Tag: Oil

A fight over tax returns could delay Secretary of State nominee Rex Tillerson's confirmation hearings. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

National Security

Tillerson tax fight could delay hearing

Joel Gehrke · December 22, 2016 9:30 pm

Perhaps the outgoing executive should try following his own advice for the next month. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Beltway Confidential

Obama urges Trump to resist executive action, then goes it alone on Arctic oil ban

Philip Wegmann · December 21, 2016 8:36 pm

Obama Blocks Oil and Gas Drilling in Arctic, Atlantic Oceans

Tatiana Lozano · December 21, 2016 11:13 am

Oil refiners may be taxed more and drivers may see higher taxes at the pump if the House Republican tax plan becomes law, lobbyists and analysts have realized upon sorting through its provisions. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

Refiners, drivers could lose under GOP tax plan

Joseph Lawler · December 19, 2016 5:01 am

‘SNL’: Old buddies Tillerson and Putin won’t let Trump inside their clique

Anna Giaritelli · December 18, 2016 5:13 am

That Tillerson has a personal rapport with Putin should not be disqualifying. (AP photo/RIA Novosti, Alexei Druzhinin, pool)

Exxon’s Tillerson and Putin’s Russia

Washington Examiner · December 14, 2016 5:01 am

ExxonMobil CEO and chairman Rex W. Tillerson gives a speech at the annual Abu Dhabi International Petroleum Exhibition & Conference in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, on Monday, Nov. 7, 2016. Those attending the conference this week remain worried about low global oil prices. (AP Photo/Jon Gambrell)

National Security

Trump chooses Exxon Mobil CEO Rex Tillerson to lead State Department

Joel Gehrke · December 13, 2016 4:11 am

t's not clear why the spill-monitoring sensors malfunctioned and did not detect the leak, said Wendy Owen, a spokeswoman for True Cos.

Energy and Environment

Pipeline spills in North Dakota, went undetected

John Siciliano · December 12, 2016 9:44 pm

The burned hulks of heavy trucks sit on Highway 1806 near Cannon Ball, N.D., on Friday, Oct. 28, near the spot where protesters of the Dakota Access pipeline were evicted from private property a day earlier. Authorities say they have received little federal help to calm protests despite repeated requests. (AP Photo/James MacPherson)

Washington Secrets

Sheriffs: ‘Completely and utterly abandoned’ by Obama, Justice in N.D. protest

Paul Bedard · December 12, 2016 1:44 pm

President Obama failed to condemn protesters who wouldn't accept the election results. "I would not advise people who feel strongly … to be silent," he said while visiting Germany in November. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)

Beltway Confidential

Obama fails to condemn lawless protesters

William Perry Pendley · December 9, 2016 5:14 pm

It came as little surprise on Nov. 30 when the predominantly Middle Eastern members of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries announced an alliance with Russia to cut global energy production and push up the price drivers will pay at the pump. The cost for a barrel of oil leaped nearly $10. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali, File)

Energy and Environment

A stark reminder from OPEC

Jim Talent · December 9, 2016 5:02 am

Standing Rock Waiting Game

Erin Mundahl · December 6, 2016 11:52 am