It’s hard not to get a big ego, what with all the predictions about U.S. energy that have come out over the past month or so.  More »

Coastal states stand their best chance in years of winning more federal dollars tied to oil and gas harvested near their shores, thanks to a shuffle in the leadership of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee.  More »

The U.S. shale-gas revolution, which has revitalized chemicals companies and prompted talk of domestic energy self-sufficiency, is attracting a wave of investment that may revive profits in the steel industry.  More »

For most of its existence, Bakersfield has inhabited that awkward in-between place. Not as sophisticated as Los Angeles, just over the Tehachapi Mountains to the south, not as wealthy as its longtime economic rival Fresno, equidistant to the north.  More »

The Justice Department is accusing BP anew of being evasive on information about the amount of oil that spewed from its undersea well that blew out in the Gulf of Mexico nearly three years ago.  More »

Houston-based exploration and production firm Carrizo Oil & Gas is selling a United Kingdom subsidiary and its stake in a North Sea offshore oil field to a unit of Iona Energy for $184 million in cash.  More »

When the Guinness Book of Records was looking for the tallest structure in the world in 2009, it selected Shell’s Ursa platform, located about 130 miles southeast of New Orleans in the Gulf of Mexico.  More »

Brent crude is poised to trade above $100 a barrel for a third consecutive year in 2013 as tension in the Middle East threatens to disrupt supply and global demand is buoyed by Chinese imports.  More »

This year was one of new records and new questions for the boom in Marcellus Shale natural gas drilling.  More »

Turkeys were slim pickings for a man hunting in the rough country bordering the Little Missouri State Park north of Killdeer.  More »

The Oil Drum staff wishes a Merry Christmas to all in our readership community. We are on a brief hiatus in this period, and will be back with our regular publications early in the new year. In the meantime, we present the top ten of best read Oil Drum…  More »

Swiss offshore drilling contractor Transocean wants a federal judge to delay the civil trial over the 2010 Gulf of Mexico rig explosion and oil spill for at least six months if the court refuses to admit the reports of a key expert who won’t be able to testify because he recently died in a car crash.  More »