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Oil rises above $96 on encouraging economic news

Even with three straight days of gains, oil finished the week down 2 cents.  More »
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Strike called off after Exxon makes safety changes

Exxon Mobil Corp. has averted a strike at its Baytown refinery, one of the world’s largest sources of gasoline and diesel fuels, after a union there ratified a new agreement with the oil giant.  More »
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Fortune 500: Biggest losers and gainers

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 »
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Houston-area leaders woo workers moving to Exxon Mobil’s new campus

Officials with the Greater Tomball Area Chamber of Commerce and Houston Northwest Chamber, the city of Tomball, and the Klein and Spring school districts went to Virginia recently to serve up a little Texas hospitality to Exxon Mobil employees who will be relocating to the new campus in 2014 and 2015.  More »
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Exxon and Qatar Petroleum sign LNG export deal

Exxon Mobil Corp. and Qatar Petroleum International inked a deal Thursday that sets the stage for a new, $10 billion terminal to export liquefied natural gas from Texas.  More »
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Pioneer of pipe-clearing technology wins OTC award

E. Dendy Sloan, Colorado School of Mines professor emeritus, and his students spent years testing more than 2,000 chemicals, finally developing the first new kinetic hydrate inhibitors to prevent pipeline blockages.  More »
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Bytes and bits: New computers boost efficiency, safety of offshore drilling

Better computers, sensors and automation tools are allowing the search for oil to go deeper, farther and faster with fewer workers in harm’s way.  More »

Exxon Mobil makes deal to avert refinery strike

Exxon Mobil Corp. appears to have averted a strike at one of the nation’s largest sources of gasoline and other petroleum products after reaching a tentative agreement with a union there.  More »

Steelworkers threaten strike at massive Exxon refinery

Workers are threatening to strike over safety concerns at an Exxon Mobil Corp. refinery in Baytown, one of the world’s largest sources of gasoline and other petroleum products.  More »

Worker injured in Beaumont refinery fire dies

An official with the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston on Sunday confirmed the death of Dustin Creekmore.  More »

Highest-paid workers driving Shell off Australian shores

Escalating costs to build liquefied natural gas plants on land in Australia, where energy workers earn the highest salaries in the world, are driving developers out to sea in search of billions of dollars in savings.  More »

Anadarko announces deep-water Gulf oil discovery

Anadarko Petroleum Corp. says one of the deep-water Gulf of Mexico oil wells it operates has hit pay dirt.  More »
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