Secret Codes and Yuan Fees Get Ships Through Iran’s Hormuz Tollbooth April 6, 2026 By Salma El Wardany, Alex Longley, Weilun Soon and Serene Cheong In recent days, the operator of an oil tanker stuck in the Persian Gulf received a compelling proposal. After weeks...
Oil Prices Jump After Trump Says Attacks on Iran Will Continue April 2, 2026 By Colleen Howe and Sudarshan Varadhan Oil prices climbed to around $110 a barrel on Thursday after President Donald Trump said the U.S. would continue attacks...
New York to Fine Fossil Fuel Companies $75 Billion Under New Climate Law December 27, 2024 By Jonathan Allen New York state will fine fossil fuel companies a total of $75 billion over the next 25 years to pay...
Swiss Re Cuts Fossil Fuel Cover for Oil, Gas to Protect Climate March 17, 2022 By Simon Jessop LONDON –– Swiss Re SRENH.S, the world’s second biggest reinsurer said it would no longer insure most new oil and...
Oil Pipeline Planned Even as California Moves Away From Gas December 2, 2021 By Michael R. Blood LOS ANGELES (AP) — A proposal to replace an oil pipeline that was shut down in 2015 after causing California’s...
Watchdog Report Finds Multiple Problems With Keystone Pipeline August 25, 2021 WASHINGTON — A U.S. government watchdog found multiple problems with the construction, manufacture and design of the Keystone pipeline, validating...
U.S. Refining Capacity Poised For First Big Drop in Nearly a Decade August 5, 2020 By Laura Sanicola and Erwin Seba NEW YORK/HOUSTON — U.S. oil refining capacity this year could decline by the largest amount in nearly a decade as...
‘Marine Terminal’ Included Adjacent Tank Farm, Worker Owed Longshore Benefits November 27, 2019 By Jim Sams A worker whose primary job duty was to unload oil products from vessels is eligible for federal Longshore and Harbor...
One West Texas Town Wants U.S. Nuclear Waste July 24, 2019 By Ari Natter and Will Wade As Blake Roberts bounced along a single-lane dirt road in his red Ford Super Duty pickup he pointed to a...
Trading Houses Caught in Crossfire of Russian Oil Contamination May 8, 2019 MOSCOW/LONDON — Trading houses Vitol, Glencore and Trafigura are caught in the crossfire between Russian oil producers and Western buyers,...