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Further assessment needed of dispersants used in response to oil spills
May 21, 2015 (SPX)
New commentary in Nature Reviews Microbiology by Samantha Joye of the University of Georgia and her colleagues argues for further in-depth assessments of the im...
British North Sea workers to vote on strikes
May 21, 2015 (UPI)
British North Sea oil and gas workers said they'll vote on a labor stoppage after talks broke down with the industry over working conditions. Trade unions Unite...
Exxon makes big oil find offshore Guyana
May 21, 2015 (UPI)
Exxon Mobil said it made what it described as a significant oil discovery in the deep waters about 120 miles off the coast of Guyana in the Caribbean. The compa...
Fracking may affect air quality and human health
May 21, 2015 (SPX)
People living or working near active natural gas wells may be exposed to certain pollutants at higher levels than the Environmental Protection Agency considers ...
Verisk completes Wood Mac grab
May 20, 2015 (UPI)
The $2.8 billion acquisition of global analytics company Wood Mackenzie should be seamless, rival Verisk Analytics said. Verisk, which has headquarters in Jerse...
Texas city will still enforce fracking regulations
May 20, 2015 (UPI)
The city of Denton, Texas, will continue enforcing regulations on hydraulic fracturing, but can't predict how the courts will react, a spokeswoman said. Denton ...
California oil pipeline leaks into ocean
May 20, 2015 (AFP)
A pipeline ruptured Tuesday in California dumping oil along the rocky coast of Santa Barbara and into the Pacific Ocean, the US Coast Guard said. The oil pipeli...
Canada can't curb oil sands emissions fast enough: document
May 20, 2015 (AFP)
Emissions from Canada's oil sands will likely increase faster than new technologies can be developed to curb them, says a government document cited Wednesday by...
Iraqi violence no concern for Gulf Keystone Petroleum
May 20, 2015 (UPI)
Security in the northern Iraqi oil fields is not a concern for British energy company Gulf Keystone Petroleum, its chief executive officer said. "Security right...
BP oil spill caused dolphins' lung disease, deaths: study
May 20, 2015 (AFP)
Dolphins swimming in the oil-contaminated waters of the Gulf of Mexico after the 2010 BP spill suffered unusual lung lesions and died at high rates because of p...
Japanese growth lifts oil prices
May 20, 2015 (UPI)
Strong growth in the Japanese economy helped crude oil prices recover from an early-week slump with major indices gaining more than 1 percent early Wednesday. J...
Texas ban on fracking bans criticized
May 19, 2015 (UPI)
The governor of Texas has seized control of the energy narrative in the state by passing a ban on local measures against fracking, advocacy groups said. Texas G...
OMV unsure about Yemen, Libya
May 19, 2015 (UPI)
Production of natural reserves in Libya and Yemen may be shuttered for the rest of the year because of ongoing violence, Austrian energy company OMV said. The e...
Gas cheap, relatively speaking, AAA finds
May 19, 2015 (UPI)
While gas prices continue to rise ahead of the Memorial Day holiday, U.S. travelers are paying nearly a $1 less per gallon of gas year-on-year, AAA said. The mo...
Gazprom Neft issues upbeat report
May 19, 2015 (UPI)
Russian energy company Gazprom Neft said Tuesday crude oil production was up year-on-year, driven largely by arctic and Iraqi developments.. The oil arm of Russ...
Macroeconomic concerns drag on oil
May 19, 2015 (UPI)
Crude oil prices retreated heavily in early Tuesday trading on signs of a slowdown in the British economy and worries over the pace of global jobs growth. Brent...
Ukrainian shale handcuffed, company says
May 18, 2015 (UPI)
Junior shale explorer JXK Oil & Gas said Monday it was granted more areas for work in Ukraine, though the cost of business was still prohibitive to drilling. JX...
No contact with U.S. on oil, Iran says
May 18, 2015 (UPI)
Though doors may be opening to the Iranian oil sector, the government in Tehran hasn't been in contact with any U.S. companies, a top official said Monday. Iran...
Cyberattacks targeting oil sector: researchers
May 18, 2015 (AFP)
A series of cyberattacks has been targeting the oil and gas sector in what appears to be an effective variant of the so-called Nigerian email scam, security res...
Shell picked wrong city, Seattle protesters say
May 18, 2015 (UPI)
Energy company Royal Dutch Shell picked the wrong city to serve as a base operations for its offshore Alaska program, advocacy groups said Monday. A flotilla of...
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