Pump prices as the economic bogeyman
Fears about the cost of gasoline outweigh the actual proportion fuel makes up in household budgets. Why, then, do rising gas prices scare us so much? More »
Japan ups nuclear crisis severity rating to match Chernobyl
Japanese nuclear regulators said they raised the rating from 5 to 7 — the highest level on an international scale of nuclear accidents overseen by the International Atomic Energy Agency — due to high overall radiation leaks that have contaminated the air, tap water, vegetables and seawater. More »
Genesis Energy to expand Texas crude oil system
Genesis said it acquired three above-ground storage tanks in Texas City and will convert them to take 230,000 barrels of crude. It has also acquired a barge dock and said it plans to build a truck station and other facilities. More »
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Chevron expects higher first-quarter profit compared with fourth
Chevron did not offer a specific profit forecast in advance of its quarterly report on April 29. More »
Hundreds rally against fracking in New York state
Director of Gasland and others opposed to hydraulic fracturing urge lawmakers to reject the natural gas drilling technique. More »
Fracking chemicals registry launches
The online registry, called FracFocus.org, makes it easier for the public to find out what chemicals are being used to extract natural gas in nearby wells. The 24 participating drillers will still withhold information about chemicals they consider proprietary. More »
Study: Shale gas may be dirtier than coal
The Cornell University study focused on the large amounts of methane that escape into the atmosphere during hydraulic fracturing and on indirect emissions from equipment and vehicles used to extract, develop and transport the gas. More »
Oil falls on Libya, Goldman Sachs demand warning
Benchmark West Texas Intermediate crude for May delivery lost $2.87 to settle at $109.92 per barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. More »
Drivers start to cut back on gasoline as prices rise
About 70 percent of the nation’s major gas-station chains say sales have fallen. More than half reported a drop of 3 percent or more – the sharpest since the summer of 2008, when gas soared past $4 a gallon. More »
A decade-long fight for Port Arthur
Port Arthur native Hilton Kelley won the Goldman Environmental Prize, the highest honor of its kind for grass-roots environmentalists, for pursuing greater environmental and public health protections in the refinery town. More »
Dynegy names interim CEO
Former railroad executive E. Hunter Harrison, named a director last month with the backing of one of the Houston-based power producer’s biggest shareholders, takes over from David Biegler, an independent director who served in the as interim role after Bruce Williamson left the company. More »
WikiLeaks: Politicians, military – not rebels – behind Nigeria oil thefts
A U.S. diplomatic cable released by WikiLeaks blames no more than 15 percent of oil thefts on militants operating in the Niger Delta. Large-scale thefts fuel arms sales to the region while causing environmental damage and cutting production in a nation crucial to U.S. oil supplies, the cable suggests. More »
April 26, 2013
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