Latest Energy Headlines
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Louisiana’s Democratic Governor Balks at Biden’s Oil, Gas Policy
Feb 12 2021 // Gov. John Bel Edwards disagrees with President Joe Biden’s targeting of fossil fuel industries and wants the White House to reconsider its decision to pause new oil and gas drilling leases in the Gulf of Mexico, the...
Oil Company Paying $1.9M for Wyoming spills
Feb 12 2021 // An oil company has agreed to pay almost $2 million for spilling crude oil and wastewater at two central Wyoming oilfields. The spills happened between the fall of 2016 and spring of 2018. One was in the Linch Complex Field...
Fossil Fuel Pollution Kills 8.7 Million People Annually Across the Globe: Research
Feb 10 2021 // Efforts to slow the process of global warming focus on the future harms of continuing to burn fossil fuel, but new research released Tuesday shows that deadly consequences from pollution are killing larger numbers of...
Russian Mining Giant Nornickel Fined $2 Billion for Huge Arctic Fuel Spill
Feb 5 2021 // MOSCOW – Russian mining giant Norilsk Nickel was fined $2 billion on Friday for the damage caused by a huge fuel spill last year in the country’s worst environmental disaster in the Arctic. The leakage in May of...
Dutch Court Orders Shell Nigeria to Pay Damages from Oil Pipeline Leaks
Jan 29 2021 // A Dutch court has ordered Royal Dutch Shell Plc’s Nigerian unit to compensate for oil spills in two villages over 13 years ago. Shell Nigeria is liable for damages from pipeline leaks in the villages of Oruma and...
Judge Strikes Down North Dakota ‘Pore Space’ Law Backed by Oil, Gas Group
Jan 26 2021 // A judge has struck down a North Dakota’s law that landowners say takes away their property rights. The so-called pore space law passed the Legislature in 2019 after supporters sought clarification on the use of...
North Dakota Senate Won’t Hold Oil Execs Liable for Environmental Damage
Jan 22 2021 // The North Dakota Senate has rejected a bill that would have allowed the state to hold liable any corporate officer responsible for oil- and gas-related violations. The North Dakota Petroleum Council and the Greater North...
U.S. Charges 2 Oil Workers With Allowing Gulf of Mexico Oil Spills
Jan 21 2021 // Two Fieldwood Energy LLC oil workers face federal criminal charges for allegedly separately allowing crude oil spills from offshore U.S. Gulf of Mexico platforms to avoid required shut downs. The two were indicted Tuesday...
14 Tanks Burn in Explosion at North Dakota Oil Tank Battery
Jan 20 2021 // Authorities say an explosion at an oil tank battery near New Town, North Dakota, on Jan. 18 sent 14 tanks up in flames and caused oil and brine to spill. No injuries were reported. New Town Fire Chief John DeGroot said the...
AXIS Insurance Hires Aon’s Boswell Brown, Aviva’s Whelan as Renewable Energy U/Ws
Jan 20 2021 // AXIS Insurance, the specialty insurance business segment of AXIS Capital Holdings Ltd., announced the hiring of two additional underwriters within its global Renewable Energy business. Nicholas Boswell Brown and Claire...
AXIS Capital Decides to Stop Insuring Arctic Oil and Gas Projects
Jan 15 2021 // AXIS Capital Holdings Ltd. said it won’t insure oil and gas projects in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, becoming the first North American underwriter to make the commitment after pressure from native Alaskans...
Texas Oil/Gas Drilling Permits Down But Well Inspections on Track
Jan 14 2021 // The Texas state agency for regulating the oil and gas industry says it issued the number of original drilling permits issued in December 2020 was down nearly by half compared with December 2019. However, the Railroad...
Montana Utility Regulator Seeks $2.5M in Damages Over Email Spying
Jan 4 2021 // An outgoing member of Montana’s Public Service Commission has filed a $2.5 million damage claim against fellow members of the utility regulating board along with staff members after his emails were leaked to a...
Kansas Regulators: Recent Wichita Quakes Not Caused by Oil, Gas Activity
Dec 30 2020 // A Kansas regulatory agency has determined that the oil and gas industry wasn’t to blame for a recent spate of Wichita earthquakes. The Kansas Corporation Commission looked at wastewater injection wells located within...
Mauritius Oil Spill Disaster Caused by Lack of Safety Awareness, Admits Shipowner
Dec 22 2020 // TOKYO — Japan’s Nagashiki Shipping said on Friday [Dec. 18] the grounding of one of its large bulk carriers that caused an ecological disaster in Mauritius was due to a lack of safety awareness and a failure to...
7 Injured in Storage Tank Explosion at Texas Petroleum Facility
Dec 7 2020 // Seven contractors were injured, four critically, when a storage tank at a petroleum facility in Texas exploded after catching fire on Dec. 5, according to fire officials. The fire began about 10 a.m. near a crude oil...
Environmentalists Say U.S. Insurers Lag Behind Peers on Fossil Fuels
Dec 3 2020 // U.S. insurance companies lag behind their global peers by enabling the fossil fuel industry, according to a report from an environmentalist group out this week. The Insure Our Future campaign released its fourth annual...
Shell Faces Climate Change Lawsuit in Dutch Court
Dec 1 2020 // AMSTERDAM – Environmental activists took Royal Dutch Shell to court on Tuesday, demanding the energy firm drastically reduce the production of oil and gas to limit its effects on climate change. Seven activist groups,...
Debris Leaks Out from Cargo Ship on Georgia Coast During Removal
Nov 25 2020 // Debris is washing up from a cargo ship stranded on the Georgia coast as a salvage team cuts it into chunks. The leaks are not unexpected as salvagers demolish the Golden Ray, a South Korean ship that overturned in St....
Roberts Appointed as Global Renewable Energy Leader, Marsh JLT Specialty
Nov 19 2020 // Marsh, the insurance broker and risk adviser, announced the appointment of Hamish Roberts as global renewable energy leader, Marsh JLT Specialty. Effective 1 January, Roberts will continue to be based in London and will...
