BP launches defense in Gulf spill trial
BP’s first witness at a trial over the deadly Deepwater Horizon disaster says the company safely drilled its Macondo well in the Gulf of Mexico before an April 2010 blowout triggered the nation’s worst offshore oil spill. More »
Commentary: Israel’s rise to energy superpower underway
Israel’s transformation from a land of milk and honey into a land awash with oil and gas money is underway. The country’s offshore Tamar field finally started pumping domestic natural gas direct to Haifa in March, meaning Israel is no longer in the thrall of its Arab neighbors for gas imports. More »
Yergin: Thatcher ‘wrote playbook for change in global economy’
Energy expert Daniel Yergin comments on the death of former UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, whom he interviewed for his 2002 book The Commanding Heights: The Battle for World Economy. More »
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Keystone XL foes launch aggressive campaign against pipeline (video)
Critics of Keystone XL are ramping up their efforts against the pipeline by launching a new coalition, nationwide commercials and online ads focused on convincing influential Democratic voters and donors that the project is a bad idea. More »
Shell, Gazprom to develop Arctic oil fields
Russian Energy Minister Sergei Donskoy was quoted by national media as saying Monday that the companies will develop the Severo-Vrangelevsky field in the Chukchi Sea and the Severo-Zapadny field in the Pechora Sea. More »
Exxon Mobil calls pollution suit a scapegoat
Lawyers for Exxon Mobil say the state of New Hampshire is looking for a lot of money and a scapegoat in its lawsuit over the oil giant’s use over the gasoline additive MTBE, the longest state trial in state history. More »
NRG paying $244M for Corpus Christi power plant
Power provider NRG Energy is paying roughly $244 million to buy a Corpus Christi cogeneration power plant that will expand the company’s electricity capacity in a part of the state where it is seeking to grow its customer base. More »
Ethiopian oil plays could hold billions of barrels, but challenges abound
A study indicates that two new basins in Ethiopia could contain more than two billion barrels of oil. But getting at that oil wealth means overcoming colossal hurdles. Ethiopia has no pipelines and major investors are scarce. More »
Survey is way to salute top places to work
Proud of your workplace? Inspired by your employer’s extra efforts to make you feel appreciated? Believe your company deserves positive notice?
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GE expands oil business with $3B Lufkin Industries buy
General Electric Co. will buy the oilfield equipment maker Lufkin Industries, Inc. for about $3 billion, furthering an effort by GE to grow its oil and gas operations. More »
Cybera targets security threat at gas stations
Cybera has had particular success landing contracts to get its systems into gas stations, where criminals have reportedly stolen fuel by using aluminum-foil strips to interrupt rooftop satellite feeds . More »
City bonds boosting solar energy projects
Solar-energy installations are set to receive record loans this year through a U.S. municipal finance tool modeled after one that backed $17 billion of sewers and sidewalks in the past decade. More »
April 26, 2013
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