Latest Energy Headlines
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Workplace Deaths Down in North Dakota Oil Patch
Jan 25 2016 // The number of work-related deaths in the North Dakota oil patch in 2015 dropped from the previous year. Occupational Safety and Health Administration data show three such fatalities last year, down from seven in 2014 and...
Earthquakes and Resulting Lawsuits Persist in Oklahoma
Jan 25 2016 // A group of Edmond residents filed a lawsuit on Jan. 11 against 12 energy companies, claiming that their saltwater disposal wells were partly to blame for earthquakes in central Oklahoma. The lawsuit seeks a permanent...
Oklahoma Officials Avoid Tough Measures Despite More, Stronger Quakes
Jan 20 2016 // In Oklahoma, now the country’s earthquake capital, people are talking nervously about the big one as man-made quakes get stronger, more frequent and closer to major population centers. Next door in Kansas,...
Marine Insurers Cautious About Re-Entering Iran, Despite Lifting of Sanctions
Jan 19 2016 // Foreign oil tanker owners are expected to make a slow return to Iran despite the lifting of many sanctions as insurers tread carefully, leaving shipping players unwilling to pick up cargoes as quickly as Tehran has...
Factbox – International Firms Rush to Establish Position in Iran as Sanctions Lift
Jan 19 2016 // Major international companies are rushing to establish a position in Iran as the Islamic Republic re-opens for business after the lifting of international sanctions. Up for grabs is access to a market with 80 million...
Hundreds of Oklahomans Turn Out for Earthquake Hearing
Jan 19 2016 // Oklahoma residents concerned with a dramatic increase in the number of earthquakes called for more regulations on the oil and gas industry on Jan. 15 and urged state leaders to take action to stop the quakes. About 200...
Workplace Deaths Down in North Dakota Oil Patch
Jan 15 2016 // The number of work-related deaths in the North Dakota oil patch in 2015 dropped from the previous year. Occupational Safety and Health Administration data show three such fatalities last year, down from seven in 2014 and...
Alliant Taps North Carolina-Based Gary to Head Renewable Energy Practice
Jan 11 2016 // Alliant Insurance Services, a nationwide specialty insurance brokerage firm, has added renewable energy expert Bob Gary to its Energy and Marine Group as senior vice president. Gary will oversee business development and...
Changing Oil & Gas Industry Delivers New Risks, New Challenges
Jan 11 2016 // Editor’s Note: This is the first article in a three-part series on the oil and gas industry. The second article will address new and emerging claims trends and the third article will address the emerging risks...
Its Own Scientists Question EPA Claim Fracking Is Safe for Drinking Water
Jan 7 2016 // A landmark study by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency that concluded fracking causes no widespread harm to drinking water is coming under fire — this time, from the agency’s own science advisers. The...
Oklahoma Orders Reduction in Wastewater Disposal after Quakes
Jan 6 2016 // The state commission that regulates Oklahoma’s oil and natural gas industry on Jan. 4 ordered some injection well operators to reduce wastewater disposal volumes after at least a dozen earthquakes hit an area north...
Deadly Floods Disrupting Agriculture, Commercial Operations in U.S. Midwest
Jan 3 2016 // Deadly flooding across the U.S. Midwest is disrupting everything from oil to agriculture, forcing pipelines, terminals and grain elevators to close. The floods have killed at least 30 people and shut hundreds of roads...
Tennessee Files $18M Suit Against Chevron Over Oil Spill Cleanup Funds
Jan 3 2016 // The Tennessee attorney general is accusing Chevron of fraudulently siphoning more than $18 million over a period of about 30 years from a cleanup fund that people contribute to every time they fill up at the pump. The...
ACE Offers Renewable Energy Environmental Protection Policy in U.K. & Ireland
Dec 31 2015 // ACE Group has launched ACE Renewable Energy Environmental Protection, a dedicated environmental policy for companies in the renewable energy industry in the U.K. and Ireland. ACE Renewable Energy Environmental Protection...
Fierce North Sea Storm Forces Oil Rig Evacuations; Worker Killed
Dec 31 2015 // A fierce storm in the North Sea forced oil firms to evacuate platforms and shut down production on Thursday on concerns that they could be hit by a drifting barge that had broken its anchor. The strong winds had ripped the...
California T Ferraris Recalled Over Possible Fuel Leaks
Dec 28 2015 // Ferrari North America Inc. recalled the 2016 California T convertibles it made over a two-month period this year because of the risk of fuel leaks. The California Ts produced between Sept. 8 and Nov. 11 may have a...
Lac Megantic Train Crash Victims’ Fund to Begin Payments without CP Rail
Dec 23 2015 // A C$460 million (US$330.46 million) settlement fund for victims of the 2013 Lac-Megantic crude-by-rail disaster will begin disbursements this week without the participation of Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd [CP], the monitor...
U.S. Spending Bill to End Oil Export Ban
Dec 21 2015 // Congress passed a $1.1 trillion spending measure that averts a U.S. government shutdown and ends a 40- year-old ban on crude oil exports, a plan that ensures fiscal peace in Congress through most of 2016. The Senate passed...
Energy Companies Want Oklahoma Judge to Toss Earthquake Suit
Dec 10 2015 // Two energy companies asked a judge on Dec. 9 to throw out a lawsuit by an Oklahoma woman who claims she was injured in an earthquake caused by the injection of wastewater deep into the ground — a long-used method to...
Liberty Mutual Posts $427 Million Q3 Loss on Venezuela Operations, Energy
Dec 10 2015 // Liberty Mutual Holding Co., the second- largest U.S. property-casualty insurer, posted its worst loss in at least a decade on costs tied to scaling back operations in Venezuela and the declining value of some...
