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top storiesDeep-water drilling ban to be retooled The Obama administration is revising its blanket moratorium on deep-water drilling and could replace it with a more targeted ban that lets some projects go forward. BP denies CEO Hayward is resigning BP denied reports out of Russia today that CEO Tony Hayward is resigning. With IPO, Tesla bets on electric car's future Tesla Motors Inc. begins selling stock to the public on Tuesday. The sale's success depends on how much investors are willing to bet on a car company that has never made a profit, sells a single vehicle and expects to lose money until at least 2012. Oil leak repairs continue with one eye on Gulf storm A tropical depression slamming into parts of Mexico isn't taking aim at the massive Gulf oil spill — for now — though any system can quickly change course and send cleanup efforts grinding to a halt.
BLOGS Newswatch: Energy with Tom FowlerThe mystery of the two pipes When BP cut the riser from the top of the blowout preventer on the Macondo well earlier this month, cameras on the submarines doing the work captured the image you see here. This screen shot of the video, sent in...
Apache declares first force majeure on GoM shallow water contract Apache Corp declared force majeure for a shallow-water rig in the Gulf of Mexico, joining a number of other companies who have done the same as a result of the moratorium on drilling and new regulations. The contract was for...
Shell to keep drilling in deep waters Yesterday, Royal Dutch Shell's CEO said despite safety concerns after the Deepwater Horizon explosion in the Gulf of Mexico, the company will keep drilling in deep water to meet global oil demand, Reuters said. "Given the rise in the population...
Apache begins production in UK's North Sea Apache Corp's Maule Field in the North Sea is now producing at approximately 11,750 barrels of oil per day, the company announced today. A discovery at the Maule field, located above the main Forties Paleocene reservoir, was made October 2009....
Dueling Alaska gaslines are talking merger A BP/ConocoPhillips joint venture that is planning to build a massive natural gas pipeline from Alaska to the Lower 48 is in preliminary talks to join a competing project headed by TransCanada and Exxon Mobil, according to a source familiar...
Your commentsEd Munson on "BP and Chesapeake JV still ... Lacy, your writing style is more like that of a TV movie plot than something believable. Your story is the 1st that I've ever seen of this potentially... Rorschach on "Chron Energy Newslinks | 06... Tom, lets call a spade a spade here. Venezuela didn't "nationalize", they stole, plain and simple. If it isn't yours and you take it without the owner...
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