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Houston Oil and Gas Exploration Companies to Settle $54,500 Disability Claim
Jan 20 2022 // Two oil and gas exploration companies — Vantage Energy Services, Inc. and Vantage International Management Company Pte. Ltd. — will pay $54,500 and provide training to its managers and human resources staff...
UK High Court Throws Out Case Brought by Climate Activists Against Oil Regulator
Jan 19 2022 // A UK High Court on Tuesday threw out a case brought by climate activists against the country’s oil and gas regulator OGA, rejecting their argument that the OGA’s actions amount to a type of unlawful subsidy of...
Harmful Soot Unchecked as Big Oil Battles EPA Over Testing: INSIGHT
Jan 7 2022 // A deadly form of soot pollution from U.S. refineries has gone unregulated for decades because of a dispute between the U.S. oil industry and federal environmental officials over how to measure it, according to documents...
Family Sues Oil Company After Fatal Louisiana Tank Explosion
Dec 28 2021 // Relatives of a 14-year-old girl who died when an oil storage tank exploded in February have sued the company that operated the tank. The suit against Urban Oil & Gas Group and its insurer was filed in federal court in...
New Orleans-Based Oil Company Agrees to $475M Settlement over Oil Spill
Dec 27 2021 // A New Orleans-based oil company has agreed to turn over a $432 million cleanup trust fund and pay an additional $43 million to settle a federal lawsuit over cleaning up abandoned wells leaking since 2004, federal...
Lloyd’s Asia Launches Renewable Energy Consortium
Dec 27 2021 // Lloyd’s has launched a new renewable energy consortium, to respond to the growing needs of the Asia-Pacific region and supporting countries, as they transition to greener energy solutions. Developed by the...
Grand Jury Charges Oil Company in California Spill
Dec 17 2021 // A Los Angeles federal grand jury charged an oil company and two subsidiaries for an oil spill off the California coast in October. Federal prosecutors said Amplify Energy Corp. in Houston, Texas and its two subsidiaries...
EPA Orders Louisiana Fuel Plant to Clean Up Emissions
Dec 16 2021 // Federal regulators have announced plans to make Louisiana and a suburban New Orleans fuel plant clean up emissions that have violated air quality standards since at least 2013. The Environmental Protection Agency says a...
Safeguards for Leaking California Oil Pipe’s Not Fully Working
Dec 10 2021 // The ruptured offshore pipeline that spilled tens of thousands of gallons of crude oil off the Southern California coast this fall did not have a fully functioning leak detection system at the time, according to a report...
Texas Barge Company to Pay More Than $15 Million Over Oil Spill
Dec 2 2021 // Houston, Texas-based Kirby Inland Marine LP has agreed to pay $15.3 million in damages and assessment costs under the Oil Pollution Act to resolve federal and state claims for injuries to natural resources resulting from...
Michigan Abandons Oil Pipeline Suit, Refocuses on Separate Case
Dec 2 2021 // Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer abandoned a lawsuit Tuesday, Nov. 30 aimed at shutting down an oil pipeline that runs through part of the Great Lakes but said the state would continue pursuing a separate case with the same...
Louisiana Oil Field Tank Batteries Face New Rules After Explosion Kills Girl
Nov 30 2021 // Louisiana regulators have established new rules for oil field tank batteries after an explosion killed a 14-year-old girl, and plan to identify all such storage tanks across the state to encourage compliance. The state...
Activist Group Calls on Insurers to Sue Oil Companies for Climate Damages
Nov 29 2021 // FRANKFURT – A prominent activist is calling on insurers like Swiss Re to explore suing major oil companies for climate-related damages, the latest volley in a years-long campaign that pits environmentalists against the...
Guyana Weighs Raising Requirements for Insurance Cover for Oil Spills: Official
Nov 23 2021 // Guyana is getting ready to raise requirements on oil operators to protect the nation against spills and future removal costs of production platforms, the head of its environmental agency told Reuters. Guyana currently...
Update: Zurich Insurance Will No Longer Underwrite New Oil Exploration Projects
Nov 18 2021 // Zurich Insurance Group will no longer underwrite new greenfield oil exploration projects, Europe’s fifth-largest insurer said on Thursday in an investor day presentation that sought to burnish its green...
California Officials Promising Improved Response After Oil Spill
Nov 16 2021 // California officials on Monday said better communication and detection technologies could improve the state’s response to an oil spill like last month’s crude pipeline leak off the Orange County coast. State...
Canadian Storms Force Shut-Down of Trans Mountain Oil Pipeline
Nov 16 2021 // OTTAWA/CALGARY, Alberta – Canada’s Trans Mountain oil pipeline has been shut down temporarily because of rainstorms pounding parts of the province of British Columbia, the operating company said in a statement on...
Insurance Technology: Agents and Multi-Factor Authentication; TA Invests in Insurity Again; GCube Touts AI in Renewable Energy
Nov 15 2021 // ID Federation Offers Multi-Factor Authentication Resource for Agencies Insurance carriers and their agency partners face a “gathering storm” of confusing requirements and changes in the area of multi-factor...
COP26 Climate Agreement Targets Fossil Fuels as Key Driver of Global Warming
Nov 15 2021 // GLASGOW – U.N. climate talks ended Saturday with a deal that for the first time targeted fossil fuels as the key driver of global warming, even as coal-reliant countries lobbed last-minute objections. While the agreement...
Utility Worker in California Electrocuted in Underground Vault
Nov 8 2021 // A Los Angeles utility worker was electrocuted while working in an electrical vault, authorities said. The accident occurred shortly before 11 a.m. Thursday on Terminal Island in Los Angeles harbor. “While working as...
