Oil & Gas
January 8, 2008
According to the Associated Press, eight men reached a settlement with BP recently in the second civil trial involving injuries in the deadly explosion at the company''s Texas City refinery.The
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January 8, 2008
According to the Associated Press, the legal fight between Exxon Mobil and the state of Alabama isn''t over, even though the state Supreme Court threw out most of the $3.6
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January 8, 2008
According to the Associated Press, jurors recently sided with oil giant BP Corp. North America Inc. in a pollution lawsuit filed by the city of Neodesha seeking to recover the
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January 8, 2008
Atwood Oceanics Inc. said recently that it will lease a semisubmersible offshore drilling rig set for construction to Chevron Australia Pty. Ltd. for at least three years, the Associated Press
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January 8, 2008
Gunshots were fired outside ExxonMobil Corp.''s main oil export terminal in Nigeria recently, according to the Associated Press. No injuries were reported. Oil operations at the Qua Iboe terminal in
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January 8, 2008
Energy companies ConocoPhillips and Marathon Oil Corp. reached an agreement with the state ensuring there will be adequate supplies of natural gas for years to come in southcentral Alaska, Gov.
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November 8, 2007
The Associated Press reports that ExxonMobil and Murphy Oil plan to sue Canada for breaching the North American Free Trade Agreement by permitting Newfoundland to require them to spend millions
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November 8, 2007
Chevron Corp. has filed a petition in Ecuador Superior Court to dismiss an environmental lawsuit filed against the company, alleging judicial and attorney misconduct and governmental interference, according to the
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November 8, 2007
The Associated Press reports that the Cambodian government has formed a body to manage the country''s Tonle Sap lake basin, which is thought to contain onshore oil and gas reserves.
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May 24, 2007
A federal judge recently threw out a racketeering claim against Chevron Corp. filed by Nigerians who claimed the oil company conspired with the military and police to gun down demonstrators
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