Energy in America

“We are delivering freedom around the world— not just gas,” the U.S. energy secretary said.

Russia says it will support companies hit by fresh U.S. sanctions as shares in aluminum producer Rusal plummeted.

The price at the pump is rising to a level not seen in years.

China has tightened trade controls on North Korea by banning exports of electronics and other goods that can be used in making weapons.

Kinder Morgan says it is suspending all non-essential activities and related spending on its controversial Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project that would nearly triple the flow of oil from Canada's oil sands to the Pacific Coast.

The average U.S. price of regular-grade gasoline shot up 8 cents a gallon over the past two weeks to $2.74.

The crown prince of Saudi Arabia is making his first official visit to France, which is hoping to profit from his shake-up of the conservative kingdom.

A crude oil spill from the Keystone Pipeline in South Dakota last November has turned out to be nearly twice as big as first reported.

___ Workers benefit as US businesses struggle to fill jobs WASHINGTON (AP) — More American employers are struggling to find enough workers to fill jobs, which might have contributed to slower hiring last month.

U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke (ZINK'-ee) acknowledges there is "a lot of opposition" to President Donald Trump's plan to open most of the nation's coastline to oil and gas drilling.

Another increase in trade tensions has stocks reversing course and falling again Friday morning as the U.S. considers an even larger set of tariffs on imports from China.

The number of rigs exploring for oil and natural gas in the U.S. increased by 10 this week to 1,003.

The developer of the Dakota Access oil pipeline that goes under a reservoir in the Dakotas has submitted a court-ordered spill response plan, but an American Indian tribe that draws water from Lake Oahe is unsatisfied with the company's efforts and is taking steps of its own to protect its water supply.

Some of Russia's richest and most influential people were hit with sanctions Friday by President Donald Trump's U.S. administration.

A Houston-based pipeline operator says it's taking steps to move refined fuels in two directions on a portion of its Pennsylvania pipeline while it asks state regulators to allow it to reverse the flow from west to east.

The U.S. Coast Guard says a coolant fluid leak this week from submerged electric cables into the waterway that connects Lake Huron and Lake Michigan may have been caused by a marine vessel.

Asian stock markets slipped Friday after Beijing vowed to fight the Trump administration's latest threats of yet more tariffs on Chinese imports, intensifying investor fears about a brewing trade battle between the world's two biggest economies.

Stocks in the U.S. are rising Thursday morning and major indexes in Europe are jumping as global markets continue a rally that began late the previous day.

An on-again, off-again effort to restrict harmful methane emissions on federal lands is off — again.