Harris County in Texas plans to sue Valero Energy Corp for pollution from its Houston refinery, the head of the county’s environmental law department said on Friday. A Valero spokeswoman Continue Reading
Boulder County, Colorado, on Friday halted accepting new oil and gas drilling and seismic testing permits for nine months, the latest community in the state to enact measures aimed at Continue Reading
Oilfield services firm Weatherford International on Friday filed a prepackaged restructuring plan with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, according to a regulatory filing. The company, which has struggled under Continue Reading
this week according to Baker Hughes, but the 4-rig decrease in the number of gas rigs was completely offset by an equal increase to the number of oil rigs. There Continue Reading
France registered its highest temperature since records began on Friday as the death toll rose from a heatwave suffocating much of Europe. The mercury hit 45.9 degrees Celsius (114.6 Fahrenheit) Continue Reading
Oil prices eased on Friday as traders awaited any update on the Sino-U.S. trade war from a scheduled weekend meeting of the two countries’ presidents at the G20, and eyed Continue Reading
Crude oil futures edged lower during mid-morning trade in Asia Friday, ahead of the G20 summit and OPEC meeting, with market participants particularly awaiting the outcome of the meeting between Continue Reading
Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak said on Friday he hoped a meeting of G20 nations in Japan would provide clarity for OPEC and non-OPEC oil producers as they consider whether Continue Reading
OPEC is expected to roll over a deal on cutting supplies at a meeting next week and discuss deepening the curbs that have been in place since Jan. 1, Iraq’s Continue Reading
Forces of the UN-recognized Government of National Accord in Libya have seized a town near Tripoli that served as the main supply base for the Libyan National Army of General Continue Reading
