150 Years of Spills: Philadelphia Refinery Cleanup Reveals Toxic Legacy of Fossil Fuels February 16, 2021 By Valerie Volcovici and Laila Kearney Wearing blue hard hats, white hazmat suits and respirator masks, workers carted away bags of debris on a recent morning...
Texas Oil/Gas Drilling Permits Down But Well Inspections on Track January 14, 2021 The Texas state agency for regulating the oil and gas industry says it issued the number of original drilling permits...
Hurricane Laura Expected to Slam Energy Coast; On Track for $5-12B in Losses August 25, 2020 By Brian K. Sullivan Hurricane Laura is poised to strengthen rapidly and come ashore along the Texas-Louisiana coast as a tree-snapping Category 3 storm,...
Millions of Abandoned Oil and Gas Wells Pose Environmental, Health Risks June 23, 2020 By Nichola Groom In May 2012, Hanson and Michael Rowe noticed an overpowering smell, like rotten eggs, seeping from an abandoned gas well...
Oil & Gas Companies Seek More D&O Insurance as Bankruptcies Loom June 10, 2020 By Laura Sanicola and Shariq Khan The U.S. oil and gas industry is paying a hefty price to protect its top brass against potential bankruptcy and...
As Demand Sinks Amid Pandemic, Texas Shale Producers Ask State to Cut Oil Output April 1, 2020 By Mitchell Ferman, The Texas Tribune Two Texas oil companies with large footprints in the West Texas oil patch have sent a letter to state regulators...
Employees Missing After Oklahoma Drilling Rig Fire January 22, 2018 By Liz Hampton Drilling contractor Patterson-UTI said some of its employees were missing on Monday after a fire at one of its drilling...
Coal Mining Company Proposes Turning Kentucky Mine Into Solar Farm April 21, 2017 By Adam Beam A former strip mine would be converted into a solar farm under a proposal announced Tuesday by an Appalachian coal...
Canada’s Energy Firms at Risk from Cyber, Bomb Attacks: Security Service January 19, 2017 By Ethan Lou Canada’s main spy agency last year warned energy companies about an increasing risk of cyber espionage and attacks on pipelines,...
Aon Launches Loss Estimating Risk Tool for Oil, Gas and Petrochemical Sectors January 18, 2017 Aon Global Risk Consulting, in collaboration with TNO, a research agency, has launched the Aon Loss Estimating Risk Tool (ALERT),...