Feb. 3, 2015 01:46 PM
The agency suggests that lower oil prices could make the pipeline more important in the development of the oil sands, and thus a chief culprit in the "significant greenhouse gas emissions" they would produce ...
Feb. 3, 2015 01:32 PM
BP was back in court Tuesday, trying to oust the man responsible for doling out billions of dollars in settlement money to businesses claiming they were hampered by the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill ...
Feb. 3, 2015 07:44 AM
House Republican leaders say the House will vote next week on legislation to construct the Keystone XL pipeline and send it to President Barack Obama. Obama has threatened a veto ...
Jan. 29, 2015 07:53 AM
The windfall in coastal-restoration money Louisiana hopes to gain from the Deepwater Horizon disaster took at least a $240 million hit last week when a federal judge ruled that BP spilled 3.19 million barrels into the Gulf of Mexico, not the 4.19 million ...
Jan. 28, 2015 02:15 PM
South African company says it’s delaying plans for its $14 billion project near Lake Charles ...
Jan. 26, 2015 03:08 PM
The latest lawsuits could reignite interest by lawmakers to try and tackle the issue of suing oil companies over allegedly violating coastal zone regulations, after such an effort failed in last year’s regular session ...
Jan. 26, 2015 07:47 AM
It will be oil giant BP’s turn Monday to call witnesses as it makes its case for a civil penalty lower than the $13.7 billion the federal government is seeking for the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill ...
Jan. 23, 2015 02:53 PM
The number of rigs exploring for oil and natural gas in the U.S. fell by 43 this week to 1,633 ...
Jan. 20, 2015 02:14 PM
On the heels of layoff confirmations from Schlumberger and Halliburton, which is likely to announce even more cuts Tuesday, comes discouraging news from another oilfield services giant ...
Jan. 20, 2015 07:39 AM
Federal lawyers have begun making their case for adding some $13.7 billion in penalties to costs already incurred by BP after the 2010 Gulf oil spill ...

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