Chemicals/Petroleum
Illinois AG Sues Over Refinery's Alleged Pollution
May 30, 2012 2:54 pm | News | CommentsIllinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan claims that oil, gasoline and other toxins were allowed to spread beyond WRB Refining's property.
40 Hospitalized After Ammonia Leak At Neb. Meat Plant
May 25, 2012 9:55 am | News | CommentsA local hospital treated 10 Tyson Foods workers for minor chemical inhalation before releasing them.
Syngenta Offers $105M To Settle Litigation
May 25, 2012 9:00 am | News | CommentsSwiss chemicals maker says it is offering $105 million to settle a U.S. lawsuit over one of its herbicides entering water supplies.
Ohio Legislators To Vote On New Drilling Rules
May 24, 2012 2:33 pm | by Julie Carr Smyth, Associated Press | News | CommentsAmong other new regulations, well operators would be required to disclose within 60 days the chemicals they used to hydraulically fracture a well.
Gulf Fishermen Reel From Seafood Troubles
May 24, 2012 9:28 am | by Cain Burdeau and Jay Reeves, Associated Press | News | CommentsThis spring, catches are down, docks are idle and anxiety is growing that the ill effects of the massive BP oil spill may be far from over.
OH Docs Can't Reveal Drilling Chemicals To Public
May 23, 2012 2:29 pm | by Julie Carr Smyth, Associated Press | News | CommentsDoctors given new access to the proprietary chemical recipes that oil and gas drillers use to crack into Ohio shale would be prohibited from sharing the information with the public under an energy proposal moving through the Ohio House.
Feds: SC Businessman Illegally Exported To Iran
May 22, 2012 1:59 pm | by Meg Kinnard, Associated Press | News | CommentsMarkos Baghdasarian, the president of Delfin Group USA, is accused of lying to agents about his practice of secretly exporting motor oils.
Shaw Group Selling Unit to Technip For $300M
May 22, 2012 8:45 am | News | CommentsEngineering and construction company will sell almost all of its energy and chemicals business to the French company Technip for about $300 million.
Dominion Sues Over Right To Export Natural Gas
May 21, 2012 9:33 am | by Alex Dominguez, Associated Press | News | CommentsDominion Resources is challenging a claim by the Sierra Club over whether it can export 1 billion cubic feet of natural gas per day out of Maryland.
Oil Prices Continue To Fall
May 16, 2012 11:52 am | by Chris Kahn, AP Energy Writer | News | CommentsIt dipped to a seven-month low of $91.81 earlier and is down about 12 percent overall since the beginning of May.
U.S. Crude Oil Supplies Grow By 2.1M Barrels
May 16, 2012 11:41 am | News | CommentsCrude supplies grew by 2.1 million barrels, or 0.6 percent, to 381.6 million barrels, which is 3.1 percent above year-ago levels.
LSB Industries Closes Plant After Explosion
May 15, 2012 2:47 pm | News | CommentsMaker of chemicals and heating and air conditioning equipment said it will close an Arkansas plant after an explosion there.
BP To Look For Oil, Gas In Trinidad
May 15, 2012 1:38 pm | News | CommentsA wholly owned subsidiary of BP PLC has signed an agreement to explore for oil and gas in the waters of Trinidad and Tobago.
Spike In West Coast Gas Prices Tied To Refineries
May 15, 2012 9:20 am | by Steven DuBois, Associated Press | News | CommentsAnalysts blame the current price spike on the failed restart of a BP refinery in Blaine, Wash., and maintenance work at several California refineries.
Number Of Drilling Rigs Down In Pa., Up In W. Va.
May 14, 2012 11:25 am | News | CommentsThe number of active Pennsylvania gas drilling rigs is continuing to decline, while the number in West Virginia is increasing.
Man Pleads Guilty To Stealing Company's Formulas
May 14, 2012 9:24 am | News | CommentsAn Indian scientist accused of stealing secret formulas from a Utah chemistry company has pleaded guilty to a federal computer charge.
Panel: Chemical Industry Needs Risk Guidance
May 11, 2012 1:53 pm | News | CommentsThe National Research Council said the industry lacks common practice protocols and understanding to identify safer processes.
Cheaper Gas Drives Wholesale Price Index Lower
May 11, 2012 9:13 am | by Martin Crutsinger, AP Economics Writer | News | CommentsA big decline in gas and energy costs drove a measure of U.S. wholesale prices lower in April, but outside that drop, inflation was tame.
Chesapeake Energy Sued Over Corporate Jet Policy
May 9, 2012 1:00 pm | News | CommentsThe lawsuit claims Chesapeake has wasted millions of dollars by allowing senior executives and board members to use corporate jets for personal trips.
Idaho Frozen Food Company Settles With EPA
May 8, 2012 1:02 pm | News | CommentsRhodes International Inc. agreed to pay the EPA $84,000 for failing to report its possession of hazardous chemicals to safety officials.
Worker Jumps Into Vat Of Acid To Save Colleague
May 8, 2012 11:50 am | News | CommentsRob Nuckols, 51, jumped into the vat after colleague Martin Davis plunged 40 feet into the vat of diluted acid and became fully submerged.
Teacher Starting Biodiesel Fuel Plant In Michigan
May 8, 2012 10:02 am | News | CommentsBill Koucky's three-part plan will process locally grown canola into oil, sell it to local restaurants, and then process the used product into biodiesel.
Russia's Rosneft Signs Deal With Norway's Statoil
May 7, 2012 9:34 am | News | CommentsRussia's state oil company agreed to jointly explore Russian offshore deposits in the Barents Sea and Sea of Okhotsk.
Thousands March As Japan Shuts Off Nuclear Power
May 7, 2012 9:32 am | by Yuri Kageyama, AP Business Writer | News | CommentsThousands celebrated the shutting-down of Japan's last nuclear power plant, which is forcing the country to rely more heavily on oil and gas.
AP: Pa. Gas Drilling Brought $3.5 Billion In 2011
May 7, 2012 9:14 am | by Kevin Begos, Associated Press | News | CommentsBut a sharp drop in wholesale prices means the companies process the gas into other compounds will make most of the money in the future.
