Two more people have been arrested in connection with the death of a former Libyan oil executive who was found dead in London earlier this morning, according to media reports.  More »

Duke Energy’s top executive told Florida regulators Monday that he’s committed to a long-term rate settlement they approved with Progress Energy four months before the two companies’ troubled merger.  More »

Almost four years to the day an explosion at Valero Energy Corp.’s Houston refinery led to the release of dangerous sulfur compounds, the company has sued four companies over the incident.  More »

A 49-year-old Mississippi man who worked as manager on a drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico has been sentenced to two years of probation for lying about testing on a key safety device that allegedly was not working properly.  More »

The head of the California Public Utilities Commission recommended Thursday that the agency delay for several months an investigation into soaring costs tied to the damaged San Onofre nuclear power plant.  More »

State Attorney General Pam Bondi says a proposed settlement with BP over the Gulf of Mexico oil spill may leave Floridians shortchanged.  More »

With the world focused on a BP rig explosion in the spring of 2010 that caused the worst oil spill in U.S. history, a massive release of pollutants from the company’s Texas City refinery went largely unnoticed.  More »

A North Texas man accused of trying to blow up a natural gas pipeline in suburban Dallas has pleaded not guilty.  More »

The U.S. said a New York State lawsuit seeking fuller review of the effects of hydraulic fracturing on the state’s water supply should be dismissed because the multistate commission responsible for the watershed isn’t a U.S. agency.  More »

A trial began May 15, with Anadarko facing testimony from more than 50 witnesses, and was scheduled to run until at least the end of July. On June 28, David Zott, a lawyer for the U.S. and Tronox, said the plaintiffs had presented their last witness, and U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Allan Gropper asked Anadarko how it would begin its defense.  More »

The former president of Port Arthur Chemical and Environmental Services is named in a 13-count federal indictment, charged with conspiracy to illegally transport hazardous materials, according to a news release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office.  More »

New Jersey officials say Chevron U.S.A. has agreed to pay nearly $500,000 to resolve allegations that its asphalt refinery in Perth Amboy violated air pollution laws.  More »