Chesapeake Energy’s board of directors is drawing more fire, this time from two major shareholder advisory services. International Shareholder Services and Egan-Jones Proxy Services are calling for changes to the board, which they say has failed to curb the aggressive debt strategies of Chesapeake chief executive officer Aubrey McClendon.  More »

Jackey Noons rolled off the Champion Mitsubishi lot in a brand new all-electric Mitsubishi Miev.  More »

Total SA (FP), Europe’s third-largest oil company, expects to resume production at its Elgin and Franklin fields before the end of 2012 after plugging a natural-gas leak.  More »

Billionaire Carl Icahn has acquired about 80 percent of oil refiner CVR Energy Inc. following a $2.6 billion tender offer and has taken full control of the company’s board.  More »

Environmental advocates were among dozens of witnesses lining up to testify Monday on a bill laying out Ohio’s new regulations for horizontal shale drilling and the use of renewable energy.  More »

Businesses are reducing their energy consumption up to 25 percent in response to the recession, according to a Deloitte & Touche survey released today.  More »

Oil rose above $92 a barrel Monday in Asia ahead of talks this week aimed at avoiding a military conflict over Iran’s nuclear program.  More »

A Pennsylvania company will invest $380 million to expand natural gas pipelines in the state.  More »

The Keystone XL pipeline might be a good thing for job creation and crude oil supply, but it might not have the same positive effect on gasoline prices.  More »

The future economic security of Iraq rests upon the management of its natural resources, but a festering dispute between the autonomous region of Iraqi Kurdistan and the central government in Baghdad threatens to destabilize more than just Iraq’s economy, according to an article published in The Majalla last week on “Oil’s Divisive Influence: The Case [...]  More »

Analysts predicted early retirement for some coal-fired power plants when the Environmental Protection Agency issued new limits on emissions of mercury and other toxic pollutants last year.  More »

The head of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission announced Monday that he will resign as soon as a successor is confirmed to lead the country’s nuclear safety agency, a decision that comes after fellow commissioners publicly rebuked Jaczko and accused him of acting like a bully.  More »