Latest Oil Gas Headlines
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Campaign Calls on U.S. Insurers to Reject Fossil Fuels
Sep 13 2018 // A handful of consumer and climate groups are calling on the insurance industry to ditch fossil fuels as part of a new campaign called Insure Our Future. The entreaty came on the eve of this week’s Global Climate...
Jury Finds Texas Pipeline Company Guilty in 2015 California Oil Spill
Sep 10 2018 // A California jury has found the Houston-based Plains All American Pipeline company guilty on criminal charges of fouling state waters and harming wildlife in a major oil spill three years ago along the Pacific shoreline...
Lawsuit: Owners of Wisconsin Oil Refinery Negligent in Blast, Fire
Sep 7 2018 // A lawsuit alleges that negligence by the owners of Wisconsin’s only oil refinery caused an explosion and fire that injured 36 people and caused a mandatory evacuation in the city of Superior. The class action lawsuit...
Some Gulf Energy Production Halted by Storm Gordon
Sep 5 2018 // Three more oil producers pulled employees out of Tropical Storm Gordon’s path, and companies cut 9 percent of U.S. Gulf of Mexico oil and gas production on Tuesday as the storm churned toward an expected nighttime...
Update: Tropical Storm Gordon Weakens as It Makes Landfall
Sep 4 2018 // Tropical Storm Gordon weakened after making landfall just west of the Alabama-Mississippi border and lashing the U.S. Gulf Coast with high winds and heavy rain early on Wednesday, the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC)...
Tropical Storm Gordon to Become Hurricane, Strike Gulf Coast Tuesday; Flood Damage Expected
Sep 3 2018 // Tropical Storm Gordon will grow into a hurricane as it grazes offshore natural gas and oil fields, where it has already sparked evacuations, before coming ashore over the lower Mississippi Valley later on Tuesday or early...
Mississippi Ship Builder Error Causes Fuel Spill Into Pascagoula River
Aug 30 2018 // Hundreds of gallons of diesel fuel spilled into a river in Mississippi after a mechanical error at a ship builder. WLOX-TV reported the fuel spilled into the mouth of the Pascagoula River from a ship at Ingalls...
Canada Should Require Stronger Rail Cars for Crude Before 2025 Deadline: Official
Aug 27 2018 // Canada ought to require stronger tank cars for transporting flammable liquids sooner than the current deadline in 2025, Transportation Safety Board Chair Kathy Fox said on Thursday, noting that crude-by-rail shipments are...
Texas Seeking Money for ‘Coastal Spine,’ Government Protection from Climate Change
Aug 23 2018 // As the nation plans new defenses against the more powerful storms and higher tides expected from climate change, one project stands out: an ambitious proposal to build a nearly 60-mile “spine” of concrete...
China Imports with Iranian Oil Tankers and Insurance, Amid Sanctions: Sources
Aug 20 2018 // Chinese buyers of Iranian oil are starting to shift their cargoes to vessels owned by National Iranian Tanker Co. (NITC) for nearly all of their imports to keep supply flowing amid the re-imposition of economic sanctions...
Worker Dies After Falling Into Vat of Oil Near Disney World
Aug 17 2018 // Authorities say a worker has died after falling into a vat of oil at a facility near Walt Disney World. Lt. Emanuel Curry of the Orange County Sheriff’s Office told the Orlando Sentinel the 61-year-old man slipped...
FBI: Lower Mississippi River Ports, South Louisiana Vulnerable to Cyber Threats
Aug 16 2018 // Giant cranes loading and unloading gargantuan barges. Oil tankers, supply vessels and pipelines serving a vital energy industry. Flood control structures. Chemical plants. Cruise ships. Drinking water sources. All...
Murphy Oil USA to Pay $100K to Settle Disability Discrimination, Retaliation Suit
Aug 15 2018 // Arkansas-based Murphy Oil USA Inc. will pay $100,000 to settle a workplace discrimination suit filed in Texas by federal officials. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) filed suit against Murphy Oil,...
BNSF Acknowledges Iowa Derailment Was Flood Related
Aug 13 2018 // BNSF Railway has acknowledged that flooding played a role in a derailment that loosed thousands of gallons of oil into northwest Iowa floodwaters. Railroad spokesman Andy Williams wouldn’t say whether the train...
Arkansas, Feds Want Exxon to Pay $1.8M for Oil Spill Damage
Aug 10 2018 // State and federal officials are asking Exxon Mobil to pay more than $1.8 million in compensation for a 2013 oil spill in Arkansas. The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reports that the state Game and Fish Commission proposed the...
Texas’ Murex Petroleum Sued for Allowing Racial Harassment, Hostile Workplace
Aug 9 2018 // A Texas-based oil and gas company, operating in Tioga, N.D., violated civil rights law by subjecting an African-American employee to a hostile work environment based on his race, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity...
Panel Refuses to Merge Louisiana Wetlands Lawsuits Against Oil, Gas Firms
Aug 2 2018 // A national panel of judges has refused to merge more than 40 wetland damage lawsuits filed by six Louisiana parishes against oil and gas companies. NOLA.com/The Times-Picayune reports the U.S. Judicial Panel on...
Oklahoma Quake Lawsuit Against Oil Company Moves to Class-Action Status
Jul 30 2018 // Central Oklahoma residents won’t get a trial this fall for a case against an oil company accused of triggering earthquakes that damaged homes and buildings. The Journal Record reports that a Cleveland County judge...
Where Oil Prices Meet Trucker Fatalities: ‘Death Highway’
Jul 30 2018 // Route 285 is the formal designation for one of the main roads used to carry supplies to and from the oilfields of West Texas. Locals call it something else: “Death Highway.” Last year, 93 people died in...
India’s HPCL Cancels Iran Oil Purchase After Insurer Refuses to Provide Cover: Sources
Jul 26 2018 // India’s Hindustan Petroleum Corp. (HPCL) canceled the purchase of an Iranian oil cargo earlier this month after its insurance company refused to provide coverage for the crude because of U.S. sanctions, three sources...
