offshore drilling

Oil giant Royal Dutch Shell (NYSE: RDS.A) announced that gas is flowing from the world's largest natural gas field to the Pearl GTL, the world's

After recently announcing that it is halting investment resources and development of algal biofuels oil giant Royal Dutch Shell (NYSE: RDS.A) has

An independent panel of technical experts released its interim report today, finding that BP and its contractors ignored clear warning signs foretelling the disaster at BP's Macondo well in the Gulf of Mexico. 

The Washington Post recently released a poll of over 1,000 Americans showing that in the wake of the Gulf Coast oil spill, most people support the government’s six-month ban on offshore oil drilling and are willing to make changes to help the environment.

Fifty-eight days into the BP Deepwater disaster in the Gulf of Mexico, tensions are mounting between the U.S. and Britain, home to BP’s headquarters. 

In spite of the fact that he is sponsoring the most comprehensive energy reform bill in American history [pdf], Senator John Kerry said at an event on Wednesday that ending offshore oil drilling was simply not possible.

Written by Stacy Clark, Dallas

Observing the unimpeded hydrocarbon cocktail and chemical chasers rapidly dispersing in the Gulf, one wonders what all of this is costing us.

And, it’s a valid inquiry.