Choking back tears on the witness stand, Deepwater Horizon rig worker Joseph Keith said he doesn’t have any regrets about his actions the night of the explosion. He said a flurry of activity on the rig hindered his ability to monitor BP’s well for signs of trouble before the fatal explosion.  More »

Government investigators have found that a decades-old pipe that leaked and caused a massive fire at a Chevron refinery in California was corroded, and the company knew it should have been replaced.  More »

Facing mounting legal actions, the founder of embattled Black Elk Energy said the results of a government investigation in the coming months will clear the company’s name and beat back criticism about its operations.  More »

A water-heating system may have leaked natural gas into a tunnel beneath the Pemex headquarters, adding fresh detail to the narrative of the petroleum giant’s fatal explosion.  More »

An explosion at oil storage site in East Texas has prompted the federal Chemical Safety Board to urge the Texas Railroad Commission to adopt stricter rules governing security. A similar request last year was ignored.  More »

An explosion at the main headquarters of Petroleos Mexicanos, or Pemex, also damaged three floors of the building, sending hundreds into the streets and a large plume of smoke over the skyline.  More »

Black Elk Energy has turned over documents to federal regulators and investigators probing last month’s fatal blaze at one of the firm’s offshore production platforms. The contractor that was working at the site has rebuffed similar requests for information.  More »

Leading House Democrats are broadening their probe into what caused a fatal offshore production platform fire by scrutinizing the contractor working on the facility when it ignited last month.  More »

The U.S. Chemical Safety Board is examining an explosion today in the Gulf of Mexico, which an official described as “very serious,” after two workers went missing and seven were hospitalized.  More »

The Department of Interior says it has set a December date for the next Gulf offshore oil and natural gas lease sale — the first such sale since the Deepwater Horizon explosion and BP oil spill.  More »

Royal Dutch Shell Plc will shut its biggest refinery over the next two days on an island off Singapore as firefighters battle a blaze for a second day, the worst fire at the site in 23 years.  More »

A senator who opposes federal regulation on philosophical grounds is single-handedly blocking legislation that would strengthen safety rules for oil and gas pipelines, a bill that even the pipeline industry and companies in his own state support.  More »