TOKYO (Reuters) - Oil prices fell on Wednesday on concerns over how quickly fuel demand will recover even as lockdowns ease in many countries with falling coronavirus cases, with U.S.-China tensions adding to pressure.
Brent crude futures fell 40 cents, or 0.7%, to $35.77 by 0009 GMT, after falling …

The third cargo of an Iranian tanker flotilla carrying fuel for gasoline-thirsty Venezuela on Tuesday reached the nation’s exclusive economic zone as …

ST. JOHN’S, N.L. — Newfoundland and Labrador’s government is looking for a rapid answer from Ottawa on its request for aid for the offshore oil …

A Montana federal judge tossed out 440 oil and gas leases in greater sage-grouse habitat in Montana and Wyoming, saying the Bureau of Land Management …

NAPA, CA — A natural gas leak at a Napa construction site was impacting traffic Tuesday afternoon, according to the Napa police Department.
Police …

A panel of federal judges on the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Pasadena handed major fossil fuel companies a setback in two climate-related …

A number of countries in the Asia-Pacific region are looking at the Arctic as a potential engine to drive dramatic transformations in their most …

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Big Oil lost a pair of court battles Tuesday that could lead to trials in lawsuits by California cities and counties seeking damages for the impact of climate change.
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected arguments by energy companies and ruled state courts are the proper …

Oil futures finished higher on Tuesday with global supply reductions and signs of demand recovery lifting U.S. prices by more than 3%. July West …

Orphan well remediation, which includes reforestation, was already underway in B.C., but now will be accelerated.
A program to fund the cleanup of …

Geologist Keri Belcher had a moment of relief earlier this year. Her employer, a medium-sized oil and gas company, had a round of layoffs — and she made it through. She still had a job.
Then came the coronavirus and the complete collapse in oil prices. This time around, she was laid off.
"It was kind …

Climate advocates have expanded their targets beyond university endowments and pension funds to take on retail investment managers and their holdings in oil and gas producers. These passive-aggressive tactics generate headlines, but any victories are Pyrrhic.
They are using the wrong tools against …

U.S. oil production is expected to bottom out in June and not recover to pre-coronvarius pandemic levels until late 2021, a new report from the …

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Oil prices rose on Tuesday, supported by signs that producers are following through on commitments to cut supplies and as fuel demand picks up with coronavirus restrictions easing.
Brent crude LCOc1 futures gained 64 cents, or 1.8%, to settle at $36.17 a barrel. U.S. West Texas …

MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Russian government has tentatively approved a plan on drilling idle oil wells in order to prepare for restoration of oil production once the global deal on output curbs expires in 2022, according to a government statement published on Tuesday.
Russia has agreed to cut its oil …

Less than 18 months ago, it looked like the Eastern Mediterranean was on its way to becoming the natural gas equivalent of the Persian Gulf oil …

EDMONTON -- Climate activist Greta Thunberg isn't surprised by Alberta Energy Minister Sonya Savage's view on pipeline protests.
During a podcast …

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A U.S. judge has dealt another blow to the Trump administration's efforts to increase domestic oil and gas output from public lands, saying officials failed to protect habitat for a declining bird species when it issued energy leases on hundreds of square miles.
Judge Brian …

One of the most pervasive myths of American exceptionalism is that this country never will reach any Point Of No Return. There never will be a crisis beyond our abilities to think, or invent, or entrepreneur our way out of it. This myth is essential to the softer side of climate denialism. It is a …

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Three days after an Enbridge pipeline burst, oil is visible in the Kalamazoo River on July …

Ohio State University is trying to build a new fracked gas plant, right on campus in Columbus.
Tell the Ohio Power Siting Board: Reject OSU’s proposal …

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Meanwhile, millions of dollars of oil-skimming equipment was airlifted to the nearby port of Valdez, most of it ultimately proving useless. Kennedy …

A crack team of six respected members of Scotland’s legal system have joined forces to provide a “pioneering” online solution to costly disputes in …

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Curtis Shuck took the 250-plus mile drive from Shelby to Bozeman last August and couldn’t get the images out of his head. On his way, he passed oil …

As South Africa prepares to open up its economy for Level 3 of lockdown next week, we may already have a logistical problem in terms of our fuel. …

The oil crisis will be solved only by a pick-up in global oil demand, once lockdowns are lifted, the economy is restarted, and, hopefully, a vaccine is developed.
2020 is proving to be the most tumultuous year for the global oil industry since the first Gulf War. The evaporation of demand for goods …

Joe Biden’s proposal to ban new offshore oil and gas drilling in federal waters would cost nearly 200,000 jobs, strip the U.S. government of billions …

(Reuters) - A U.S. judge in Montana has thrown out a Trump administration directive that weakened an Obama-era policy aimed at protecting a threatened Western bird, invalidating hundreds of oil and gas leases on federal land in Montana and Wyoming.
In a ruling issued late on Friday, District Court …