Steffy: After 9 years, a fond farewell
In the old days of newspapers, when copy was still edited on paper, the symbol -30- was used to mark the end of the story. More »
Steffy: Offshore safety still isn’t making the grade
Offshore drilling safety still isn’t making the grade. More »
Steffy: BP CEO overlooks a lesson lost
Almost three years after the Deepwater Horizon came to define it, BP wants to tell a different story. More »
GM CEO wants feds to back natural gas fueling stations
Daniel Akerson is all too aware of the fact that someone people will never forgive General Motors for the government bailout that kept it in business, but the automaker’s chief executive is once again calling on the government for help. More »
Steffy: Oil and granola mix at CERAWeek conference
At the week-long conference, world energy leaders are displaying the industry’s new boom mentality, one that goes hand in hand with a newfound environmentalism. More »
Hess agrees to replace some directors amid investor pressure
Investors led by Elliott Associates have accused chief executive John Hess of stacking the board with cronies, some of whom had served as directors for almost three decades. More »
Steffy: There’s no free ride in the Gulf
Let us pause for a moment to gaze with perfect clarity in the rearview mirror and talk about the revenue that might have been. More »
Steffy: With a new energy secretary, we need a new energy strategy
After four decades of policies based on a scarcity of energy resources, we need a plan that capitalizes on abundance, that recognizes the tremendous fortuity that increased domestic production represents. More »
Steffy: Sunset panel is no friend of power consumers
It didn’t take the Sunset Advisory Commission long to leave consumers in the dark. More »
Steffy: Chesapeake gives shareholders more say, CEO less pay
The board of Chesapeake Energy offered a stinging referendum on the leadership of chief executive Aubrey McClendon, embracing sweeping governance changes and slashing executive and director pay. More »
Telling truth may land BP employee in jail
If the government has its way, Kurt Mix will go to jail for telling the truth. More »
Tools without sparks could save lives offshore
The spinning edge of the grinder blade makes contact with the steel, but no sparks rain out from the edge like fireflies shot from a harvester. More »
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