Texas companies set world records celebrating sun and safety
Fluor Corporation logged more than 100 million safe work hours. Reliant Energy celebrated solar power by organizing more than 400 people to wear sunglasses in the dark. More »
A few more thoughts on Strategic Petroleum Reserve releases
Loren Steffy writes about the administration’s decision to release oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve and looks at the motivations behind it. More »
BP, Transocean spar over who gets blowout preventer
The Deepwater Horizon rig owner wants the BOP back, but BP argues the government should safeguard it at least until the end of a trial regarding lawsuits filed over the Gulf oil spill. More »
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Feds change course on foreign ships moving emergency oil *updated*
After getting heat from some Gulf Coast leaders, the Obama administration has reversed course on a plan to allow foreign ships to transport oil released from U.S. emergency stockpiles. More »
Gasoline prices continue falling in Texas
The average pump price has dropped by about a nickel in the last week in Texas, according to AAA.
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Senators demand congressional probe on nuke plant safety
Politicians and activists say they hope to turn public focus more sharply onto problems at the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, and to yield tougher relicensing and safety standards, safer storage of spent fuel and better disaster planning as a result. More »
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Williams picks a fight. Reserves to be tapped. Frac study sites selected. More »
US Geological Survey report lists science ‘gaps’ on Arctic drilling
The federal agency says those gaps include basic weather and oceanographic data that could be used in case of an oil spill. Drilling opponents hailed the report as evidence that Arctic waters are not ready for large-scale industry. Shell Oil, which has spent $2.1 billion for leases in the Chukchi Sea, countered that it’s well positioned to add to the scientific record in Alaska. More »
Commentary: Plan to release oil from reserves shows desperation
The Strategic Petroleum Reserve is apparently a strategic political reserve, Loren Steffy writes. We now tap it not in times of crisis, but in times of desperation, hoping that we can quickly return to the collective denial of our oil dependency. More »
Nissan sees electric car in black by 2014
CEO Carlos Ghosn said the Japanese auto maker’s electric vehicle will become profitable within three years, adding he expects it to be one of the “most profitable” vehicles in Nissan’s lineup. (Via W$J) More »
Williams makes competing $4.8B bid for Southern Union *update*
Williams Cos. launched a bidding war for Houston-based natural gas pipeline firm Southern Union Co., making a $39 per share cash offer on Thursday that bests the price that Energy Transfer Equity said it would pay just last week. More »
Feds draw fire for letting foreign ships move emergency oil
Gulf Coast leaders and maritime workers are blasting the Obama administration’s decision to allow foreign-flagged ships to transport oil released from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. More »
April 26, 2013
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