Latest Energy Headlines
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U.S., Canada Ready Oil Train Safety Measures
May 1 2015 // Canada’s transport minister will be in Washington on Friday for a joint announcement with her U.S. counterpart aimed at harmonizing safety regulations on shipping crude oil by rail, a politically sensitive issue on...
Oil Train Safety Bill Passes Washington Legislature
Apr 27 2015 // The Washington Legislature has passed a measure to improve the safety of oil transportation due to a sharp increase in the number of oil-carrying freight trains in the state. Lawmakers reached a compromise Friday afternoon...
Bill Banning Local Drilling Rules Passes Oklahoma House
Apr 24 2015 // Legislation that prohibits cities and towns from regulating oil and natural gas drilling operations was approved by the Oklahoma House on April 22, one day after the Oklahoma Geological Survey said it is “very...
Exxon Mobil Subsidiaries to Pay Nearly $5M for Arkansas Pipeline Spill
Apr 24 2015 // Two subsidiaries of Exxon Mobil must pay almost $5 million in penalties for state and federal violations involving the 2013 Mayflower oil spill in central Arkansas, according to a consent decree filed in federal court on...
Oklahoma Geologists Also See Earthquake-Injection Well Link
Apr 23 2015 // The Oklahoma Geological Survey said it is “very likely” that most of the state’s recent earthquakes were triggered by the subsurface injection of wastewater from oil and natural gas drilling...
Oil, Gas Driller Settles for $73 M in Colorado Pollution Case
Apr 23 2015 // Major oil and gas driller Noble Energy has agreed to pay more than $73 million in a settlement with state and federal regulators over Colorado Front Range air-pollution violations. The Denver Post reported that the...
5 Years After Gulf Oil Spill: Is Drilling Engineering Outpacing Safety Again?
Apr 22 2015 // Five years after the worst U.S. offshore oil spill, the industry is working on drilling even further into the risky depths beneath the Gulf of Mexico to tap massive deposits once thought unreachable. But critics say energy...
Recovery Slow for Gulf Oyster Industry 5 Years after BP Spill
Apr 21 2015 // Five years after the largest oil spill in U.S. history spewed millions of gallons of crude into the Gulf of Mexico, many Louisiana oystermen are fearful that a once-bountiful population of the mollusks may never...
Georgia Governor Signs Medical Marijuana Bill
Apr 20 2015 // An emotional Gov. Nathan Deal signed legislation April 16 that immediately legalizes the use of medical marijuana in Georgia to treat eight serious medical conditions. Sponsored by state Rep. Allen Peake, a Republican from...
Bottom Line: Gulf Oil Spill Isn’t an Environmental Disaster
Apr 19 2015 // In early March a 30,000-pound mat of oily gunk washed up on East Grand Terre, a barrier island in the mouth of Louisiana’s Barataria Bay. It was an ugly reminder of the blowout at BP’s Macondo well, a disaster...
Arkansas Plaintiffs Want Order Dismissing Exxon Oil-Spill Lawsuit Vacated
Apr 17 2015 // Plaintiffs are urging a federal judge in Little Rock, Ark., to vacate his order dismissing a class-action lawsuit against Exxon Mobil, claiming the oil giant suppressed evidence in the case. The lawsuit, filed over a 2013...
5 Tips to Help Risk Managers Address the Sharp Drop in Oil Prices
Apr 13 2015 // Oil and gas companies, as well as service contractors, manufacturers, distributors, transportation companies and any entity that supports the energy complex including, local banks, construction firms and real estate...
California Regulator: Utility Too Big to be Safe
Apr 10 2015 // Repeated natural-gas accidents – including a 2010 pipeline explosion that killed eight people – suggest that California’s largest power utility could be too big to operate safely, the state’s top utility...
Ban on Fracking in Oregon to 2025 Under Consideration by Committee
Apr 9 2015 // The oil and gas industry is pushing back on a bill that would ban hydraulic fracturing in Oregon until 2025. The bill sponsor, Democratic Rep. Ken Helm, told a House committee Tuesday the proposal puts the state ahead of...
Canada Aims to Finalize Oil Tank Car Standards by End of April: Minister
Apr 8 2015 // The Canadian government would like to finalize specifications for a new version of the tank cars used to transport crude oil by rail by the end of this month, Canadian Transport Minister Lisa Raitt said on Tuesday. In the...
U.S. Issues ‘Urgent’ Oil Train Safety Recommendations
Apr 7 2015 // The National Transportation Safety Board on Monday called for the faster replacement of rail cars that carry flammable liquids like crude oil or ethanol, one of four urgent recommendations stemming from an investigation of...
Boy’s Jeep Fire Death Results in $150M Verdict Against Fiat Chrysler
Apr 6 2015 // Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV was ordered to pay $150 million to the family of a 4-year-old boy who burned to death in a crash after a jury found the carmaker recklessly designed the gas tank for the 1999 Jeep Grand...
5 Tips to Help Risk Managers Address the Sharp Drop in Oil Prices
Apr 6 2015 // Oil and gas companies, as well as service contractors, manufacturers, distributors, transportation companies and any entity that supports the energy complex including, local banks, construction firms and real estate...
North Dakota Joining Wyoming Lawsuit over Federal Fracking Rules
Apr 1 2015 // North Dakota, whose oil riches have been unlocked by the use of hydraulic fracturing, said it will join Wyoming in a lawsuit challenging a new federal rule requiring more information about the process when it’s used...
Yemen Conflict Adds to Worries for Ships Dodging Pirates, Terror
Mar 30 2015 // When it comes to world trade, a 17-day shortcut trumps terror, piracy and now bombs. That’s the time a supertanker saves by using the Bab el-Mandeb waterway that skirts Yemen at the southern tip of the Arabian...
