Tag: Oil

In this Dec. 23, 2013 photograph, Amite County Supervisor Max Lawson describes the convoy of about 200 trucks carting in a drilling rig and other gear on what was pasture land at his Gillsburg, Miss., farm. After a little more than a two-year wait, Encana Corp., contractors were finally drilling. Oil companies plan a big increase in drilling activity in 2014 in southwest Mississippi. They're trying to extract oil from a formation called the Tuscaloosa Marine Shale, which one study says could hold 7 billion barrels. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

Shale brings high hopes in Mississippi, Louisiana

Jeff Amy · February 27, 2014 8:21 pm

FILE - In this Oct. 3, 2012 file photo, Treasury Undersecretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence David Cohen speaks in Rome. Top Obama administration officials faced the prospect of a difficult grilling Thursday from key members of Congress amid reports China and India are significantly expanding their imports of Iranian petroleum. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, File)

Congress concerned Iran’s oil exports may be up

Bradley Klapper · February 27, 2014 6:57 pm

Shell Nigeria closes major pipeline, cites theft

Shell Nigeria closes major pipeline, cites theft

Washington Examiner · February 27, 2014 3:24 pm

Oil prices stay above $102 on demand expectations

Oil prices stay above $102 on demand expectations

Pablo Gorondi · February 27, 2014 1:23 pm

Tesoro Corp. blocked the U.S. Chemical Safety Board from investigating an incident at a Northern California refinery and downplayed the extent of workers' injuries, the board said. (AP/Al Grillo)

Energy and Environment

U.S. Chemical Safety Board says Tesoro blocked investigation

Bloomberg News · February 27, 2014 5:00 am

A floor hand for Raven Drilling works on an oil rig drilling into the Bakken shale formation outside Watford City, N.D. (Andrew Burton/Getty Images)

Energy and Environment

Dream of U.S. energy independence slams against costs of shale

Bloomberg News · February 27, 2014 5:00 am

The Development Driller III, which drilled the relief well and pumped the cement to seal the Macondo well, the source of the Deepwater Horizon rig explosion and oil spill, is seen in the Gulf Of Mexico, off the coast of Louisiana, in September 2010.

Energy and Environment

Obama administration takes step toward allowing Atlantic Ocean drilling

Zack Colman · February 27, 2014 5:00 am

FILE - In this Dec. 30, 2013 file photo, a fireball goes up at the site of an oil train derailment in Casselton, N.D. Rail cars being used to ship crude oil from North Dakota's Bakken region are an "unacceptable public risk," and even cars voluntarily upgraded by the industry may not be sufficient, a member of the National Transportation Safety Board said Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2014. The cars, known as DOT-111s, were involved in derailments of oil trains in Casselton, N.D., and Lac-Megantic, Quebec, just across the U.S. border, NTSB member Robert Sumwalt said at a House Transportation subcommittee hearing. (AP Photo/Bruce Crummy, File)

Rail cars used to ship oil called ‘unacceptable’

Joan Lowy · February 27, 2014 12:44 am

Judge won’t block new round of BP seafood payments

Judge won’t block new round of BP seafood payments

Kevin McGill · February 26, 2014 10:24 pm

The price of oil edged above $102 a barrel Wednesday as investors tried to assess the strength of U.S. demand with the approach of warmer weather. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

Oil prices rise as market awaits US inventory data

Associated Press · February 26, 2014 5:00 am

âYou take the unions out of Democratic politics and you will see a lot less Democrats elected because they supply the money and the manpower,â said Mallory Factor, author of Shadowbosses, a study on union political spending.

Energy and Environment

Tax plan from GOP Ways and Means chairman Dave Camp spells trouble for oil and gas industry

Zack Colman · February 26, 2014 5:00 am

A floor hand for Raven Drilling works on an oil rig drilling into the Bakken shale formation outside Watford City, N.D. (Andrew Burton/Getty Images)

Facing reality on carbon dioxide, fracking and job creation

Mona Charen · February 25, 2014 5:00 am