Volume 112, Issue 4b

Statoil ASA reported a slight decrease in its oil sands production in 2013 because of a planned multiweek plant shutdown for facility maintenance and the integration of new scientific...

Russia, which ranked as high as No. 9 in 2005, fell to last place in the most recent quarterly update of the global Oil Security Index (OSI), released by Securing America's Future...

Three environmental organizations notified the US Fish and Wildlife Service that they plan to sue over the US Department of the Interior agency's recent designation of the lesser...

US proved reserves of crude oil at yearend 2012 were estimated at 33.4 billion bbl, up 15.4% from 2011 and the highest since 1976, according to a report released Apr. 10 by the...

The US's lack of approved export terminals has prevented energy companies from competing in the growing global LNG market, despite the fact that the country is now the world's...

Impacts of oil and gas development on nearby communities are getting more attention.

The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) plans to propose requiring trains transporting crude oil to have at least two crew members, the US Department of Transportation agency...

Ten other US Senate Democrats joined Heidi Heitkamp (ND) in urging US President Barack Obama to approve the proposed Keystone XL crude oil pipeline by May 31.

States are better qualified than federal and local governments to regulate hydraulic fracturing and other unconventional oil and gas activities, two speakers agreed at an energy...

The third report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Fifth Assessment performs a valuable service. It establishes boundaries for compromise and thereby appeals for...