High court rules for power company over Mont. dams

The Supreme Court sided with a power company Wednesday in a dispute with Montana over who owns the riverbeds beneath 10 dams sitting on three Montana rivers.  More »
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Exxon Mobil signs 20-year field leases in Nigeria

Nigeria’s state-run oil company says Exxon Mobil Corp. has signed 20-year leases on three major oil fields in the West African nation.  More »
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Okla. panel wants to limit refunds for drillers

After pledging to Oklahoma’s oil and gas industry that it would make good on tax breaks temporarily set aside during a fiscal crisis, some legislators believe the state should repay developers only about 50 cents on the dollar.  More »
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Nonprofit to study Pa. gas drilling, public health

A nonprofit group has opened an office in western Pennsylvania to help the public with health concerns over Marcellus Shale gas drilling operations.  More »
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More testing likely in Wyo. water pollution case

It appears more testing will be done in a Wyoming gas field where the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency theorizes a link between hydraulic fracturing and groundwater pollution.  More »
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Fire at Egypt oil refinery kills 4 workers

The director of an oil refinery says four of his Egyptian workers died as they tried to put out a huge fire that erupted at the plant’s complex in the port city of Suez.  More »
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Chesapeake earnings more than double

Chesapeake posted earnings of $429 million or 63 cents per share, compared with $180 million, or 28 cents per share, a year ago. The company had hedging gains of $315 million in the fourth quarter.,  More »
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Oil price climbs on fear Iran may stop more oil

“People are just scared about Iran,” independent analyst and trader Stephen Schork said.  More »
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Cabot, Williams announce new Marcellus pipeline

A natural gas driller and a pipeline company are proposing to build a new pipeline to carry natural gas from Pennsylvania’s Marcellus Shale to the New York and New England markets.  More »
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Shell: Nigeria can produce 4M barrels of oil a day

Nigeria could produce as much as 4 million barrels of oil a day, but production remains held back by chronic problems with the nation’s government and the rampant theft of crude from pipelines, a top official with Royal Dutch Shell PLC said.  More »
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Gingrich woos with prospect of $2 gallon gas

Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich is dangling the prospect of gas as low as $2 a gallon if he’s elected.  More »
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UGA scientists to study effects of Gulf oil spill

Three university of Georgia scientists have received a three-year grant to study the effects of the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill on the Gulf of Mexico ecosystem.  More »
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