Britain’s BP and the United Arab Emirates’ XRG will explore a gas field offshore Venezuela, in an indication that oil majors are tentatively returning to the country under its new regime.
Senate bill would make it harder to impose appliance efficiency standards
Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, introduced a bill last week to codify into law changes that the U.S. Department of Energy is seeking that would set a strict standard on when it could impose energy efficiency…
Greenland forces Trump-linked US oil firm to delay drilling
Greenland authorities have forced a US oil company connected to Donald Trump to postpone drilling wells in the Arctic territory, defying claims by the US president’s envoy that Americans could be extracting crude by next…
Court nixes Biden-era efficiency rule for cooking appliances
A three-judge panel Tuesday rejected the Biden administration’s efforts to pass a streamlined rulemaking to set the first federal energy efficiency standards for consumer ovens, stoves and cooktops.
Democratic governors turn to nuclear power as response to energy crunch
Democratic governors seldom see eye to eye with President Donald Trump when it comes to energy policy. A notable exception: expanding nuclear power.
Great Britain faces electricity supply shortfall during solar eclipse
Great Britain faces a shortfall of electricity supplies on Wednesday evening as the near total solar eclipse is expected to wipe out solar power generation.
BP Retreats Further From Green Energy With Archaea Sale
BP has announced that it will offload its US biogas business just days after confirming its exit from the North Sea, as the firm looks to shift its focus back to core oil and gas…
Trump extends Jones Act waiver, with limits, in bid to tamp down energy prices
The Trump administration is once again waiving U.S. shipping rules as part of an effort to keep gasoline and other fuel costs down, the White House said Monday.
Appeals court rejects youth-led challenge of Trump energy orders
A federal appeals court has turned away a group of young climate activists who had challenged President Donald Trump’s orders to boost oil, gas and coal production.
US emergency oil reserve falls below 300M barrels for first time since 1980s
The U.S.’s emergency oil reserve has fallen below 300 million barrels of oil for the first time since it was being filled decades ago.