Latest Energy Headlines
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Report: Energy Sector’s Lack of Sensors, Controls Tempts Hackers
Mar 7 2017 // Oil and gas companies, including some of the most celebrated industry names in the Houston area, are facing increasingly sophisticated hackers seeking to steal trade secrets and disrupt operations, according to a newspaper...
Oil Companies Sued by Oklahoma Tribe Over Quake
Mar 6 2017 // An Oklahoma-based Native American tribe filed a lawsuit in its own tribal court system Friday accusing several oil companies of triggering the state’s largest earthquake that caused extensive damage to some...
Houston Company to Pay $9.5M in Penalties for Oil Platform Blast, Safety Violations
Feb 26 2017 // An oil industry services company will pay $9.5 million in penalties for Gulf of Mexico safety violations and for pollution from a 2012 offshore platform fire that killed three workers. The penalties against Houston-based...
Drones Used to Improve Safety on Eni’s Oil Rigs
Feb 15 2017 // A British drone operator has won a contract to inspect rigs operated by one of the world’s largest oil producers. Sky Futures Ltd. will deploy drones at Eni S.p.A. facilities as part of a global three-year contract....
Insurer & Investor Group Urges G20 to Scrap Fossil Fuel Subsidies by 2020
Feb 15 2017 // Investors and insurers with more than $2.8 trillion in assets under management on Wednesday called on the Group of 20 economies to phase out fossil fuel subsidies by 2020 despite U.S. doubts about climate change. G20...
Ironshore Forms Oil & Gas Facility for Middle Market Energy Sector
Feb 14 2017 // Ironshore Specialty Casualty has formed Ironshore Energy Solutions, a dedicated oil & gas facility, offering liability coverages for on-shore middle market energy classes in the United States. Ironshore Insurance...
Four Critical Defects Found in Latest Oil Train Inspections in New York
Feb 13 2017 // State and federal inspectors found four critical defects and 42 non-critical ones in the latest round of oil train and track inspections across New York state. Gov. Andrew Cuomo says the targeted inspections of tank cars...
Defective Axle Blamed Fiery 2013 Derailment in North Dakota
Feb 9 2017 // A defective axle broke and caused a 2013 train derailment that led to a series of explosions just a quarter-mile outside a small North Dakota town, the National Transportation Safety Board said Tuesday. A BNSF train...
Canada’s Energy Firms at Risk from Cyber, Bomb Attacks: Security Service
Jan 19 2017 // Canada’s main spy agency last year warned energy companies about an increasing risk of cyber espionage and attacks on pipelines, oil storage and shipment facilities and power transmission towers using homemade...
Global Temperatures Hit Record High for 3rd Year in Row in 2016
Jan 19 2017 // World temperatures hit a record high for the third year in a row in 2016, creeping closer to a ceiling set by the Paris climate change deal, with extremes including unprecedented heat in India and ice melt in the Arctic,...
California’s Climate Risk Database Calls Out Insurer Carbon Investments
Jan 18 2017 // A new interactive database with extensive information on insurer investments in fossil fuels was unveiled today by California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones. Jones released the results of his Climate Risk Carbon...
Aon Launches Loss Estimating Risk Tool for Oil, Gas and Petrochemical Sectors
Jan 18 2017 // Aon Global Risk Consulting, in collaboration with TNO, a research agency, has launched the Aon Loss Estimating Risk Tool (ALERT), a new modelling tool for oil, gas and petrochemical clients. The new tool is able to model...
Global Marine Insurers Develop Coverage Options for Iran Oil Exports
Jan 17 2017 // Global shipping insurers have devised a way to ensure nearly full coverage for Iranian oil exports from next month after striking a deal to provide cover without involving U.S.-domiciled reinsurers, officials in Tokyo and...
Some in Wisconsin GOP Softening on Medical Marijuana
Jan 9 2017 // As a marijuana extract used to treat seizures becomes more widely embraced, even by former Republican opponents, the conversation in Wisconsin is shifting to whether the time is right to approve medical marijuana. Assembly...
Central California City Wins $22M from Shell Oil in Toxic Drinking Water Case
Jan 9 2017 // The central California city of Clovis in late December won a $22 million civil case against Shell Oil over the cleanup of a toxic chemical found in drinking-water wells, officials said. The chemical 1,2,3-trichloropropane,...
Coast Guard: Oil Platform in Gulf of Mexico on Fire
Jan 6 2017 // The U.S. Coast Guard and crew members of surrounding vessels responded to a pre-dawn fire on an oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Louisiana, the Coast Guard said . The blaze was reported around 2:30 a.m....
Central California City Wins $22M from Shell Oil in Toxic Drinking Water Case
Dec 27 2016 // The central California city of Clovis has won a $22 million civil case against Shell Oil over the cleanup of a toxic chemical found in drinking-water wells, officials said. The Fresno Bee reported that the chemical...
U.S. Regulators Order Action to be Taken for North Dakota Oil Spill
Dec 21 2016 // U.S. pipeline regulators on Wednesday ordered Belle Fourche Pipeline Co. to improve leak detection, along with other actions, after a Dec. 5 incident that spilled about 4,200 barrels of oil in North Dakota. Of that total,...
Oklahoma Creates Fracking Guidelines with Goal of Reducing Quake Risk
Dec 21 2016 // Oklahoma is imposing guidelines to reduce the risk of earthquakes caused by hydraulic fracturing in its oil-rich shale formations, the first rules in the state to target the controversial production technique. The...
Climate Scientists Coming to Terms with Skeptical Trump Administration
Dec 20 2016 // Climate scientists worried that President-elect Donald Trump will slash their budgets and sideline their research are entering survival mode, trimming the words “climate change” from study proposals,...
