Thursday, officials said.
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A former BP engineer charged with deleting text messages about the company's response to its 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico says federal prosecutors have tacked on "farcical" allegations that he also deleted dozens of voicemails.
Libya's state-owned National Oil Corporation said the country would not permit and foreign security at oil fields, despite increased concerns of violence, Reuters reports.
Oil major ConocoPhillips on Wednesday said it would not try to drill for oil in the Arctic Ocean next year because of uncertain federal regulations and permitting standards.
The company holds federal leases in the Chukchi Sea but said it would not commit to the expenses needed to preserve its option to attempt exploration in 2014.
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A BP executive who oversaw the company's Gulf of Mexico operations testified Tuesday that he he led a push to improve safety when he started the job more than two years before an April 2010 rig explosion killed 11 workers and led to the nation's worst offshore oil spill.
A Chamber of Commerce study reported more than 100 new EPA rules have been forced by "sue and settle" tactics from environmental groups, The Hill reports.
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission told Charlotte-area residents that a crack at a reactor at Duke Energy's Shearon Harris Plant did not pose a threat to safety, WSOC-TV reports.
An international group of solar trade groups issued a statement calling on the European Union and the U.S. to avoid a trade war over solar panels with China, The Washington Post reports.
The European Union has sent information requests to several commodity-trading firms as part of its investigation into potential energy-price manipulation, The Wall Street Journal reports.
Royal Dutch Shell CEO Peter Voser said a European Union investigation into possible price fixing has not found anything that could damage the company, The Wall Street Journal reports.
ExxonMobil Corp. said it would refocus its research on algae-derived biofuels after it invested $100 million over the last four years with few solid results, Bloomberg reports.
The U.S. Geological Survey said water levels in aquifers declined from 2000 to 2008 at a rate nearly three times greater than any point in the last century, Reuters reports.
