Energy in America

Dominion-SCANA merger could mean pipeline expansion

Both supporters and opponents of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline say Dominion Energy's proposed merger with a South Carolina energy company could open the door to making the natural gas project even bigger.

Business Highlights

___ US employers closed out 2017 with modest but steady hiring WASHINGTON (AP) — The December jobs report suggests that the economy has entered the new year on solid footing.

US rig count down by 5 to 924

The number of rigs exploring for oil and natural gas in the U.S. declined by five this week to 924.

California has ample weapons to fight Trump on drilling

In the decades since a 1969 oil spill near Santa Barbara tarred sea-life and gave rise to the U.S. environmental movement, politicians and environmental activists have built up ample ways to make it difficult but not impossible for the Trump administration to renew drilling off California's coast.

Trump moves to vastly expand offshore drilling off US coasts

The Trump administration on Thursday moved to vastly expand offshore drilling from the Atlantic to the Arctic oceans with a plan that would open up federal waters off the California coast for the first time in more than three decades.