April 7, 2025
Oil company Chevron must pay $744.6 million to restore damage it caused to southeast Louisiana’s coastal wetlands, a jury ruled on Friday following a landmark trial more than a decade in the making. The case was the first of dozens …
October 24, 2012
A West Texas jury has awarded $11 million to a man who was injured by a pipe casing that fell from an oilfield elevator. The verdict in favor of Eliazar Trevino Jr. was announced Oct. 22 after a week-long civil …
May 2, 2011
General Star has made a number of changes to its umbrella fuel oil program, distributed exclusively by program administrator S. H. Smith & Company, Inc., Hartford, CT. Launched in 2001, the program provides commercial umbrella coverage for fuel oil dealers …
January 26, 2011
U.S. Democrats Wednesday pressed for new legislation aimed at preventing a repeat of last year’s massive BP oil spill, as Republicans warned that the disaster should not be used to hamper offshore oil and natural gas production. The renewed push …