Tag: Oil

Arab news agencies are reporting on a tentative deal between Iran and Russia that would boost Iran's oil exports. (AP File)

White House warns Iran on oil-for-goods deal with Russia

Susan Crabtree · January 15, 2014 5:00 am

Pipe is stacked at the southern site of the Keystone XL pipeline on March 22, 2012 in Cushing, Okla. (Photo by Tom Pennington/Getty Images)

Beltway Confidential

Will Democratic senators who support the Keystone pipeline throw environmentalists under the bus for re-election?

Ashe Schow · January 13, 2014 5:00 am

The price of oil fell to near $92 a barrel Monday as the possibility of increased crude exports from Iran raised the prospects of an excess of supply on global markets. (AP/Matthew Brown)

Crude oil falls to near $92 a barrel on Iran deal

Pablo Gorondi · January 13, 2014 5:00 am

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Energy and Environment

Port of Vancouver gets partial win in oil lawsuit

Associated Press · January 13, 2014 5:00 am

With oil pump jacks as a backdrop, President Obama speaks at an oil and gas field on federal lands in Maljamar, N.M., in March 2012. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

Big Oil takes on Big Oil over crude exports

Timothy P. Carney · January 11, 2014 5:00 am

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration warns that, "Increasing evidence suggests that exposure to intense underwater sound in some settings may cause certain marine mammals to strand and ultimately die." Oceana, citing federal projections, says seismic testing would injure 138,500 dolphins and whales through 2020. (Thinkstock Image)

Energy and Environment

Lawmakers spar over seismic testing for Atlantic Ocean drilling

Zack Colman · January 10, 2014 5:00 am

An Iraqi firefighter hoses down a burned car after a car bomb attack in Kirkuk, 180 miles (290 kilometers) north of Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2014. Police said a suicide bomber rammed his explosives-laden truck into a police station, killing and wounding scores of people in the northern city, home to a mix of Arabs, Kurds and Turkomen, each of the ethnic groups has competing claims to the oil-rich area. (AP Photo/Emad Matti)

Biden calls Iraqi Kurdish leader amid oil conflict

Washington Examiner · January 9, 2014 11:33 pm

FILE - In this Dec. 30, 2013 file photo, a fireball goes up at the site of an oil train derailment in Casselton, N.D. The 911 dispatch recordings from the fiery derailment show initial confusion about the cargo on board. The recordings show that a member of the train crew first told emergency dispatchers in Fargo that it was hauling ethanol. The substance actually was highly flammable crude oil from western North Dakota. Eighteen cars on the 106-car oil train derailed and several exploded and burned. (AP Photo/Bruce Crummy, File)

Energy and Environment

Senators call for action on oil train derailments

Matthew Daly · January 9, 2014 11:27 pm

Crude oil tanker cars continue to burn at the site of an oil train derailment on Dec. 31 in Casselton, N.D. (AP Photo/Bruce Crummy)

Energy and Environment

Senators demand probe of rail transportation for crude oil following accidents

Zack Colman · January 9, 2014 5:00 am

Some environmentalists in Ohio are rankled over a partnership between Radio Disney of Cleveland and the Ohio Oil and Gas Energy Production Program, which promotes oil and gas energy to children and families. (Thinkstock)

Beltway Confidential

Radio Disney promotes oil and natural gas, outrages environmentalists

Ashe Schow · January 9, 2014 5:00 am

In this Dec. 30, 2013 file photo, a fireball goes up at the site of an oil train derailment in Casselton, N.D. Members of North Dakota's congressional delegation say they plan to press federal officials for more information about the tanker derailment and fiery explosion outside of Casselton. (AP Photo/Bruce Crummy, File)

Energy and Environment

North Dakota delegation to meet with officials on derailment

Washington Examiner · January 9, 2014 5:00 am

A Whiting Petroleum Co. pump jack pulls crude oil from the Bakken region of the Northern Plains near Bainville, Mont., on Nov. 6. A growing push to allow oil companies to export some of the crude oil that is being produced in greater volumes domestically is sparking debate as 2014 nears. The ban on exports stems from a 1975 law passed after the nation suffered crippling shortages of oil and gas. (AP Photo/Matthew Brown)

Energy and Environment

Chamber of Commerce to emphasize boosting energy trade in 2014

Zack Colman · January 8, 2014 5:00 am