Crude futures prices soared above $40/bbl for the first time in more than a month on the New York Mercantile Exchange when US Sec. of Homeland Security Tom Ridge July 8 warned...
Despite current tensions in the Middle East, this reporter remains optimistic about that area, having observed cooperation between opposing soldiers during an initial trip to ...
The White House would be compelled to lodge a formal international trade complaint against the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries under a bill crafted by some House...
Responding to congressional requests, the White House's Office of Management and Budget (OMB) this spring offered lawmakers a report card on the industry-supported Federal Data...
Even against the zany backdrop of a presidential election year, a federal antitrust investigation into the planned closure of a refinery seems bizarre.
The value chain for any given chemical or process facility is a complex set of activities involving the company and its fixed manufacturing sites, as well as various shippers ...
Revisions to US Environmental Protection Agency's New Source Review (NSR) program make several existing elements of the program more complex and, therefore, more prone to enforcement...
An options evaluation approach aided Empresa Colombiana de Petróleos (Ecopetrol), Colombia's state-owned oil company, in making a decision on whether to participate in developing...
