
Iraq targets 4.5 million barrels a day for 2014
A senior Iraqi official on Wednesday said his country expects to ramp up oil production to 4.5 million barrels per day by the end of next year from ...

BP: Global demand for energy slows
Global demand for oil, gas, coal and nuclear power grew at a slower pace last year due to weak economic growth, recession and increased efficiency, ...

Analysts: Midwest drivers to see lower gas prices
The worst may be over for drivers in the upper Midwest who have been grappling with the highest gasoline prices in the continental U.S. Analysts said ...
Cleanup work after BP oil spill end in 3 states
Cleanup work has ended in three of the states affected by BP PLC's massive 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, the company said Monday.

Ken Salazar to work for int'l law firm in Denver
Former U.S. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar will start work next week as a partner in an international law firm that will allow him to remain in his ...
UK envoy says BP committed to Algeria after attack
The British ambassador to Algeria says oil and gas giant BP is committed to the country despite delaying two projects after the January terrorist ...
Judge tosses ex-BP executive's obstruction charge
A federal judge has dismissed a charge that is the backbone of the case against a former BP executive accused of concealing information from Congress ...
UK officials: BP not seeking gov't help with spill
British government officials said Thursday that BP has not sought Prime Minister David Cameron's help in reducing compensation claims for its role in ...

A look at EU investigation of oil price fixing
The European Union's executive arm, the Commission, on Tuesday said it had raided the offices of a number of oil industry companies for possible ...
Oil falls below $93 on Europe, US economic news
The price of oil fell below $93 on Wednesday after disappointing economic reports from Europe and the U.S. By late morning in New York, benchmark oil ...

Wind farms get pass on eagle deaths
Wind farms in this corner of Wyoming have killed more than four dozen golden eagles since 2009, one of the deadliest places in the country of its kind
EU probes oil companies for possible price-fixing
European anti-trust authorities have launched investigations into at least three oil companies on suspicion of price-fixing. Britain's BP, Royal Dutch ...
BP to exit Brazil's Polvo oil field
Oil company BP says it is selling its majority stake in Brazil's Polvo oil field for $135 million in cash to HRT Oil & Gas. BP gained its 60 percent ...

Shell CEO Voser to retire in 2014
Royal Dutch Shell PLC said Monday Chief Executive Peter Voser will step down in early 2014, and the company reported lower first-quarter profits in ...
BP Q1 profits surge on Russian joint venture sale
BP's sale of its Russian joint venture helped it more than triple first-quarter profits, the oil company said Tuesday in a further sign that its ...
Halliburton seeking settlement over Gulf oil spill
BP's cement contractor on the drilling rig that exploded in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010 announced Monday that it is trying to negotiate a settlement ...

Halliburton posts 1Q loss on litigation charges
Halliburton Co. said Monday that it lost money in the first quarter after adding $637 million to the reserve it has to cover litigation over the 2010 ...
Florida becomes 4th state to sue BP over oil spill
The state of Florida filed a lawsuit Saturday against oil company BP and cement contractor Halliburton over the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, becoming ...
Florida sues BP on 3-year anniversary of oil spill
Florida's attorney general has filed a lawsuit against BP and Halliburton on the three-year anniversary of the 2010 Gulf oil spill. Pam Bondi filed ...

3 years later: oil spill cleanup, study carries on
At first glance, the marshy, muddy coastline of Bay Jimmy in southeast Louisiana appears healthy three years after the nation's worst offshore oil ...
Testimony ends for 1st phase of BP oil spill trial
Testimony concluded Wednesday for the first phase of a high-stakes trial over the deadly 2010 rig explosion that led to the nation's worst offshore ...
Ex-BP executive testifies as trial winds down
A former BP executive says he never heard any concerns before the deadly Deepwater Horizon disaster that the rig crew felt pressure to cut corners to ...
BP manager testifies at trial over Gulf oil spill
A BP team leader who supervised managers on the oil rig that exploded in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010 testified Monday that he was frustrated by ...

Moniz backs natural gas 'revolution'
President Barack Obama's choice to lead the Energy Department pledged to increase use of natural gas Tuesday as a way to combat climate change even ...