The Anchorage Daily News reports how, when oil giant Shell ran into problems recently securing federal air pollution permits needed to launch its controversial offshore drilling campaign for this summer, the company went to the state’s top pollution regulator for...
BP may have changed leadership, but its old habits continue. The company BP has said that its US division will contest the latest safety citations and a fine imposed by federal regulators over hazardous conditions at the company's Texas City...
The Fourth of July was cool and rainy in Vermont, as it seems to be with surprising regularity. I suppose that’s why my town sets off its fireworks on the evening of July 3rd, which was perfect for pyrotechnics this...
Although retail giant, Wal-Mart has reclaimed the top spot on the latest Fortune Global 500 list from Exxon, Big Oil dominates the top ten. Exxon is number two on the list, Shell is at three, BP at four, Chevron is...
PetroChina is pulling out of a US$3.8 billion Alberta to British Columbia pipeline project that would have supplied crude oil to China from Canada's oil sands. Yiwu Song, vice president of China National Petroleum Corp., PetroChina's parent company, said the...
Well it was on the cards that with a change in leadership came a change in direction. Tony Hayward, chief executive of BP, is planning a cultural shift at BP by playing down Lord Browne’s emphasis on the environment and...
Basra, Iraq – On Monday, hundreds of Iraqis, led by the Iraqi Federation of Oil Unions (IFOU), took to the streets of Basra to demand that the Iraqi Parliament reject the proposed Oil Law. [1] Simultaneous demonstrations took place in...
Nigerian President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua has warned that oil companies operating in Nigeria must be made to pay heavy fines for oil spills caused by them. Taking a much stronger line than any of his predecessors, the President said that...
BP has reported a 13 per cent fall in second-quarter profits, on the back of a decline in oil production and operational problems at the company’s US refineries. Like all the oil majors BP is struggling to find new reserves....
The controversial Iraqi oil law seems to be in real trouble. Tariq Shafiq, who runs a petroleum consulting firm in London and offered his advice to the Iraqi government, has said that ``there is no sign of a compromise'' that...
