Liquefied natural gas exports from the U.S. are looking more likely after the Freeport LNG terminal got conditional approval from the Department of Energy, Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (GS) said.  More »

The leader of one of the world’s largest energy companies said this week that humans are accelerating climate change and the global community should take action to address the problem.  More »

Energy companies are regulars at the top of the Fortune 500 list. But several of the biggest names in the business took a hit this year.  More »

A year removed from a split that made ConocoPhillips the world’s largest independent oil company, its CEO said it was on track for a more than 25 percent production jump by 2017.  More »

There is a growing number of oil megaprojects in the world that are so huge that they transform national economies and educational systems. But their size and complexity has led to costly problems.  More »

The space encompasses Energy Center Three, a 20-story, 550,000-square-foot office tower under construction and 300,000 square feet in Energy Center Four, a planned 600,000-square-foot building expected to break ground later this year.  More »

ConocoPhillips, the largest independent U.S. oil and natural gas producer, struggled with a declining output in its first quarter earnings, a little more than a year after spinning off its refining division.  More »

Texas has been struck by two industrial fires this week. Here’s a look back at some major accidents at refineries and chemical facilities that have shook the state over the years.  More »

Oil companies seeking to drill in Arctic waters must have emergency equipment capable of reining in runaway subsea wells, a top Obama administration official said, answering a question facing ConocoPhillips and other firms with drilling rights in the region.  More »

ConocoPhillips on Wednesday said it would abandon its plans to begin drilling for oil in Arctic waters north of Alaska because of “uncertainties of evolving federal regulatory requirements” for oil exploration in the region. The move follows similar decisions by Statoil and Shell, which is pausing its own Arctic oil hunt after experiencing several high-profile mishaps last year.  More »

Federal regulators have focused scrutiny on Shell’s Arctic drilling program, but top Obama administration officials say ConocoPhillips and other companies planning to search for oil in the same area better be paying attention.  More »

BP Plc and its partners agreed to drill five additional wells at the Clair field west of Scotland’s Shetland Islands as Europe’s second-biggest oil company seeks to expand the giant discovery.  More »