Tag: Oil and gas exploration and extraction
Boom in Native American oil complicates Biden climate push
NEW TOWN, N.D. — On oil well pads carved from the wheat fields around Lake Sakakawea, hundreds of pump jacks slowly bob to extract...
California oil regulators delay health, safety rules again
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — It's been a year and a half since California Gov. Gavin Newsom directed oil regulators to consider new health and safety...
Senate GOP hails new Interior deputy as ‘voice of reason’
WASHINGTON — The Senate easily confirmed former Obama administration official Tommy Beaudreau as deputy secretary at the Interior Department on Thursday, a rare bipartisan...
China says nuclear fuel rods damaged, no radiation leak
BEIJING — A Chinese nuclear power plant near Hong Kong had five broken fuel rods in a reactor but no radioactivity leaked, the government...
Fight over Canadian oil rages on after pipeline’s demise
BILLINGS, Mont. — The Keystone XL is dead after a 12-year attempt to build the oil pipeline, yet the fight over Canadian crude rages...
Top European court faults Germany for high air pollution
BERLIN — The European Union's top court ruled Thursday that Germany “systematically and persistently" exceeded limits on nitrogen dioxide, a harmful gas produced by...
EXPLAINER: The suspension of Arctic refuge drilling leases
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Decades-long political and legal battles over drilling in America’s largest wildlife refuge took another turn when the Biden administration suspended oil...
OPEC and allies expected to gradually increase output
FRANKFURT, Germany — Members of the OPEC oil cartel and allied producing countries are juggling conflicting pressures in global oil markets as they establish...
US extends deadline letting Chevron stay in Venezuela
MIAMI — The Biden administration on Tuesday gave Chevron Corp. and several other American companies six more months to wind down their operations in...
Buffett’s firm sells off financials, halves Chevron stake
OMAHA, Neb. — Investor Warren Buffett's company pared back its holdings in financial firms further during the first quarter and also halved its new...
