The hall for the Irbil Oil and Gas Exhibition this week was crowded with company displays, executives and investors. But conspicuously absent were international oil giants like Shell, Exxon-Mobil and Chevron …
In a story April 23 about energy policy, The Associated Press reported that five of New England’s six governors said they would work across the region while each state pursues individual projects. The …
CAPE TOWN (Reuters) – Oil firm Chevron said on Friday it has offered to supply South Africa’s electricity firm Eskom with excess diesel from its Cape Town refinery, to help run some of its generators. Steve Hegarty, the general manager for strategy at the oil major’s South African unit told parliament’s trade and industry committee that Chevron was able to produce diesel and store some supplies for the struggling power
In a story April 22 about a settlement involving an Arkansas oil spill, The Associated Press misspelled the last name of an Exxon Mobil Corp. spokesman. His name is Christian Flathman, not Christian Flatham. …
New England’s governors agreed Thursday to a mix of regional and state actions to cut persistently high energy costs. Five of the region’s six governors said they will work across the region while each …
At least 2,000 people, mostly Islamic State group jihadists, have been killed in Syria by a US-led air campaign in the past seven months, a monitoring group said Thursday. “At least 1,922 fighters from IS, mostly foreigners, have been killed since September 23, 2014 in raids and aerial attacks by the international coalition on IS positions and oil refineries” throughout Syria, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. The toll
An expanded tax credit for wind-energy farms won initial approval from Nebraska lawmakers Wednesday despite arguments that the state shouldn’t invest in the industry. Senators voted 25-3 to advance the …
Exxon Mobil Corp has agreed to pay $5.07 million to resolve allegations it violated the federal Clean Water Act and state environmental laws in connection with a 2013 oil spill in Arkansas, the U.S. Department of Justice and Environmental Protection Agency said on Wednesday. The March 29, 2013 spill occurred after the rupture of Exxon’s Pegasus pipeline, causing about 3,190 barrels, or 134,000 gallons, of oil to flow through a
The Justice Department says two subsidiaries of Exxon Mobil have agreed to pay almost $5 million in government penalties for a 2013 oil spill in a central Arkansas community. As part of a consent decree …
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama on Tuesday proposed a 30-year agreement to cooperate with China on nuclear power, a deal that would allow the transfer of material, reactors, components and technology between the two nations, if approved by the U.S. Congress. (Reporting by Roberta Rampton and Jeff Mason!)