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Liberian President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf on Friday defended her government's record on good governance and transparency, following an independent audit that cast doubt on her anti-corruption efforts.

On Friday, May 17, the Live Oak School District will celebrate completion of solar power installations and lighting efficiency upgrades at its six schools by dedicating a solar-shaded garden bench to the late Bernard "Barney" Bricmont, former member of the Live Oak School District Board and long-time supporter of solar and sustainability projects ... (more)

The former Ecuadorian judge who signed his name to a $19 billion environmental judgment against Chevron in February 2011 failed to show up to testify about whether he really wrote it on Thursday.

With the public increasingly worried about oil spills, aboriginal groups calling for an Arctic drilling moratorium, and the oil industry keen as ever to tap northern deposits, oil-spill response preparedness was a big topic of discussion at the Arctic Council meeting in Sweden this week.

Independent western U.S. refiner Tesoro Corp may take ownership of BP Plc's 240,000 barrel per day refinery in Carson, California, as early as June 1, sources familiar with the transaction said on Thursday.

Enhanced oil recovery techniques could boost U.S. domestic oil production by 4 million barrels per day for 50 years, while storing all the emissions from 93 large coal-fired power plants, at a price of just $85 per barrel, according to an estimate published by the U.S. Department of Energy.

Work on a section of Kinder Morgan's Trans Mountain pipeline near Jasper. Some sections of the route are already twinned.

A shale oil drilling rig in the Patagonian region of Argentina, home of the 7.4-million-acre Vaca Muerta shale field.

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A federal judge has ruled that the U.S. Department of Energy owes Chevron Corp. unspecified damages in a years-old contract dispute over $37 billion in petroleum deposits at the prolific Elk Hills oil field in northwestern Kern County.

The energy sector has been in a rut for a while now. Despite some decent one-off performances, energy screens as one of the worst performers over the year-to-date, one-year, three-year, and five-year periods.

Workers tend to a well head during a hydraulic fracturing operation at a gas well outside Rifle, in western Colorado.

I attended the forum on “fracking” on May 6, where I learned that California has very different geology — that our oil is much thicker and deeper and may require the injection of more toxic diluents to pump it to the surface.

The Soyo LNG tanker, which was expected to take on one of Angola's first cargoes for export, entered the facility on April 16 but sailed out of the port again two days after the fire.

No one doubts the attractiveness of Argentina 's shale oil and gas prospects, particularly its vast Vaca Muerta formation, but unlike Eagle Ford in the US, which has rocketed from near-zero production to one of the world's top producing formations in five years, there has been no rush into Argentina to mimic the US shale boom .

There are too many articles on Seeking Alpha concerning the top oil companies. These companies have a very similar story to tell.

Brazil's first auction for oil and gas rights in five years raised a record 2.82 billion reais on Tuesday, alleviating fears that government intervention and growth in new global supplies might crimp enthusiasm for the country's oil sector.

By J.R. Rardon - North Island MidWeek Published: May 14, 2013 2:00 PM Updated: May 14, 2013 2:49 PM Business will continue as usual for travellers who stop in Hyde Creek to fill up on fuel or food on their way to and from the North Island.

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