Louisiana Hunkers Down as Zeta Takes Aim at State October 28, 2020 By Erwin Seba Louisiana prepared for the sixth lashing this year from a Gulf Coast system as Tropical Storm Zeta sped off the...
U.S. Offshore Energy Firms Prep for Massive Hurricane October 7, 2020 By Erwin Seba Oil and gas workers withdrew en masse from U.S. offshore production facilities and onshore refineries began preparations on Wednesday as...
Energy Firm Evacuations Underway as Another Major Storm, Delta, Threatens Gulf Coast October 5, 2020 By Erwin Seba Energy companies on Monday began evacuating offshore oil platforms as the 25th named storm of the year formed in the...
Oil Industry Begins Cleaning Up, Restarting Gulf Operations After Hurricane Sally September 17, 2020 By Erwin Seba Storm-tossed U.S. offshore energy producers and exporters began clearing debris on Thursday from Hurricane Sally and booting up idle Gulf...
Gutted Chemical Safety Board Tries to Proceed with Single Board Member August 3, 2020 By Erwin Seba The U.S. Chemical Safety Board, which has only one board member instead of the usual five, on Friday postponed a...
Hanna Pounds South Texas Coast Already Dealing With COVID Surge July 26, 2020 By Erwin Seba and Brad Brooks Hurricane Hanna pummeled the south Texas coast on Saturday night with howling winds and a surging sea that threatened a...
Amid Pandemic, Oil Refineries, Offshore Drillers Face Hurricane Challenges June 4, 2020 By Erwin Seba As oil and gas companies began shutting offshore production before the first tropical storm of the season in the U.S....
Arkema, Executives Accused of Failures in Chemical Fire at Texas Plant February 28, 2020 By Erwin Seba Jurors in the criminal case against the U.S. arm of a French company on Feb. 27 heard it routinely stored...
Official: Harris County Sues Exxon Over Air Pollution from Petrochemical Fire August 1, 2019 By Erwin Seba Exxon Mobil Corp. was hit with a lawsuit on Thursday over pollution from a fire at the company’s Baytown Olefins...
Refineries in Tropical Storm Barry’s Path to Keep Operating July 12, 2019 By Erwin Seba and Scott DiSavino Most U.S. refiners whose plants are in the path of Tropical Storm Barry took steps on Friday to keep them...