In recent years, Schuyler Wight has noticed a growing number of abandoned oil wells coming back to life, gurgling fluids on the surface of his West Texas ranch. Last week he found the biggest one yet. Gassy water was gushing …
California Gov. Gavin Newsom said he wants state regulators to decide whether to impose the nation’s first penalty on oil companies for price gouging, pivoting after months of negotiations with legislative leaders failed to reach an agreement on a bill …
An oil company sued the city of Los Angeles over its recent law to ban the drilling of new oil and gas wells and to phase out existing ones within city limits over the next two decades. Warren Resources filed …
An investor-led push for major oil companies to set climate goals in line with the Paris agreement won support from a key proxy advisory firm for the first time, setting up a showdown at upcoming shareholder meetings. Institutional Shareholder Services …
U.S. drillers and refiners will likely need to report estimated greenhouse gas emissions from the cars, trucks, planes and ships that use their fuel if a rule proposed by U.S. regulators on Monday passes later this year, according to industry …
Reflecting growing animosity across the United States toward Russia after its invasion of Ukraine, lawmakers in New Jersey’s largest city have voted to suspend the licenses of gas stations branded with the name of a major oil company based in …
Top U.S. senators from both parties on Thursday grilled Democratic energy regulators who recently approved guidelines for approving new natural gas projects that allow consideration of environmental justice, landowner and climate issues. The three Democrats on the five-member Federal Energy …
A ban on European Union insurers covering Iranian oil exports has forced ship owners to fall back on new, untested insurance providers, raising fears that governments may have to pay in the event of an oil spill. The July ban, …
“The booming Latin American energy industry is not insulated from the threat of a euro zone collapse or hostilities in the Middle East,” warned global insurance broker Willis. Speaking to a gathering of energy companies in Foz Do Iguacu, Brazil, …
More than a dozen eastern Montana landowners have filed a lawsuit against Exxon Mobil Corp. claiming the company ignored warnings before a pipeline break that spilled an estimated 1,500 barrels of crude oil into the Yellowstone River. The lawsuit from …
