"Some important things can't happen without congressional action."
Revenues also jumped, but not as much, according to the Ernst & Young report.
The U.S. House of Representatives approved a bill that would speed approval of the controversial pipeline project.
Energy experts say the gassy, flammable qualities of Bakken oil are present in oil from Colorado and Texas, too.
The "Risky Business" climate report unveiled Tuesday underscores the challenges that U.S. oil and gas firms face from global warming.
The Obama administration loosened a long-standing export ban on American oil.
India has been covertly expanding its nuclear weapons capability.
Albania's once-dwindling oil sector is seeing a drilling renaissance thanks to smaller foreign firms lured by the prospects of significant deposits.
KKR expands its wind energy portfolio with big stake in Spain's trouble Acciona, which lost big money when Spanish subsidies ended.
India is expanding a nuclear plant that could produce enough weapons-grade uranium to make five atom bombs a year, according to reports.
Oil and gas drillers are wary of the drug-related violence in northern Mexico that's threatening to stymie the country's shale oil and gas development.
But the high court also said the EPA had wrongly stretched the Clean Air Act program for new and expanded stationary sources.
The Iraqi crisis will have ripple effects through the global economy.
A court ruling opens up the possibility of Shell paying out 300 million pounds to the Bodo community in Nigeria.
India is one of only four nations that hasn't signed an international nuclear cooperation treaty.
Turkey's energy minister said the Kurdish oil is "entirely legitimate."
The outgoing head of NATO claims Russian operatives are secretly behind the anti-fracking movement sweeping Europe.
The American Bird Conservancy has sued the Obama administration over a new federal rule that the group says could threaten vulnerable eagle populations.
The green revolution may be further off than we thought.
Better use of its energy resources could help India shave billions of dollars from its energy bill, the report said.
If the extremist group manages to hold on to Iraq's biggest refinery, it's trouble ahead for Kurdistan -- and for fuel prices.
Federal energy regulators on Thursday voted to let Sempra Energy's major natural gas export project in Louisiana move forward.
Brazil’s expensive World Cup stadiums have their problems, but they're the latest in green design.
Global oil prices, currently around $114 per barrel, would have to pass $120 to sharply slow the world economy.
Gov. Sean Parnell of Alaska says the state and TransCanada, the pipeline builder behind Keystone XL, will join in a huge liquefied natural gas project.
Clashes continue at Iraq's largest oil refinery in Baiji, a day after insurgents from the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) seized control of the facility.
Traders are betting that Iraq's oil production will fall and disrupt the market.
Economic sanctions, which had so far barred the use of normal banking channels for oil payments, have crippled Iran’s economy.
U.S. oil and gas drillers are buying more 'frac' sand to drill deeper wells, and investors are reaping sky-high profits.
A Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll on Wednesday found that more than two-thirds of Americans support the Obama administration's proposal to slash emissions from power plants.