Sunoco spill revised up to 189,000 gallons
The number of oil spilled is up 21,000 gallons from initial estimates. More »
Westlake Chemical plans $330 million ethylene expansion
Construction will generate about 1,000 jobs at its peak, the company said. More »
Sasol approves plan for $8.1 billion ethane cracker near Lake Charles
The project is driven by the abundance of low-cost ethane and natural gas in the U.S., which has prompted many chemical makers to beef up their U.S. facilities. More »
Supreme Court denies Louisiana lawsuits against BP
The Supreme Court rejected an appeal Monday from 11 Louisiana parishes that wanted to revive their lawsuits over wildlife damage from the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010. More »
Investor says Swift Energy needs to cut debt
Swift Energy’s debt has ballooned to nearly $1.2 billion and has shareholders nervous. More »
Oil spill claims boss rebuts BP’s bid to remove him
The Louisiana lawyer in charge of dispensing BP’s oil spill settlement responded to the company’s request to remove him from the post, saying BP knew when he was appointed that he previously had represented the state in spill claims. More »
Permian crudes weaken after Sunoco pipeline spill
Crude extracted from the largest U.S. oil field weakened against the U.S. benchmark after producers lost access to Midwest markets when a 4,000-barrel spill in Louisiana forced the shutdown of a key pipeline. More »
Shell Pipeline begins second open season for Westward Ho pipeline
The line will accommodate an anticipated increase in U.S. Gulf of Mexico crude oil coming into Louisiana. More »
Offshore drilling a winner in tight contests
A new poll shows that support for Arctic drilling is high in states where there are close Senate races. More »
New Louisiana law can’t stop ‘Big Oil’ lawsuit
A state judge in Baton Rouge ruled Monday that Louisiana’s Legislature missed its mark when it passed a bill seeking to halt a south Louisiana flood board’s lawsuit against dozens of oil, gas and pipeline companies over coastal damage. More »
Exxon joins Jindal to face Dr. Mud in wetlands legal fight
Members of a New Orleans levee board are suing 90 oil and natural gas producers for billions over claims that they’re destroying coastal marshes. More »
Shale shifting flows at America’s biggest oil port
With domestic production at a 28-year high, LOOP’s managers are thinking the previously unthinkable: They want to reverse the flows and send North American oil out as well as take foreign oil in. More »
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