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Italian Oil Services Firm Saipem Blames Cyber Attack on Shamoon Virus Variant
Dec 13 2018 // A hack on Italian oil services firm Saipem that crippled more than 300 of the company’s computers used a variant of the notorious Shamoon virus, Saipem said, a development that links the case to a massive attack in...
‘Ineffective’ Safeguard Cited in Husky Oil Refinery Blast in Wisconsin
Dec 12 2018 // An “ineffective” safeguard failed to prevent an explosive mixing of air and fuel at a Husky Energy refinery in Superior, Wisconsin, leading to a blast and fire in the plant’s gasoline-producing unit in...
Cyber Attack Targets Italian Oil-Services Firm Saipem
Dec 11 2018 // The Italian oil-services company Saipem SpA is still assessing the scope and impact of a cyber attack that targeted its servers in the Middle East, according to the company’s head of digital and...
Texas Mulling Restrictions on Wastewater in Oil Country as Quakes Increase
Dec 6 2018 // Texas is considering new restrictions on how shale explorers dispose of wastewater from oil drilling as earthquakes rattle the largest oil-producing American state. The new rules would target how much and at what pressure...
How Nations Rank for Climate Risk Measures
Dec 5 2018 // Denmark and Britain are the top countries when it comes to implementing measures to fight climate change, although Britain has lagged in phasing out fossil fuel subsidies, a report published by academics said on...
3 Oil Companies Settle in Class-Action Suit over Oklahoma Earthquakes
Dec 4 2018 // Three oil companies have reached a settlement with plaintiffs in a class-action lawsuit over damaging earthquakes in central Oklahoma. The companies — Spess Oil Co., Equal Energy US Inc. and Fairfield Oil and Gas Corp....
Will California See More Laws and Regulations in Wake of Wildfires?
Dec 3 2018 // Last year’s California wildfires destroyed thousands of homes and cost billions of dollars, but they also created numerous new laws and regulations in their wake as Legislators and insurance regulators looked for...
Texas’ Murex Petroleum to Pay $50K to Settle Race Harassment Suit
Nov 26 2018 // A Texas-based oil and gas company will pay $50,000 to settle a racial harassment lawsuit involving a black employee in North Dakota. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission announced the settlement Wednesday with...
Louisiana to Get Another $164 Million in BP Oil Spill Restoration Grants
Nov 21 2018 // Louisiana is getting $161.4 million in restoration grants from the 2010 BP Gulf of Mexico oil spill to restore two barrier islands and a headland in the Terrebonne Basin. The work will restore Timbalier and Trinity...
North Dakota Oil Industry Pushing to Loosen Crude Oil Safety Rules
Nov 19 2018 // North Dakota oil industry leaders are pushing to loosen the state’s oil conditioning regulations, but an environmental group is arguing to tighten rules. The North Dakota Industrial Commission is considering changing...
Carbon Copies of Flo, Jake, Gecko Join Climate Change Protest at NAIC Meeting
Nov 15 2018 // An angry Flo, an unusually sullen Jake, a less-than cheeky Gecko and a hawkish duck stood outside the National Association of Insurance Commissioners meeting in San Francisco on Thursday in protest to call out the industry...
Will California See More Laws and Regulations in Wake of Wildfires?
Nov 13 2018 // Powered by InsuranceJournal.tv Last year’s California wildfires destroyed thousands of homes and cost billions of dollars, but they also created numerous new laws and regulations in their wake as Legislators and...
Uranium Leaking into Water from South Carolina Fuel Plant
Nov 13 2018 // Federal regulators say tests shows uranium levels exceeding safe drinking water standards have been found at two locations at a nuclear fuel plant that has leaked in South Carolina. The State newspaper reported the Nuclear...
Earthquake Prompts Shut Down of Well Completion Site in Oklahoma
Nov 6 2018 // State oil and gas regulators in Oklahoma have ordered the indefinite shutdown hydraulic fracturing operations at a well site after an earthquake struck nearby. The 3.3 magnitude quake was reported Sunday night near Bridge...
U.S. Reimposes Iranian Sanctions, Hitting Insurance, Shipping, Energy, Banking
Nov 5 2018 // The U.S. reimposed sanctions on Iran’s critical oil industry Monday, raising pressure on the Islamic Republic to scale back its ballistic missile program and involvement in conflicts across the Middle East. The...
Two Utility Workers Killed in Helicopter Crash in Northeastern New York
Nov 1 2018 // Two utility workers were killed and two others were hurt when their maintenance helicopter got caught on power lines and crashed in rural northeastern New York, state police said. Pieces of the aircraft dangled from power...
Climate Change Impact Assessment Looks at Risk, Readiness Around U.S.
Oct 25 2018 // Low risk, but low readiness. That’s the assessment for Long Beach, Calif., a city that’s close to my heart. For those who love numbers, the city has a risk score of 49.48, and a readiness score of 47.01. Not...
Families Await Justice in North Dakota Oilfield Workplace Lawsuits
Oct 25 2018 // Brenda Austin was worried when her son, Casey, told her he planned to work in North Dakota’s Bakken oilfield in early 2013. “Don’t worry. I’ll be in a safe spot,” he told her when he left...
South Texas Sees Resurgence in Eagle Ford Shale Drilling
Oct 24 2018 // Three years ago, Allen Startz found himself in an unwanted kinship with thousands of other oilfield workers in South Texas’ Eagle Ford shale — laid off with few prospects nearby. The Houston Chronicle reports he...
Allianz Insurance Product Protects Firms Against Clean Energy Price Swings
Oct 22 2018 // Microsoft Corp. has helped develop a way to protect corporate buyers of clean power from electricity prices that go up and down with the weather. The company is using a risk-management tool called a volume-firming...
