30 STRONG: A tale of two leaks 10/14/2007
Emergency response quicker, more effective in 23 years between oil spills at Alyeska
In 30 years, Alyeska Pipeline Service Co. has only had to respond to oil spill emergencies caused by acts of sabotage against the trans-Alaska oil pipeline. The first incident occurred in the Steele C...

U.S. Gulf to get first FPSO 10/14/2007
Contracts include two oil shuttle tankers for 'ultra-deepwater' Cascade, Chinook discoveries; five years since MMS approved methods for use of floating production, storage, offloading systems
Some five long years have passed since the U.S. Minerals Management Service approved controversial rules and regulations governing the use of floating production, storage and offloading systems, known...

Crude oil prices up again as low dollar spurs buying 09/23/2007
Crude oil prices surged further into record terrain Sept. 20, breaching $83 a barrel as the weak dollar and some worrisome weather in the Gulf of Mexico spurred buying. Gasoline futures jumped as well...

Alaska gas line viable despite soft market 09/16/2007
Consumption of natural gas declines in United States, increases worldwide, says economist Mark Finley in presentation of BP report
U.S. natural gas consumption has declined for two consecutive years, but that doesn't necessarily mean chances for an Alaska gas pipeline are diminished, a BP economist said Sept.6. While nothing is...

Oil prices climb on supplies, violence 09/09/2007
Oil prices climbed Sept. 6 on reports of shrinking U.S. supplies of crude and gasoline, and as news of violence in the Middle East and rising tensions in Nigeria unnerved investors. The U.S. embassy i...

FTC finds no 2006 gasoline price fixing 09/09/2007
Market forces, not price gouging, caused the cost of gasoline to rise during the spring and summer of 2006, according to a report sent to President Bush Aug. 30 by federal antitrust regulators. The re...