Oil & Gas News

The Maryland Board of Public Works is scheduled to consider a wetlands license for Dominion Resources, as it works toward building a liquefied natural gas export facility in Calvert County.

In this Aug. 30, 2013, file photo, Americans for Prosperity Foundation Chairman David Koch speaks in Orlando, Fla.

The parent company of Gatehouse Media has announced an agreement to buy The Providence Journal and related print and digital assets from A.H. Belo Corp. for $46 million in cash.

Following President Barack Obama's signing of an executive order Monday expanding protections for federal workers and contractors from discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity, the Labor Department has 90 days to issue regulations for how employers must comply.

The Alberta Energy Regulator says Canadian Natural Resources Ltd.'s Primrose oilsands project in northeastern Alberta won't be returning to normal full operations any time soon.

Shares in Encana Corp. spinoff PrairieSky Royalty Ltd. rose by as much as 3.4 per cent on Tuesday following the release of its first financial report, which included a profit of nearly $24 million.

Stark State College, a community college in North Canton that has embraced training workers for the nearby Utica shale, is requesting $2.6 million in state funding from the Controlling Board at its next meeting Monday.

Libyan oil production has fallen, turning back a hard-won increase since April in the revenue flow for the government facing increased fighting around the airport in the capital and in the eastern city of Benghazi.

Union Parish Sheriff Dusty Gates said deputies arrested Dwight Luther Spivey, 30, of 203 Simpson Road, Dubach, and Kashunta L. Dawson, 29, of 160 Sixth St., Bernice.

U.S. consumer prices rose in June at a slightly slower pace than in May with two-thirds of the June advance driven by the largest jump in gasoline prices in a year.

Pictured: Shoupe Glacier in Alaska. The team behind the Alaska LNG project has submitted an application to the U.S. Department of Energy for exporting liquefied natural gas.

Though a sit-down meeting did not produce a solution, some of those involved in a lengthy legal dispute over the value of two hydroelectric stations still believe the case may not have to go to trial.

An ordinary, long-scheduled journey of an oil drilling rig into Arctic waters is turning into a major political exercise, attracting international scrutiny and creating a dilemma for Exxon Mobil Corp. Exxon, the top U.S. oil major and the world's most valued oil company, is bringing the rig, called West Alpha, from Norway to the Russian Arctic.

Looking to satisfy city and state leaders, Chevron Corp. on Monday reversed its previous position and agreed to a lower cap on greenhouse gas emissions stemming from its $1 billion Richmond refinery modernization project.

COURTESY OF CHEVRON/2012Workers use a man lift to secure access platforms on a vacuum distillation column at the Chevron Pascagoula Base Oil Project, a $1.4 billion project that started production this month.

HOUSTON A funnel cloud briefly touched down Monday afternoon on what is expected to a rather hot week for the Houston area, KHOU 11 News Meteorologist Brooks Garner said.

Malaysian Airline System Bhd. aircraft sit parked at Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Sepang, Malaysia, on Friday, July 18, 2014.

An oil tanker utilizes the dock of a Valero refinery in Port Arthur, Texas. Valero opposes lifting the current federal ban on U.S. crude-oil exports.

Halliburton Co , the world's No.2 oilfield services provider, said it expect higher margins in North America in the current quarter due to strong drilling activity, signaling an industry-wide recovery in the region after a two-year slump.

North Dakota's workforce agency says a shift in the labor market has drawn more women seeking permanent work in the oil and gas industry of western North Dakota.