Energy in America

Stocks edged slightly higher in early trading Thursday on Wall Street while investors assessed a mix of corporate earnings.

The Trump administration is easing safety rules adopted after the 2010 BP Deepwater Horizon blowout, the worst offshore oil disaster in U.S. history.

Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily on Thursday: Qualcomm Inc., up 77 cents to $87.14

The latest on developments in financial markets (all times local): 9:35 a.m.

U.S. Steel will invest more than $1 billion on state-of-the-art facilities in western Pennsylvania that it says will improve its steelmaking efficiency and reduce emissions at its Mon Valley Works operations.

U.S. crude stockpiles rose to their highest level since 2017.

Oil markets are in flux amid the latest unrest in Venezuela. How this drama plays out is already having an impact on the price you pay at the pump for gasoline.

A Virginia-based legal group is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to end what it says has become an abuse of eminent domain by companies that build natural-gas pipelines.

Asian stocks were mixed on Thursday after the U.S. Federal Reserve kept its benchmark interest rate intact and steered clear of suggesting that a cut was possible this year.

Saudi Arabia says it is responding to an emergency involving an Iranian oil tanker off the coast of Jiddah.

Stocks moved broadly higher in early trading on Wall Street Wednesday as large U.S. companies continued to surprise investors with solid profits.

Democratic presidential candidate Beto O'Rourke is pledging not to take donations from the fossil fuel industry, a dramatic about-face from his star-making run for Senate in oil-rich Texas last year when he was one of the top candidates backed by the sector.

The head of the U.S. pipeline safety agency says officials intend to finalize long-delayed rules aimed at preventing oil spills and deadly natural gas explosions by the end of the year.

The national average has risen more than 63 cents so far this year.

The S&P 500 retreated from its record high as the Fed emphasized “solid” economic growth despite low inflation.

Financial markets were mostly closed in Asia on Wednesday for holidays after Wall Street ended a wobbly trading session with meager gains.

U.S. stocks were moving lower early Tuesday, dragged down by big communications companies after Google's parent company, Alphabet, reported a slowdown in revenue growth.

Mexico's state-owned Petroleos Mexicanos company says it reduced fuel theft 79% in the first quarter, but continues to lose money and produce less crude.

North Dakota officials are pressuring Washington's governor to veto legislation requiring oil shipped by rail to have more of its volatile gases removed.