Delaware Joins List of States and Localities Suing Big Oil September 14, 2020 By Randall Chase Delaware has joined the list of state and local governments that have sued the petroleum industry in an attempt to...
Supreme Court Justices Question Landowners’ Claims in Montana Superfund Cleanup December 4, 2019 By Andrew Chung U.S. Supreme Court justices on Tuesday appeared inclined to shield a unit of British oil major BP Plc from claims...
Worker Dies from Injuries at BP’s Refinery in Whiting, Indiana, October 2, 2019 A contract worker died from injuries received while working at BP Plc’s 430,000 barrel-per-day (bpd) Whiting, Indiana, refinery on Wednesday,...
Supreme Court to Hear BP Unit’s Montana Superfund Site Dispute June 10, 2019 By Andrew Chung The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday agreed to a hear a bid by a unit of British oil major BP...
Rhode Island Attorney General Sues Fossil Fuel Companies July 6, 2018 Rhode Island Attorney General Peter Kilmartin filed a lawsuit Monday against 21 fossil fuel companies demanding damages associated with sea...
Post-Disaster, BP Stakes Future on Deepwater Despite Surging Shale June 28, 2017 By Jessica Resnick-Ault About 300 BP workers commute 150 miles by helicopter from the Louisiana coast to a deep-sea drilling platform in the...
Oil & Gas Industry Faces More Frequent & Sophisticated Cyber Attacks: Deloitte June 27, 2017 By Giacomo Tognini Three out of four oil and natural gas companies fell victim to at least one cyber attack last year as...
Trump Hands Climate Leadership Role to China to Dismay of Global Leaders June 2, 2017 By David Tweed and Jennifer A. Dlouhy President Donald Trump’s decision to isolate the U.S. on climate change triggered waves of complaints from government and business leaders...
House Balks at Senate Plan for Mississippi Oil Spill Damage Account March 10, 2017 By Jeff Amy Mississippi lawmakers may be unable to decide this year how to spend $750 million in oil spill damage payments, with...
Fierce North Sea Storm Forces Oil Rig Evacuations; Worker Killed December 31, 2015 By Nerijus Adomaitis and Gwladys Fouche A fierce storm in the North Sea forced oil firms to evacuate platforms and shut down production on Thursday on...