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Gulf spill damage answers long way off. Big Oil, meet Big Electric. Could energy save Texas budget? (Photo: David Ohmer/Flickr)  More »

Republican urges scrutiny for Obama drilling decisions

Doc Hastings, Republican the poised to take control of the House Natural Resources Committee, wants Congress to look closely at White House decisions that have delayed offshore drilling, including the Obama administration’s ban on deep-water exploration. (AP Photo/Caleb Jones)  More »

Electric sports car covers hemisphere top to bottom

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — An electric sports car finished a remarkable road trip this week on the Panamerican Highway, traveling from near the Arctic Circle in Alaska to the world’s southernmost city. Developed by engineers from Imperial College Lond…  More »

New report on Gulf spill points to poor discipline

BP and its contractors aboard the Deepwater Horizon rig ignored clear warning signs about dangerous conditions in the Macondo well prior to a deadly blowout there in April, highlighting a “lack of operating discipline” across the project, a new report …  More »

Wind Project Shows How China and the U.S. Can Get Along

Even as a trade dispute puts the countries at odds, some are finding ways to work together.  More »

Wind Project Shows How China and the U.S. Can Get Along

Even as a trade dispute puts the countries at odds, some are finding ways to work together.  More »

Warning labels inadequate to prevent E15 misfueling, NPRA warns

November 17,2010 –Proposed US Environmental Protection Agency pump labeling regulations won’t be enough to keep motorists from dispensing gasoline with 15% ethanol into vehicles that aren’t designed to use it, a National Petrochemical &am…  More »

Warning labels inadequate to prevent E15 misfueling, NPRA warns

November 17,2010 –Proposed US Environmental Protection Agency pump labeling regulations won’t be enough to keep motorists from dispensing gasoline with 15% ethanol into vehicles that aren’t designed to use it, a National Petrochemical &am…  More »

Warning labels inadequate to prevent E15 misfueling, NPRA warns

November 17,2010 –Proposed US Environmental Protection Agency pump labeling regulations won’t be enough to keep motorists from dispensing gasoline with 15% ethanol into vehicles that aren’t designed to use it, a National Petrochemical &am…  More »

19 hostages freed in Nigeria oil conflict

Two Americans were among those freed in the large-scale military rescue mission. Soldiers with a Nigerian rebel group, shown here, captured and released a number of oil field workers in September. (Photo: PIUS UTOMI EKPEI/AFP/Getty Images)  More »

Unit adds plant, steps up Granite Wash drilling

November 17,2010 –Unit Corp., Tulsa, is in final stages of completing a 50 MMcfd turboexpander gas processing plant in the northeastern Texas Panhandle, where it is stepping up horizontal drilling in the Granite Wash oil and gas play…..  More »

Unit adds plant, steps up Granite Wash drilling

November 17,2010 –Unit Corp., Tulsa, is in final stages of completing a 50 MMcfd turboexpander gas processing plant in the northeastern Texas Panhandle, where it is stepping up horizontal drilling in the Granite Wash oil and gas play…..  More »