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Shell Offshore Agrees to $2.2M Fine for 2016 Gulf Oil Spill
Feb 5 2019 // Shell Offshore Inc. has agreed to pay a $2.2 million civil fine to the federal government to settle charges that the company violated the Clean Water Act by spilling 1,900 barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico in May 2016...
Cleanup Underway After Massive Oklahoma Oil Spill
Feb 1 2019 // Crews are working to contain thousands of gallons of crude oil that leaked into a creek in northern Oklahoma. Oklahoma Corporation Commission spokesman Matt Skinner said the oil extends for about 5 miles in Black Bear...
Ship in Black Sea Fire Was Denied Port Entry over U.S. Sanctions Risk: Reuters
Jan 23 2019 // Two ships ablaze in the Black Sea region, leaving at least 10 crew dead, caught fire while transferring fuel mid-sea after one vessel was barred from using its usual port in southern Russia due to U.S. sanctions risk, two...
Volvo Recalls 200,000 Cars to Fix Potential Fuel Leakage Problem
Jan 23 2019 // Volvo Cars, which is owned by China’s Zhejiang Geely Holding Group, is voluntarily recalling about 200,000 cars after it found an engineering issue that could potentially cause fuel leakage in the engine compartment...
Suit Targets Shell Over Oilfield Contamination in Louisiana’s Spanish Lake Basin
Jan 14 2019 // Wetland ecologist Scott Nesbit drove down a gravel oil field road in Louisiana in an all-terrain utility vehicle, zipping under a heavy forest canopy toward what he says is the source of it all. Nesbit’s target was a...
Explosion on Oil Tanker Near Hong Kong Kills Crew Member
Jan 10 2019 // An explosion on an oil tanker in Hong Kong on Tuesday killed one crew member and left two others missing at sea, authorities said. The Vietnam-registered tanker burst into flames just before 11:30 a.m. as it prepared to...
Thailand Braces for Storm Pabuk; Oil & Gas, Tourism Industries Disrupted
Jan 4 2019 // Thailand’s south is bracing for the country’s most powerful tropical storm in decades, which is expected to disrupt oil and gas production and force thousands of international tourists to flee its beaches and...
Empty Oil Tanker Catches Fire Near Cyprus; Crew Members Treated for Burns
Dec 31 2018 // A Maltese-flagged oil tanker caught fire and ran aground near a fishing village, forcing several crew members to jump overboard, Cypriot authorities said Saturday [Dec. 29]. Cyprus’ Joint Rescue Coordination Center...
Death in the Oilfields: Boom Brings Mounting Risk of Death, Injuries
Dec 28 2018 // Parker Waldridge had worked in the Oklahoma oilfields since he was 16 and acquired the traits that make a good driller: fortitude, intellect and a healthy respect for the power of a runaway gas well. And so, when...
Spain Supreme Court Orders $1.7B Compensation for 2002 Prestige Oil Spill
Dec 27 2018 // Spain’s Supreme Court has ruled that the captain and the insurer of the Prestige oil tanker must pay more than 1.5 billion euros ($1.7 billion) in compensation for Spain’s biggest environmental disaster, when...
California Commissioner Pushing Insurer Fossil Fuel Divestment to The End
Dec 20 2018 // California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones continues to push the fossil fuel divestment hot button right to the end of the year and his tenure as the state’s head insurance regulator. Jones this week released the...
Italian Oil Services Firm Saipem Blames Cyber Attack on Shamoon Virus Variant
Dec 13 2018 // A hack on Italian oil services firm Saipem that crippled more than 300 of the company’s computers used a variant of the notorious Shamoon virus, Saipem said, a development that links the case to a massive attack in...
‘Ineffective’ Safeguard Cited in Husky Oil Refinery Blast in Wisconsin
Dec 12 2018 // An “ineffective” safeguard failed to prevent an explosive mixing of air and fuel at a Husky Energy refinery in Superior, Wisconsin, leading to a blast and fire in the plant’s gasoline-producing unit in...
Cyber Attack Targets Italian Oil-Services Firm Saipem
Dec 11 2018 // The Italian oil-services company Saipem SpA is still assessing the scope and impact of a cyber attack that targeted its servers in the Middle East, according to the company’s head of digital and...
Texas Mulling Restrictions on Wastewater in Oil Country as Quakes Increase
Dec 6 2018 // Texas is considering new restrictions on how shale explorers dispose of wastewater from oil drilling as earthquakes rattle the largest oil-producing American state. The new rules would target how much and at what pressure...
How Nations Rank for Climate Risk Measures
Dec 5 2018 // Denmark and Britain are the top countries when it comes to implementing measures to fight climate change, although Britain has lagged in phasing out fossil fuel subsidies, a report published by academics said on...
3 Oil Companies Settle in Class-Action Suit over Oklahoma Earthquakes
Dec 4 2018 // Three oil companies have reached a settlement with plaintiffs in a class-action lawsuit over damaging earthquakes in central Oklahoma. The companies — Spess Oil Co., Equal Energy US Inc. and Fairfield Oil and Gas Corp....
Texas’ Murex Petroleum to Pay $50K to Settle Race Harassment Suit
Nov 26 2018 // A Texas-based oil and gas company will pay $50,000 to settle a racial harassment lawsuit involving a black employee in North Dakota. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission announced the settlement Wednesday with...
Louisiana to Get Another $164 Million in BP Oil Spill Restoration Grants
Nov 21 2018 // Louisiana is getting $161.4 million in restoration grants from the 2010 BP Gulf of Mexico oil spill to restore two barrier islands and a headland in the Terrebonne Basin. The work will restore Timbalier and Trinity...
North Dakota Oil Industry Pushing to Loosen Crude Oil Safety Rules
Nov 19 2018 // North Dakota oil industry leaders are pushing to loosen the state’s oil conditioning regulations, but an environmental group is arguing to tighten rules. The North Dakota Industrial Commission is considering changing...
