US and International News

April 27, 2017

DENVER — Colorado regulators say they’ve found no signs of natural gas leaks after a fatal explosion at a home near a gas well, but they’re still running tests. Read More ➝

April 27, 2017

BAYTOWN, Texas — A judge has ordered Exxon Mobil to pay a penalty of nearly $20 million for releasing 10 million pounds of pollutants into the air over the course of eight years from a refining and chemical complex east of Houston. U.S. District Judge David Hittner in a ruling Wednes… Read More ➝

April 27, 2017

PYONGYANG, Korea, Democratic People’s Republic Of — An acute shortage of gasoline in the North Korean capital of Pyongyang that has sparked price hikes and hoarding is raising fears of potentially crippling pain at the pumps if things don’t get better soon — and driving Read More ➝

April 27, 2017

WARSAW, Poland — Poland has signed its first deal to purchase liquefied natural gas from a U.S. supplier, a step that will help the country’s efforts to cut its dependence o… Read More ➝

April 27, 2017

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — A government oil company in the United Arab Emirates says it has opened the country’s first solar-powered gas station in Dubai. The Dubai… Read More ➝

April 26, 2017

HAVANA — Refineries have gone dark. Gas rations have been slashed for hundreds of thousands of state workers. Construction materials are nearly impossible to find. But Cuba… Read More ➝

April 25, 2017

BISMARCK, N.D. — A 1,050-gallon oil pipeline spill in western North Dakota polluted a tributary of the Little Missouri River but was prevented from flowing into the larger waterway by its fast-moving current, a state Health Department official said Tuesday. An estimated 756 gallons o… Read More ➝

April 21, 2017

HOUSTON — The number of rigs exploring for oil and natural gas in the U.S. rose by 10 this week to 857. A year ago, 431 rigs were active. Houston oilfield services company Baker Hughes Inc. said Friday that 688 rigs sought oil and 167 explored for natural gas this week. Two we… Read More ➝

April 21, 2017

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration has rejected a request from Exxon Mobil to waive U.S. sanctions against Russia to allow the company to resume oil drilling around the Black Sea. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said Friday in a brief statement that the administration “wil… Read More ➝

April 21, 2017

CANBERRA, Australia — An Australian subsidiary of U.S. energy giant Chevron Corp. lost a court appeal on Friday against a 340 million Australian dollar ($260 million) tax bill in a ruling with ramification for how multinational corporations transfer money. Three judges of the Austral… Read More ➝