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Crude oil prices are down for third day, as traders assess the latest round of economic reports. Marvin Odum, Shell Oil Company, weighs in.
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Crude oil prices are down for third day, as traders assess the latest round of economic reports. Marvin Odum, Shell Oil Company, weighs in.
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April 4- The U.S. government on Thursday recommended the removal of four hydroelectric dams on the Klamath River in Oregon and California to aid native salmon runs and help resolve a decades-long struggle over allocation of scarce water resources.
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*Report says levy could rise to C $40/ tonne from C $15. CALGARY, Alberta, April 4- Alberta is considering a major increase in the carbon levy it charges oil producers as it seeks to show Washington that it is serious about meeting emission-reduction goals, while promoting the contentious Keystone XL pipeline to Texas refineries.
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CALGARY, Alberta, April 4- Alberta is considering a major increase in the carbon levy it charges oil producers as it seeks to show Washington it is serious about meeting emission-reduction goals, while promoting the contentious Keystone XL pipeline to Texas refineries.
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SALT LAKE CITY-- After four years of negotiations, Utah Gov. Gary Herbert on Wednesday rejected an agreement with Nevada that would allow Las Vegas to pump massive amounts of groundwater from the states' shared border.
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OLMOS, Peru, April 4- Peru's Olmos Valley might be a desert now, with rare rains and rivers that trickle to life for just a few months a year, but a radical engineering solution for water scarcity could soon create an agricultural bonanza here.
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SAN FRANCISCO, April 3- A U.S. judge has rejected efforts by Chevron Corp to secure documents from a California environmental advocacy group in a fraud case related to a $19 billion award for rainforest pollution in Ecuador.
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HOUSTON, April 3- Exxon Mobil Corp on Wednesday was digging out oiled lawns to replace them with fresh sod in an Arkansas neighborhood where a crude oil pipeline ruptured last week, but the line remained shut with no estimate of when it would restart, the company said.
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The Coast Guard last month quietly sent to the White House's Office of Management and Budget a proposal to allow the barging of fracking wastewater.
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The Environmental Protection Agency said Friday that the proposal would raise gasoline prices by less than a penny a gallon and add about $130 to the price of new vehicles, beginning in 2025.. CVR Refining LP on Wednesday estimated its costs to meet the new standards at less than $20 million.
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DENVER-- Authorities are investigating after construction crews discovered a problem with a liquid gas pipeline that allowed a carcinogen to seep into the ground near a large creek that feeds into the Colorado River. "It's possible that we've narrowly dodged a bullet this time," said Michael Saul, with the National Wildlife Federation.
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CINCINNATI-- Electric bills paid by typical customers of Duke Energy Corp. in Ohio would go up $3.72 a month under a settlement the company has reached over its 2012 request to raise its rates. The settlement calls for an annual $49 million increase in revenue for the Cincinnati- based utility for an average 2.9 percent increase on electric bills.
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TUTICORIN, India, April 3- Sterlite Industries Ltd has declared force majeure on deliveries of copper from India's largest smelter following its closure last week after locals complained about emissions, a senior company official said on Wednesday.
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BP has put its U.S. wind farm operation, one of the largest in the country, up for sale, marking the continued retreat of big oil companies from renewable energy investments.
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LONDON, April 3- BP has put its U.S. wind farm operation, one of the largest in the country, up for sale, marking the continued retreat of big oil companies from renewable energy investments while oil and gas projects offer them better returns. BP would not put a value on any sale, but said in a statement it expected "attractive offers" for the assets.
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LITTLE ROCK/ HOUSTON, April 2- U.S. pipeline regulators on Tuesday ordered Exxon Mobil Corp to take necessary corrective action for its ruptured pipeline that spilled thousands of barrels of crude oil into a small Arkansas housing development last week.
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CALGARY, Alberta, April 2- Two high-profile oil spills won't stem the now-record flow of Canadian oil into the United States, despite the frenzy that the spills triggered among friends and foes of the Keystone XL pipeline to the main U.S. refineries.
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The Environmental Protection Agency said Friday that the proposal would raise gasoline prices by less than a penny a gallon and add about $130 to the price of new vehicles, beginning in 2025..
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CHICAGO-- Dominion Energy will pay a $3.4 million penalty to resolve alleged Clean Air Act violations at coal-fired power plants in Illinois, Indiana and Massachusetts.
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MAYFLOWER, Ark.-- The environmental impacts of an oil spill in central Arkansas began to come into focus Monday as officials said a couple of dead ducks and 10 live oily birds were found after an ExxonMobil Corp. pipeline ruptured last week.