Fuel Fix

Phillips 66 to spend $700M more next year

Sweeny is the largest refinery by capacity in the portfolio of Phillips 66, Houston’s biggest Fortune 500 company. (Ryan Holeywell/Houston Chronicle)
The company said it will spend $4.6 billion next year, with more than two-thirds of that investment earmarked for boosting its midstream assets. More »
A electric pumping unit removes crude oil from a  well outside South Heart, North Dakota. (Daniel Acker/Bloomberg)

Dover’s $430m purchase shows appeal of specialty oil field service firms

Oil field service companies will have to be far more frugal as crude prices fall.  More »
Last Mile - Final fueling

U.S. rig count grows despite oil price slump

Future output in the U.S. is at risk with oil trading below $80 a barrel.  More »
Harold and Sue Ann Hamm attends the TIME 100 Gala celebrating TIME'S 100 Most Infuential People In The World at Jazz at Lincoln Center on April 24, 2012 in New York City.  (Photo by Kevin Mazur/WireImage for TIME)

Harold Hamm’s ex-wife appeals $1 billion divorce ruling

Divorce attorneys expressed surprise after the ruling that a billionaire’s spouse didn’t get at least 25 to 30 percent of the couple’s assets when the marriage was formally dissolved last month.  More »

Keystone Pipeline Texas

Kinder Morgan may include condensate exports in revived West Coast line

The line, dubbed the Freedom Pipeline Oil Project, was originally planned to ship as many as 400,000 barrels of crude per day to refineries on the West Coast.  More »
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Do gasoline prices affect home values?

Researchers say their study, based on the sales more than 900,000 homes, is the first to examine the direct impact of gasoline prices on home values using data for specific properties.  More »
(AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

Brent heads for 5-year low as Saudi discounts spur competition

Futures slid as much as 1.1 percent in London and are headed for a second weekly decline.  More »
Oil field workers' jobs probably are less at risk than corporate functions under the proposed Halliburton-Baker Hughes merger (Donna McWilliam/AP)

Halliburton, Baker Hughes name leaders for merger planning team

The integration process is expected to begin after the deal closes in 2015.  More »
Gas drilling sites in Arkansas for Southwestern Energy.
Southwestern Energy drilling pipe and a drilling rig stand ready in Arkansas' Fayetteville Shale Play, where a productive year helped boost Houston-based Southwestern to the No. 1 spot on the Chronicle 100.  (Southwestern Energy)

U.S. has enough shale gas for petrochemical expansions

Gas prices collapsed two years ago had have remained low since, prompting some drillers to turn their focus to more lucrative regions rich in oil and other liquids.  More »
CheapGas

Ford’s aluminum body F-150 makes its debut

Ford says it’s the first truck to have an aluminum body, and as a result, it weighs about 700 pounds less than previous models.  More »
Yellow oil barrels

Oil prices go back on the decline

WTI for January delivery dropped 57 cents, or 0.9 percent, to end at $66.81 a barrel.  More »
A Gunnison Sage Grouse. (AP Photo/Colorado Parks and Wildlife, Dave Showalter)

Bird’s fate shaping energy development in US West

The grouse’s huge range, covering portions of 11 states and an area more than four times as big as New England, includes vast oil, gas and coal reserves and the best type of windy, open country for developing wind power.  More »
In this June 6, 2010, file photo, a small dead fish floats on a pool of oil at Bay Long off the coast of Louisiana. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)

Man pleads guilty in oil spill fraud case

Charlie English worked as a claims adjuster for the Gulf Coast Claims Facility.  More »
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Lawsuit filed in deadly offshore explosion

Separate lawsuits say the companies did not ensure equipment was cleared of all flammable materials and gases.  More »
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