Oil rises on lingering refinery concerns
Benchmark crude settled at $99.65 per barrel on Friday, pushed up by concerns that refineries in the Southeast may be affected by Mississippi River flooding. More »
Exxon shuts oil pipeline segments on Mississippi flood risk
The company is closing two 12-inch segments of its North Line System north of Baton Rouge, La., and a 16-inch pipeline on its Southwest Line west of Anchorage to reduce risk of damage from flood waters. More »
No shock here: Houston’s electric bills are going up
In addition to the usual rise in summer power bills as it takes more juice to keep cool, a rate hike by the company that delivers the electricity likely will add about 1 percent more to customers’ monthly bill. More »
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College kids explain hydraulic fracturing with soul music, animation
It makes liberal use of the “F” word, but this fracking video is safe for work. More »
Feds: Shell close to nabbing air permit for Alaska
Shell had hoped to launch work on its first Beaufort Sea well after ice cleared this summer, but the company scrapped the plans in February, after two essential air quality permits issued by the EPA were revoked by the federal Environmental Appeals Board. Now Shell and the feds are close to an agreement, the EPA says. More »
Louisiana prepares to tackle Mississippi River flooding on two waterways
Rising Mississippi waters threaten operations at 10 Louisiana refineries that account for about 14 percent of U.S. operating capacity and may affect 2,264 oil wells producing about 19,000 barrels a day. More »
Japan’s natural disasters delay new Toyota Prius model by a year
Some buyers will have to wait until April next year for deliveries of the more spacious “Prius a,” or “Prius alpha,” revamp of Toyota’s popular hybrid because of shortages of a new battery that’s adding to production delays from the March earthquake and tsunami in Japan. More »
Shouting past each other: Fracking debate generates lots of noise, not much else
Twisting facts, over-stating the possibilities — we know they’re the tools of the trade in pitched policy battles. But maybe we should tone it down a little? More »
Petronas to build $20B Malaysian oil, chemical hub
The project, scheduled for completion in 2016, will help the nation compete with Singapore, which has a refining capacity of more than twice as large even though it has no natural energy resources of its own. More »
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Words fly over oil taxes. Demand flattens, prices spike. Changes could boost Texas chems. More »
Commentary: Lawmakers ignore real energy issues
For all the fervor energy-related bills have stirred up on Capitol Hill, Loren Steffy writes, they’re just more distractions to the underlying problem. We have no plan, and without one our economy and our livelihoods are left to the whims of a market we don’t control. More »
Chevron court order barring Amazon judgment is partly lifted
Ecuadoreans whose $18 billion verdict against the oil giant in their country was put on hold by a U.S. judge won an appeals court ruling they say will allow them to raise money to enforce the judgment at a later date. More »
April 26, 2013
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