Indonesian authorities arrested Chevron executive Bachtiar Abdul on corruption charges despite a 2012 court order clearing him of wrongdoing, Reuters 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.
Burford Capital, the litigation finance firm that backed the representation for plaintiffs in Chevron's Ecuador oil pollution case, said it was misled by the plaintiffs' lawyer Steve Donziger and law firm Patton Boggs, Fortune reports.
Stratus Consulting, the environmental consultancy that provided expert data for plaintiffs in Chevron's Ecuador oil pollution trial, disavowed its work, saying the plaintiffs' lawyer misled them, Businessweek 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.
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A group of six beavers are emerging as key players in helping contain a Chevron diesel fuel spill in Utah that left three of them with severe burns.
The Transportation Department's Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration says a Chevron pipeline may have leaked as much as 27,000 gallons of diesel fuel near Utah's Willard Bay State Park, The Associated Press reports.
Liberal watchdog group Checks and Balances Project said the State Department inspector general is investigating potential conflicts of interests in the department's environmental review of the Keystone XL pipeline, The Hill reports.
West Virginia Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin and Attorney General Patrick Morrisey joined a push to have the Supreme Court rule to overturn EPA greenhouse gas regulations, The Charleston Gazette reports.
Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., voiced optimism that President Obama would not veto his bill to authorize oil and gas drilling off the coast of Virginia, The Hill reports.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said a key satellite tasked with tracking severe eastern weather failed and a spare has been activated, Reuters reports.
The new chemical safety compromise bill introduced by Sens. David Vitter, R-La., and Frank Lautenberg, D-N.J., now has 20 co-sponsors, The Hill reports.
Participants in the Energy Department's Better Buildings Challenge, designed to reduce energy consumption at buildings, saved about $58 million in energy costs last year, The Journal Sentinel reports.
In a Q&A with State House News Service, Massachusetts Senate candidates Rep. Ed Markey, D, and Gabriel Gomez, R, give their take on the Senate battle to confirm EPA nominee Gina McCarthy.
In an interview with GreenBiz.com, Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick discusses his vision for his state's energy policy, including his plans for offshore wind generation.
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo's plan to reform the Long Island Power Authority over flaws exposed by Hurricane Sandy is unpopular among municipal bond investors, Bloomberg reports.
