Tag: Oil

House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte, R-Va., questions witness FBI Deputy Assistant Director Peter Strzok, during a joint hearing on "oversight of FBI and Department of Justice actions surrounding the 2016 election" on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, July 12, 2018.

Energy and Environment

Anger at Saudis gives fresh life to legislation for suing OPEC

Josh Siegel · December 16, 2018 5:00 am

He Didn’t Build That

The Scrapbook · December 14, 2018 2:23 am

Energy Secretary Rick Perry speaks at a press conference during a U.S. chamber of commerce's U.S. Iraq business initiative business mission to Iraq, in Baghdad, Iraq.

Energy and Environment

Iran beats Rick Perry to the punch in Iraq

John Siciliano · December 13, 2018 8:52 pm

Gov. John Bel Edwards talks about an expected $300 million-plus surplus Louisiana will have from the last budget year, while Commissioner of Administration Jay Dardenne and Revenue Secretary Kimberly Robinson listen to his remarks, on Thursday, Sept. 20, 2018, in Baton Rouge, La.

Louisiana voters reject trial lawyers’ shakedown

Quin Hillyer · December 13, 2018 4:09 pm

Rep. Bob Goodlatte, R-Va., chair of the House Committee on the Judiciary, listens during a joint House Committee on the Judiciary and House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform hearing examining the Inspector General's report of the FBI's Clinton email probe, on Capitol Hill.

GOP lawmaker: OPEC’s ‘mockery of antitrust law’ costs Americans $250 billion

James Langford · December 12, 2018 11:17 pm

Energy Secretary Rick Perry speaks during an interview.

Energy and Environment

Rick Perry struggles to convince Iraq to cut ties with Iran

John Siciliano · December 12, 2018 10:53 pm

In this Nov. 16, 2015, photograph, an overview shows a section of the Mississippi Power Co. carbon capture plant in DeKalb, Miss.

Energy and Environment

Carbon capture industry says Trump EPA is wrong to underestimate them

Josh Siegel · December 11, 2018 5:00 am

Ministers from the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and non-OPEC nations led by Russia meet in Vienna on Friday.

Energy and Environment

OPEC reaches deal to cut oil production, defying Trump’s requests

Josh Siegel · December 7, 2018 3:36 pm

Energy and Environment

‘Christmas came a few weeks early’: Ryan Zinke announces massive new oil find

John Siciliano · December 6, 2018 7:16 pm

The Trump administration on Monday took a step forward to overhaul the government's land policies for protecting the chicken-sized sage grouse in the West. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)

Energy and Environment

Trump rolls back sage-grouse protections, opening up new areas for oil drilling

John Siciliano · December 6, 2018 6:58 pm

Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman attends a plenary session on the second day of the G20 Leader's Summit in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Turkey is seeking the arrest of two former aides to Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman who were dismissed amid the fallout from the killing of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi.

Energy and Environment

Saudi Arabia renews nuclear energy ties with Argentina as pressure over Khashoggi rises

John Siciliano · December 5, 2018 7:05 pm

The end of President Trump's term was marred by an oil price crash caused by the coronavirus pandemic that briefly had crude trading below zero.

Energy and Environment

Trump pressures OPEC for more oil production as cartel weighs cut

Josh Siegel · December 5, 2018 3:08 pm