U.S. & International
Minnesota Supreme Court delivers blow to Line 3 opponents
Wednesday, August 25, 2021, 6:39 AM MDT
The Minnesota Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to hear an appeal by opponents of Enbridge Inc.’s Line 3 oil pipeline, letting stand…
Interior plans sales of drilling rights after judge’s ruling
Wednesday, August 25, 2021, 6:29 AM MDT
The Biden administration moved Tuesday to resume selling oil and gas drilling rights in the Gulf of Mexico and throughout…
BP, PetroChina spin out Iraq’s Rumaila field into new company
Wednesday, August 25, 2021, 6:26 AM MDT
BP plc and PetroChina Co. formed a joint venture to manage the giant Rumaila field in Iraq, an operating structure…
Oil spill from power station spreads along Syria’s coast
Wednesday, August 25, 2021, 6:12 AM MDT
A massive oil spill caused by leakage from a power plant inside one of Syria’s oil refineries is spreading along the coast of the…
‘Distressed’ crude from Venezuela, Iran stacks up off Singapore
Tuesday, August 24, 2021, 6:30 AM MDT
Oil stored in ships has been stacking up off key Asian ports as a crackdown in China on private crude…
State oil companies take their first ungainly steps toward climate neutrality
Tuesday, August 24, 2021, 6:08 AM MDT
Petroleos Mexicanos left investors with more questions than answers after it announced in late July that it would be disclosing…
Gazprom says controversial Russian pipe can ship gas in 2021
Friday, August 20, 2021, 7:16 AM MDT
A controversial Russian pipeline to Europe can deliver its first batches of natural gas to Germany this year, according to…
Alaska ruling shows Big Oil’s uphill battle in climate-fears era
Friday, August 20, 2021, 6:55 AM MDT
Even the climate-conscious Biden administration supported ConocoPhillips’s $6 billion oil development on Alaska’s Northern Slope, but that couldn’t stop a…
Norway’s $1.4 trillion wealth fund puts oil stocks on notice
Friday, August 20, 2021, 6:52 AM MDT
The sovereign wealth fund of Norway, which manages $1.4 trillion in assets, said there are oil companies in its portfolio…
Climate impact of coal sales from U.S. lands scrutinized
Friday, August 20, 2021, 6:41 AM MDT
U.S. officials launched a review Thursday of climate damage and other impacts from coal mining on public lands as the…
Don’t count on LNG to save Europe from a winter gas crunch
Thursday, August 19, 2021, 7:03 AM MDT
Europe’s vast network of liquefied natural gas terminals can’t save it from a winter supply crunch. LNG supplies entering European…
ConocoPhillips Alaska project voided by judge
Thursday, August 19, 2021, 6:32 AM MDT
The Trump administration’s approval of a ConocoPhillips oil field project on Alaska’s Northern Slope was rescinded by a federal judge…
