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Interior Secretary Asks Energy Executives to Acknowledge Own Role in Regulatory Slowdown

Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell said she asked energy industry executives to accept the role they play in how slowly new regulations move forward, warning them against "throwing regulators under the bus" during a meeting Wednesday at a major offshore energy technology trade show.Ms. Jewell, on the job for just over a month, said she met privately with executives from BP PLC (BP), Halliburton Co. (HAL), Schlumberger Ltd. (SLB), Marathon Oil Corp. (MRO) and other companies and industry groups at the Offshore Technology Conference, an annual industry showcase."I did poke them about not throwing regulators under the bus or blaming us when there is actually shared responsibility when something doesn't move forward," the former chief executive of outdoor apparel company REI said to reporters.Ms. Jewell said it was a "delightful surprise" to find the CEOs were very supportive of the work done by the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement and the Bureau of Ocean Energy Managemen...

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    Halliburton Co said on Monday it was in court-facilitated talks to settle private claims against it in the trial to determine blame for the 2010 Gulf of Mexico spill...

  2. Halliburton Swings to 1st-Quarter Loss

    Halliburton Co. (HAL) swung to a first-quarter loss on a $637 million increase in reserves tied to litigation involving the Deepwater Horizon disaster, while elsewhe...

  3. Halliburton Swings to 1st-Quarter Loss on Increased Litigation Reserves

    Halliburton Co. (HAL) swung to a first-quarter loss on a $637 million increase in reserves tied to litigation involving the Deepwater Horizon disaster, while elsewhe...

  4. Halliburton in Settlement Talks, Takes 1Q Charge

    Halliburton (NYSE:HAL) slipped to a loss in the first quarter amid a large increase in reserves connected to litigation involving the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, wh...

  5. Halliburton Swings To Q1 Loss Of $18 Million

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  6. Analysis: BP's legal gamble may trim spill bill by billions

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  7. WEEK AHEAD: Tech, Energy, Defense to Report Earnings Next Week

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  8. Oilfield Service Providers Unlikely To See Expected US Rebound In 1Q

    Oilfield services providers, which helped unleash America's new oil and gas bounty, struggled to grow U.S. profits through last year as low natural gas prices curtai...

  9. Court Rules Against BP on Oil Spill Settlement Payments

    A federal judge denied BP PLC's (BP) plea to halt payments from a settlement fund set up to reimburse businesses and individuals for losses from the 2010 Deepwater H...

  10. Schlumberger and PdVSA Working Things Out

    Schlumberger Ltd. (SLB) said Monday it expects to keep working in Venezuela and is on the way to resolving its problems with that nation's state-run oil giant, which...

  11. Macondo rig fire too big to fight: Transocean officer

    The Transocean Ltd officer in charge of safety on the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig, destroyed in a BP well accident that caused the worst U.S. offshore oil spill, ...

  12. BP Asks Court to Sanction Halliburton in Deepwater Horizon Trial

    has asked a federal judge to issue sanctions against Halliburton Co. (HAL), alleging that the drilling contractor withheld evidence in the trial following the 2010 D...

  1. BP hit by wave of new spill lawsuits ahead of April deadline

    BP Plc has been hit by over 2,200 new lawsuits seeking payback for the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill in the past few weeks as individuals, companies and government b...

  2. Market Wrap for April 22: Stocks Rise Moderately to Begin Week

    The U.S. stock market rose on Monday to start the week.The lone domestic economic report was existing home sales, which edged down and missed consensus estimates. In...

  3. Halliburton Boosts Deepwater Horizon Claim Reserves

    Halliburton Co. (HAL) said Monday it is in advanced stages of talks to settle private claims stemming from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon rig explosion, and it is settin...

  4. U.S. Stocks Extend Losses on Disappointing Housing Data

    Stocks turned lower midmorning, as a disappointing reading on the housing market and a dour earnings report from bellwether Caterpillar Inc. (CAT) outweighed positiv...

  5. Halliburton CEO: North American Headwinds Have Passed

    Halliburton Chief Executive Dave Lesar said Monday the company's customers are ramping up spending and adding rigs in North America, even as the overall recovery in ...

  6. Halliburton Posts 1st-Quarter Loss on Higher Litigation Reserves

    Halliburton Co. (HAL) swung to a first-quarter loss on a $637 million increase in reserves tied to litigation involving the Deepwater Horizon disaster, while growth ...

  7. Halliburton in Gulf spill settlement talks, takes charge

    Halliburton Co is in talks to settle private claims against it in a trial to determine how blame should be shared for the 2010 Gulf of Mexico spill, the company said...

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