Exxon, Shell win Iraq oil field deal
BAGHDAD A consortium grouping U.S. and European oil giants Exxon Mobil Corp. and Royal Dutch Shell PLC today signed a $50 billion deal to develop one of Iraq s most prized oil fields, as the OPEC nation looks to revamp its battered energy sec...
 4.1K - Nov. 5, 2009; scored 193.0 Gas prices chugging up for the holidays
NEW YORK (AP) Americans are paying more for gasoline than they did last year as the holidays approached billions of dollars that could go to books, clothes and Barbie dolls instead being spent at the pump. Gas averaged nearly $2.70 a gallon ...
3.8K - Oct. 31, 2009; scored 193.0 Obama: Government to set example on global warming
WASHINGTON (AP) President Barack Obama wants the federal government to set the example when it comes to global warming. In an executive order signed Monday, Obama required all agencies to do what he wants companies operating power plants, running r...
2.2K - Oct. 6, 2009; scored 193.0 Supreme Court begins new term
WASHINGTON (AP) The Supreme Court began its new term trying to decide how long a suspect s request for a lawyer is valid. The justices heard their first arguments of the 2009 term this morning. The court will have to decide whether to throw out a p...
2.5K - Oct. 5, 2009; scored 193.0 Obama wants to end fossil fuel subsidies
WASHINGTON (AP) President Barack Obama is calling on the world to end massive government subsidies that encourage the use of fossil fuels blamed for global warming. The president, who is set to host the G-20 economic summit opening Thursday in Pitt...
5.3K - Sep. 23, 2009; scored 306.0 Nine Oregon cities race to OK gas taxes
PORTLAND A handful of Oregon towns and one county have imposed or increased gasoline taxes this year, pushing to beat a state deadline later this month. But many of the taxes could fail, in referendum votes or in the courts. So far, according to ta...
2.9K - Sep. 12, 2009; scored 306.0 Trade deficit climbs
WASHINGTON (AP) The U.S. trade deficit shot up in July to the highest level in six months as a surge in shipments of foreign oil and autos pushed imports up by a record amount. The Commerce Department said today that the trade deficit rose 16.3 per...
4.2K - Sep. 10, 2009; scored 193.0 OPEC committee recommends no cuts
VIENNA (AP) OPEC appeared poised to hold oil production quotas unchanged today, with its ministers voicing satisfaction with current global crude prices. Instead, the focus at the organization s meeting in Vienna was to be on persuading members not...
5.2K - Sep. 9, 2009; scored 193.0 Reliance on locally made biodiesel increases
PORTLAND Pulling up to the pump in a diesel car or rig? In Oregon from now on, a small portion of the fill-up will be soybean squeezings or recycled cooking grease. Biodiesel production has reached a level in Oregon that triggered a mandate from th...
4.5K - Aug. 10, 2009; scored 306.0 Feds holding back $100 million
SALT LAKE CITY Brian Wixom s company has paid the U.S. government hundreds of thousands of dollars for leases to drill for oil and gas on federal lands over the years, only to never put a rig in the ground. The money simply sits in a federal bank a...
6.0K - Aug. 10, 2009; scored 387.0 Coquille company appeals fuel fine
The state Department of Environmental Quality has fined a Coquille-based oil distributorship with failing to report leaks from underground storage tanks in a timely manner. The agency said Monday that Ron s Oil Co. is appealing the $14,400 f...
1.3K - Jul. 14, 2009; scored 193.0 Petroleum train derails in Italy, kills 12, burns 50
VIAREGGIO, Italy - A freight train carrying petroleum gas derailed and exploded in the midst of a small Tuscan town, setting off a fire that killed at least 12 people - many as they slept in their homes - and injured at least 50, Italian officials sa...
6.2K - Jun. 30, 2009; scored 1000.0 Low-carbon fuel bill wins Oregon Senate's OK
SALEM - Gov. Ted Kulongoski's plan to cut greenhouse gas emissions from cars and trucks by forcing oil companies to reduce carbon in gasoline and diesel fuel was approved Wednesday night by the Oregon Senate. It would give state environmental regulat...
3.0K - Jun. 25, 2009; scored 306.0 Biomass bounty
COOS BAY - The only evidence most people see of slash - the tops and limbs of trees left over after logging - are pillars of smoke rising off logging landings in the fall. Some local timber industry folks see something more valuable going up in smoke...
6.4K - Jun. 20, 2009; scored 193.0 Texas town wonders if drilling causes quakes
CLEBURNE, Texas (AP) - The earth moved here on June 2. It was the first recorded earthquake in this Texas town's 140-year history - but not the last. There have been four small earthquakes since, none with a magnitude greater than 2.8. The most recen...
5.4K - Jun. 13, 2009; scored 306.0 Panel: Wood chips could cut business costs
The Enterprise School District in Northeast Oregon saved $112,000 on heating costs the first year it converted to burning wood chips for energy in boilers. They saved two teacher spots, said Gary Haga, who owns D H Logging Inc. He would l...
2.8K - Jun. 13, 2009; scored 387.0 Purple carrot finds new life as food dye
FRESNO, Calif. - The ancient purple carrot is returning to its roots, this time to dye processed foods rather than the robes of Afghan royals. Researchers in California are preparing for increased demand for fruits and vegetables that pull double dut...
4.3K - Jun. 9, 2009; scored 306.0 State's $300M transportation package advances
SALEM After months of dealmaking, lawmakers have unanimously approved a $300 million-per-year transportation package funded through increases in the gas tax and registration, title and license plate fees. Legislators estimate the increased...
4.8K - May. 23, 2009; scored 306.0 Natural gas prices fall 75 percent
COLUMBUS, Ohio - The 60 million American homes that rely on natural gas for heat can expect substantially lower bills next winter thanks to a glut in supply and the weak economy. Just as distributors start to lock in contracts for the coming winter, ...
4.7K - Apr. 11, 2009; scored 193.0 Qatar boosts gas output as world demand shrinks
RAS LAFFAN, Qatar - This tiny U.S. ally is showing few signs of the world economic crisis, even as some of its Persian Gulf neighbors struggle with debt, stalled projects and the collapse in oil prices. The force driving Qatar: A virtual pipeline to ...
4.7K - Apr. 10, 2009; scored 193.0 | 
