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Hope is fading for a global deal to regulate the airline industry's greenhouse gas emissions ahead of a fall deadline, even though failure could push the industry back to the brink of a trade war...
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Royal Dutch Shell PLC (RDSA, RDSB, RDSA.LN, RDSB.LN) last year argued against proposed European rules designed to tighten scrutiny of commodity markets, according to documents obtained by the...
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The single biggest risk to Britain's nascent economic recovery is continued eurozone weakness, the Bank of England's outgoing governor Mervyn King said in a television interview on Sunday.
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State-run Kuwait Petroleum Company (KPC) appointed a new chief executive and suspended other top officials after the country paid $2.
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Royal Dutch Shell PLC (RDSA, RDSA.LN) reported a power outage earlier this week at its Puget Sound refinery in Anacortes, Wash., and subsequent issues while restarting units, according to a filing...
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Apache Corp.'s (APA) board trimmed the targeted pay level of the company's chief executive on Friday, one day after shareholders failed to approve the company's executive-pay practices at an...
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A sharp drop that drove Anadarko Petroleum Corp.'s (APC) to a penny in the last second of trading Friday exposes a vulnerability in trading rules adopted last month to curb sharp stock swings.
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Brazilian state-run energy giant Petroleo Brasileiro (PBR, PETR4.BR), or Petrobras, said late Friday that it has been able to reverse a court order that had suspended construction at its Comperj...
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Caterpillar Inc's deal to cut the purchase price of a Chinese mining-equipment maker it bought last year ends an embarrassing episode that overshadowed the company's effort to expand in China and...
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Natural-gas futures settled 3.1% higher Friday as new weather triggered hopes of warm-weather demand.
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Oil futures rose to a one-week high Friday, as broader markets rallied on positive U.S. economic data.
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A European probe into possible oil price manipulation expanded with the investigation of a small niche trading house in the Netherlands and a key U.S. senator on Friday called for the Justice...
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U.S. refiner Tesoro Corp has received formal approval from California's attorney general to buy a BP Plc refinery for more than $2 billion.
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Oil futures ended higher on Friday, pushing above $96.00,
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Natural-gas futures traded modestly higher Friday on bargain hunting after a steep day-earlier drop on rising inventories.
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Refiner Tesoro Corp. has received formal approval from antitrust regulators to buy a BP Plc refinery in southern California for more than $2 billion without requiring any asset sales.
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Gold futures for June delivery ended down $22.20 at $1,364.70 per ounce on Friday, the seventh consecutive session of losses, amid better-than-expected economic data and a stronger dollar.
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The chairman of the Senate's energy committee asked the Justice Department on Friday to investigate whether alleged price manipulation by three oil companies in Europe has boosted fuel prices for...
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Transocean Ltd. (RIG, RIGN.VX) shareholders voted overwhelmingly Friday to reject a $4 a share dividend proposal by activist investor Carl Icahn but ousted long-time company Chairman Michael...
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The Obama administration approved a second terminal to export liquefied natural gas to non-free trade agreement countries, expanding the nation's role in the gas trade.
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Transocean Ltd. (RIG, RIGN.VX) shareholders voted overwhelmingly Friday to reject a $4 a share dividend proposal by activist investor Carl Icahn but ousted long-time company Chairman Michael...
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For Your Information: 05/17/2013 FTC Closes Investigation into Tesoro's Acquisition of BP Refinery The Federal Trade Commission closed its nine-month investigation into Tesoro Corporation's...
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The number of natural gas drilling rigs working in the U.S. rose by four in the latest week to 354, according to oil field services company Baker Hughes Inc. (BHI).
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Transocean Ltd. shareholders ousted board chairman Michael Talbert, and elected Samuel Merksamer, a Carl Icahn board nominee.
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The Energy Department on Friday said it approved Freeport LNG Expansion LP and FLNG Liquefaction LCC to export domestic liquefied natural gas to countries without a free trade agreement with the...
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U.K.'s benchmark was back on a strong footing on Friday, after breaking a 10-day winning streak the prior day, with banks advancing after a broker upgrade and oil firms showing positive moves.
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Europe's benchmark stock index closed at its highest level since June 2008 on Friday, with banks in the driver's seat after better-than-expected data from the U.S. removed some worries about the...
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The deadline for claims against BP Plc in connection with the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill is 11 months away, but the man responsible for paying the claims said on Thursday he is already bracing...
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Oil trading is continuing as usual in the physical markets, according to oil traders, after European commissioners conducted inspections of the offices of energy giants earlier this week,...
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Phillips 66 (PSX) reported that a compressor issue in a coking unit at its Wood River, Ill., refinery led to flaring Thursday.
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Natural-gas futures traded modestly higher Friday on bargain hunting after a steep day-earlier drop on rising inventories.
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Oil futures rallied for the second straight session Friday, lifted by stronger equity markets after positive U.S. economic data.
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Caterpillar Inc and China-based Mining Machinery Ltd said on Thursday they have settled outstanding issues related to Caterpillar's acquisition of mining equipment firm ERA and its Siwei unit...
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The head of French oil company Total SA (TOT) said Friday he believed the companies being investigated as part of a European Commission probe into alleged oil-price manipulation weren't involved...
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Electrabel, a Belgian power utility controlled by French group GDF Suez (GSZ.FR), is preparing to restart two nuclear reactors shut since last summer after the country's regulator Friday...
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French company Total SA (TOT) reassured stakeholders Friday that it won't explore for oil in Congo's Virunga National Park, home to mountain gorillas and a Unesco World Heritage site.
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Oil prices, which have registered modest gains over the last two days, were down Friday morning before settling into an almost flat pattern, as contradictory data are pulling the price in two...
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French oil major Total SA's (TOT) chairman and chief executive, Christophe de Margerie, Friday confirmed the group's medium-term production targets.
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The U.K.'s Serious Fraud Office said Friday it is "urgently reviewing" whether it has the authority to investigate allegations of price fixing in the oil market.
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Power supplier SSE PLC (SSE.LN) said Friday that it has reached agreement with Renewable Energy Systems Group to acquire the Dunmaglass wind farm project in Scotland and plans to invest 200...
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TIDMSSE RNS Number : 9849E SSE PLC 17 May 2013 Acquisition of Dunmaglass wind farm project SSE plc has reached agreement with Renewable Energy Systems Group (RES) to acquire the Dunmaglass wind...
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Crude-oil futures were little changed in Asian trading on Friday with the U.S. benchmark holding above $95 a barrel but headed for its first weekly decline in four weeks on worries over gasoline...
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Asian stock markets traded mostly higher Friday, with Japanese blue chips swinging to gains in the afternoon session.
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Japanese blue-chip stocks fell Friday, extending losses into a second day after sharp gains earlier in the week, though Chinese and Australian shares inched higher.
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Japanese stocks were slightly lower early Friday as the U.S. dollar's upward momentum against the yen waned.
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Japanese stocks fell Friday, extending losses into a second day after sharp gains earlier in the week, while Australian shares inched higher, helped by strength for some miners.
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State Grid Corp. of China, the world's biggest utility by revenue, has ramped up its international expansion drive with the purchase of power assets in Australia from Singapore Power Ltd. State...
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Japanese stocks extended their losses in early Friday action, with a weak overnight performance on the U.S. markets helping send the Nikkei Stock Average down 0.9% to 14,909.21,
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