Latest Energy Headlines
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Lawsuits Over Gulf Oil Disaster Begin With Clash Over Pace
Sep 16 2010 // Scores of attorneys will jam a federal courtroom today to argue for almost immediate access to emails and other documents from BP Plc and its business partners as the legal fight over the Gulf of Mexico oil spill heats...
Tropical Storm Karl Hits Yucatan, Some Evacuations Ordered
Sep 15 2010 // Tropical Storm Karl hit Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula Wednesday and was expected to head into the Gulf of Mexico, threatening Mexican oil installations and possibly gaining hurricane strength. Mexico’s state-run...
Illinois Oil Pipeline Leak Stopped; Cleanup Under Way
Sep 15 2010 // Crews have removed a 12-foot section of pipe at the site of an oil spill outside Chicago that led to a spike in regional gasoline prices, but it could take weeks to clean up the contamination, federal officials...
Halliburton, Transocean Reject BP’s Claims; Court Battles Loom
Sep 9 2010 // BP Plc and its Gulf of Mexico oil well partners traded blame Wednesday after an internal BP investigation tried to downplay the company’s role in the world’s biggest offshore spill. The 193-page BP report...
One Death Reported as Blast Rips Through Mexico Oil Refinery
Sep 8 2010 // An explosion ripped through a major Mexican refinery Tuesday, killing one worker and pushing gasoline and diesel prices higher on worries state oil monopoly Pemex will have to import more fuel. Pemex, the world’s No....
BP Report Finds Multiple Companies, Workers Caused Gulf Oil Disaster
Sep 8 2010 // BP’s Deepwater Horizon oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico was not caused by a single factor but by “multiple companies and work teams,” according to the oil giant’s internal...
BP Helps Fund U.S. Research Into Health Effects of Oil Disaster
Sep 7 2010 // Oil giant BP said it is providing $10 million to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to support a study of potential public health issues relating to the Gulf of Mexico oil disaster and other spill-related health...
BP Oil Spill Costs Hit $8 Billion; Internal Report on Cause Readied
Sep 3 2010 // BP Plc said the cost of dealing with its oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico had risen to $8 billion as the oil giant prepared to release the findings of an internal probe into the causes of the disaster. BP published figures...
Louisiana’s First Premium Insurance to Process Oil Worker Fund Claims
Aug 30 2010 // A Covington, La., company has been hired to process applications for money from a $100 million fund set up by BP to help oil rig workers idled by a federal moratorium on new deepwater drilling in the Gulf of Mexico. The...
Towerstone Launches Oil and Gas Equipment Program
Aug 26 2010 // Towerstone Inc., a wholesale insurance broker and managing general agency headquartered in Dallas, has introduced the Towerstone Oil and Gas Equipment Program, a new insurance program for the energy sector. The program is...
Commission Weighs Self-Governing Body for Oil Drilling Safety
Aug 25 2010 // The White House oil spill commission Wednesday will probe U.S. offshore drilling policies and consider pushing the oil industry to accept a self-governing body to help oversee tough safety standards. With a focus on...
Ironshore Environmental Expands Oil Spill Program to Hospitality Sector
Aug 23 2010 // Ironshore Environmental has expanded its suite of asset-class specific SPILLS programs to provide comprehensive environmental coverage to the Hospitality Sector. Ironshore’s Environmental Hospitality program offers...
Michigan Oil Spill Bill Estimate up to $400M
Aug 20 2010 // Enbridge Energy Partners estimates cleanup and other costs from a massive oil spill from a Michigan pipeline could be $300 million to $400 million. The company made the estimate in a filing this week with the U.S....
Japan Analyzing Damage to Tanker in Hormuz Strait
Aug 19 2010 // Checks on a Japanese oil tanker, damaged by a mystery explosion near the Strait of Hormuz oil shipping route, found a soot-like substance in a large dent in its hull, the Transport Ministry in Tokyo said on Wednesday. (See...
Snapshot: Declarations
Aug 16 2010 // Health Care Challenge “While this case raises a host of complex constitutional issues, all seem to distill to the single question of whether or not Congress has the power to regulate — and tax — a...
Insurers’ Plans for Oil Industry Sought
Aug 16 2010 // In the wake of the BP oil disaster, more than 50 U.S. and other environmentally active global investors sent letters to major energy companies asking them to disclose information on their spill prevention and response...
Declarations
Aug 16 2010 // Health Care Challenge “While this case raises a host of complex constitutional issues, all seem to distill to the single question of whether or not Congress has the power to regulate — and tax — a citizen’s...
Alabama Becomes First State to Sue BP, Others for Gulf Oil ‘Catastrophe’
Aug 15 2010 // Alabama is suing BP Plc, Transocean and Halliburton for “catastrophic harm” caused by the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, the state’s attorney general said Friday. Alabama is the first state to sue BP for...
Berkley Oil and Gas Makes Two Appointments
Aug 13 2010 // Berkley Oil and Gas Specialty Services LLC based in Houston has named Linda A. Eppolito vice president-chief finanial offier, and Robert K. Commerford senior acount executive. Eppolito has more than 19 years of experiene...
BP Oil Spill Disaster Creates Some Opportunities
Aug 12 2010 // No matter which television channel or Web site you turn to, the Gulf oil spill has dominated the news. This is an environmental crisis that will affect the region’s economic capabilities and natural resources for...
