Historically, more oil spills happen via train transport than via pipelines, according to a study.
Crude oil prices advanced slightly in Asian trading Thursday after plunging in the previous session.
The value of assets Hess Corp. has divested so far this year has now climbed to $3.4 billion.
An accident at an Arkansas nuclear power plant resulted in the death of one worker and the injury of three others Sunday. No nuclear material was released.
The U.S. will overtake Saudi Arabia as the world’s leading oil producer by about 2017 and will become a net oil exporter by 2030.
Policy mandates to improve fuel economy will continue to cause lower crude use in non-OPEC countries.
Federal banking agency sees win-win in India's solar energy market.
The recent decline of the international mining industry's pipeline activity continues, and is down 43% since October.
Despite pressure from manufacturers and help from government, U.S. distributors are wary of adopting natural gas.
U.S. crude oil production is on track to exceed imports this year. Anadarko Petroleum is showing why.
The president wants Congress to authorize $2 billion to develop alternative fuels.
U.S. oil giant says the deal with Argentine oil company YPF is at stake over a court’s decision to side with Ecuador on environment.
China is spending $4.2 billion for a natural gas asset in Mozambique to feed its growing economy.
China's ENN Group said it will build natural gas refueling stations to cash in on the shale gas boom in the U.S.
Japan's nuclear disaster has done little to dissuade the world's developed countries from continuing their nuclear programs.
With Chavez no longer running Venezuela, its once-mighty petroleum industry could be restored -- but only slowly.
The huge increase in natural gas and oil production has helped make Houston the top U.S. city for corporate expansions.
China’s state-owned oil giant CNOOC was cleared by U.S. regulators to to make its largest-ever foreign acquisition.
The cost of corn has surpassed the price of the ethanol made from it, which doesn’t bode well for producers.
A dramatic video shows more than a dozen Iranian natural gas workers jumping into the Persian Gulf to escape a rapidly sinking production rig.
After the great power outage in New Orleans' Superdome, the recriminations begin.
Chesapeake Energy Corp. (NYSE:CHK) announced Tuesday that CEO Aubrey McClendon will resign after a tumultuous year in which a series of Reuters investigations triggered civil and criminal probes.
Japan has been thrust full steam into developing alternatives to nuclear power. It has a long way to go.
After more than a year of delays, Nebraska approved a new route for the Keystone XL pipeline that avoids fragile grasslands.
The U.S. crude oil production boom could mean not just the end of OPEC oil imports, but a strategic threat to China's growing economy.
A New York State Commission has recommended the privatization of the Long Island Power Authority (LIPA), the electricity provider for Long Island and the Rockways that was slow to restore power to the customers following Superstorm Sandy in October.
Rig contractor Transocean Ltd agreed Thursday to pay $1.4 billion to settle charges over BP Plc's Gulf of Mexico oil spill, admitting that its crew on the Deepwater Horizon was partly responsible.
Yoko Ono added her voice to the outcry against fracking, claiming the complex process can't be safe anywhere.
Japan Atomic Power Company may be forced to permanently shut down one of its two reactors in Tsuruga nuclear plant in Fukui Prefecture, as a study by experts from the country’s Nuclear Regulation Authority has concluded that the plant is sitting on an active fault line.
Mining giant Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. agrees to pay $9 billion to diversify into oil and natural gas exploration and production.
