Former Mexican President Investigated for Graft
Former Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto is being investigated in a graft scandal at the country’s massive state oil company Pemex, the Wall Street Journal reported.
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Yemeni Drones & Missiles Linked to Iran
A small instrument inside the drones that targeted the heart of Saudi Arabia’s oil industry and those in the arsenal of Yemen’s Houthi rebels match components recovered in downed Iranian drones in Afghanistan and Iraq, two reports say.
Read moreFrederick Koch, Low-Profile Koch Brother, Dies at 86
Frederick Koch, who kept a low profile as an arts benefactor rather than joining the family oil business that became Koch Industries, has died, according to the New York Times. He was 86.
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Louisiana Pelicans Recover, Along With Their Island
Nearly wiped out by agricultural pesticides in the 1950s, Louisiana’s state bird the brown pelican has made a tremendous comeback. Now, thanks to 150,000 cubic yards of Mississippi River sand and help from $18.7 million of BP’s multibillion-dollar settlement for the catastrophic oil spill a decade ago, one of the pelicans’ essential nesting grounds is also coming back.
Read more$130M in BP Spill Money to Help Reconnect Big Swamp to River
Louisiana will get $130 million in BP oil spill money to link its second-largest coastal swamp back up to the Mississippi River, and Alabama will receive funds to add up to 12,000 acres to a wildlife management area.
Read moreInterior Department Advances Keystone Pipeline Permit
The Interior Department on Wednesday issued a record of decision that provides right of way permitting for the Keystone Pipeline — despite the fact that a lawsuit against the pipeline is moving through federal court in Montana.
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Pipeline Fights Class Certification in California Oil Spill Suit
A company responsible for an oil spill that dumped more than 123,000 gallons of crude oil off the California coast in 2015 asked a judge Monday to decertify a federal class action brought by beachfront property owners and business owners seeking damages from the environmental disaster.
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Russia Halts Oil Supplies to Belarus in Push for Closer Ties
Russia has halted oil supplies to Belarus as talks on strengthening economic ties remained stalled over concerns that Russia could effectively swallow up its neighbor.
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Saudi Aramco Trading Opens as Biggest IPO Ever
Saudi Arabia’s oil company Aramco began public trading on Wednesday, gaining 10% in its first moments on the market in a dramatic debut that pushed its value to $1.88 trillion, higher than any other listed company in the world.
Read moreAir Pollution
The United States and the San Joaquin Valley Unified Air Pollution Control District sued Kern Oil & Refining Co. for millions of dollars in federal court, for Clean Air Act violations at its Bakersfield oil refinery.
Read moreIraq Says It’s Cutting an Oil Deal With Kurds
Iraq’s government has agreed “in principle” on a long-anticipated oil-sharing deal with the northern Kurdish region, officials said Monday.
Read moreIran Discovers New Oil Field With Over 50 Billion Barrels
Iran has discovered a new oil field in the country’s south with over 50 billion barrels of crude, its president said Sunday, a find that could boost the country’s proven reserves by a third as it struggles to sell energy abroad over U.S. sanctions.
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Feds Defeat Lawsuit Over San Francisco Bay Dredging Dispute
A state agency cannot make the federal government dredge two vital San Francisco Bay channels more frequently, a federal judge ruled Monday, despite arguments that less dredging could increase the risk of a container ship accident or oil spill.
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Trump Claim to Syrian Oil Raises Disturbing Questions
By claiming a right to Syria’s oil, President Donald Trump has added more complexity — and U.S. forces — to an American military mission he has twice declared he was ending so the troops could come home.
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Saudi Aramco Expected to Go Public in December
The long-planned initial public offering of a sliver of Saudi Arabia’s state-run oil giant Saudi Aramco will see shares traded on Riyadh’s stock exchange in December, a Saudi-owned satellite news channel reported Tuesday as the kingdom’s marquee investment forum got underway.
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Terror Boss Dead, but the Job Isn’t Over
After the dramatic killing of the Islamic State group’s leader, the Pentagon is increasing U.S. efforts to protect Syria’s oilfields from the extremist group and from Syria itself and its Russian ally. It’s a new high-stakes mission even as American troops are withdrawn from other parts of the country.
Read moreGreenpeace Blocks Palm Oil Biorefinery
Greenpeace activists on Tuesday blocked the entrance to a refinery in southern France where oil giant Total uses controversial palm oil to produce biofuel.
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Exxon Trial Probes How Oil Giant Accounts for Climate Change
New York’s attorney general is accusing Exxon Mobil of lying to investors about how profitable the company will remain as governments impose stricter regulations to combat global warming.
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Residents – and Wildlife – Eager for Revitalized Lower LA River
Elizabeth Castillo looks on as her daughter Reynata plays with children at a playground near the Los Angeles River in Long Beach, California, in mid-October, hoping one day the river will be clean enough to kayak on.
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