News
Texas To Receive Funds From New Round Of Restoration Grants From BP’s 2010 Oil Spill
Posted on · Texas will get $19 million, including $6 million to protect 575 acres of coastal habitat.
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Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1593: LST-325
Posted on · Episode: 1593 The LST-325: Thirty old men and an old ship become young again. Today, the LST-325.
Business
BP Closes Deal That Will Increase Oil And Gas Production in Texas
Posted on · The company has bought BHP Billiton's shale oil and gas assets in the U.S., which will give it access to the fast-growing shale industry
News
Texas Poised For ‘Dramatic’ Uptick In Oil And Gas Deals
Posted on · An upcoming report says drillers plan to sell off "non-core" assets in search of stronger cash flow.
News
BP Commits To Lowering Methane Emissions
Posted on · The company says it will only allow .2 percent of methane released in its gas operations to escape into the atmosphere
Business
20-Year Energy Outlook Predicts Less Reliance On Oil
Posted on · The world’s “energy capital” will probably be just fine.
Good, Bad and Ugly
BP Moving, and Trump’s Texas Cabinet Members: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly of the News
Posted on · A lot can happen in a week. Some of it good. Some of it bad. Some of it downright ugly. When faced with intriguing developments in the week’s news, we turn to our rotating panel of “non-experts” to parse The Good, The Bad and The Ugly of it all. This week, our panel weighs in on oil […]
Business
Headquarters Move From Houston To Denver Part Of A Pattern for BP’s Onshore Business
Posted on · BP America’s onshore production has shifted its focus away from Texas.
Houston Matters
The Environmental Effects of Deepwater Horizon Six Years Later
Posted on · It’s been six years since the Deepwater Horizon disaster. Eleven crewmen were killed on the offshore oil rig, about 50 miles off the coast of Louisiana. That deadly incident was just the start of what became an all-out environmental catastrophe, as millions of barrels of crude oil spilled onto beaches and wetlands from here in Texas […]
Business
Oil Industry Giants Report Losses, Layoffs And Lower Profits
Posted on · Low prices keep leading to more more bad news for the oil sector.
Energy & Environment
Crude Oil Prices Plunge To Lowest Level Since 2003
Posted on · The drop came as BP announced plans to cut another 4,000 exploration and production jobs by 2017.
Business
BP Announces 4,000 More Job Cuts As Oil Prices Plunge
Posted on · The British company employs nearly 6,000 people in Greater Houston.
Energy & Environment
State Lays Out Broad Plans To Fix The Gulf After The BP Spill
Posted on · The public hearing will lay out the goals to get the Gulf Coast back to what it looked like before the Deepwater Horizon disaster in 2010.
News
Gulf Coast States Announce Civil Settlement With BP
Posted on · A deal announced today resolves all civil claims against BP arising from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon explosion and oil spill.
Energy & Environment
Officials Release Latest Plans For Gulf Coast Restoration
Posted on · Five years after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill devastated areas along the Gulf of Mexico, federal and state officials have released the latest plans for environmental restoration.