Efforts to improve offshore oil and natural gas safety began after Macondo incident in 2010 Advances in technology, standards and practices in the last five years have made America’s offshore oil and natural gas industry safer than ever, according to industry leader Jack Gerard, president and CEO of the American Petroleum Institute. “Our goal is zero
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US offshore oil drilling regulations strengthen oversight of drilling equipment A week shy of the fifth anniversary of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, the Obama administration proposed new regulations Monday aimed at strengthening oversight of offshore oil drilling equipment and ensuring that out-of-control wells can be sealed in an emergency. The explosion of the Deepwater
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Shell granted restraining order against Greenpeace Six Greenpeace activists opposed to offshore drilling in the Arctic have abandoned a Seattle-bound drill rig they boarded in the Pacific Ocean six days ago, the organization said. Rough seas prompted the decision, Greenpeace said in an email Saturday. The protesters rappelled off the rig and got into inflatable
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Wyoming coal mine worker sentenced to five years probation, restitution A Wyoming man is facing sentencing after pleading guilty to a charge in connection with taking two locomotives from a coal mine and crashing them into another train, telling authorities he was angry at a supervisor. Derek Skyler Brux, 22, was sentenced to pay restitution and
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Oil rig count down by 40 this week Oilfield services company Baker Hughes Inc. says the natural gas and oil rig count in the U.S. declined by 40 this week to 988 amid depressed oil prices. It was the first time the weekly count was below 1,000 since September 2009. Houston-based Baker Hughes said Friday
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Arctic drilling plan submitted by Royal Dutch Shell The federal government on Friday began the review process on Royal Dutch Shell’s plans to continue an Arctic drilling program it halted in 2012 in waters off Alaska’s northern shore. Shell wants to restart its drilling program in the Chukchi Sea, including drilling six wells in about
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PG&E fined for deadly explosion in San Francisco suburb in 2010 California regulators approved a record $1.6 billion fine Thursday against PG&E for a 2010 gas pipeline explosion that killed eight people and destroyed more than three dozen homes in suburban San Francisco. The penalty comes as the state’s top utility regulator, Public Utilities Commission
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San Francisco gas pipeline explosion killed eight people California Public Utilities Commission voted Thursday to penalize Pacific Gas & Electric Co. $1.6 billion for a 2010 suburban San Francisco gas pipeline explosion that killed eight people and destroyed more than three dozen homes. The penalty comes as the state’s top regulator, Commission President Michael Picker,
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Sierra Club goal of replacing half US coal plants with renewable energy by 2017 Billionaire Michael Bloomberg announced Wednesday that he is donating an additional $30 million to a Sierra Club initiative working to reduce the nation’s use of coal. The Sierra Club has a goal of replacing half the nation’s coal plants with renewable
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Shell shells out $69.7 billion in cash and stock in purchase Royal Dutch Shell has agreed to buy British gas producer BG Group for the equivalent of US$69.7 billion in cash and stock, a move that could strengthen Shell’s position in the global energy sector. Shell said the takeover will add 25 per cent to
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