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Hurricane Ida

Gas Prices Unlikely To Skyrocket As Oil Companies Assess Hurricane Ida Damage

Posted on August 31, 2021 · The massive storm hit near the heart of Gulf oil production and refining, which will affect prices for a few weeks. But nobody expects the kind of price spike the U.S. saw after Hurricane Katrina.

Houston Matters

What’s The Future Of Offshore Drilling?

Posted on April 10, 2018 · The Trump administration is pushing to expand drilling in federal waters, but how interested are oil companies?

The sign at the entrance to Halliburton's North Belt Campus

Business

Halliburton To Cut Another 5,000 Jobs Amid Oil Slump

Posted on February 25, 2016 · Company spokeswoman Emily Mir said Thursday that the latest cuts amount to 8 percent of the Houston-based company's global workforce.

Weather

Chance for rain each day, all week in Houston area

Posted on June 27, 2022 · The cooler temperatures and rainfall expected are a result of a low-pressure weather system approaching from the Gulf of Mexico.

Energy & Environment

Surging gasoline prices bring back memories of past energy wars

Posted on March 14, 2022 · American gas stations displaying high prices this summer and fall will matter more than all the campaign billboards put together in affecting the November midterm elections.

Energy & Environment

A federal judge canceled major oil and gas leases over climate change

Posted on January 28, 2022 · The ruling revokes leases sold in the Gulf of Mexico, in the largest oil and gas lease sale in U.S. history. It says the Interior Department failed to consider the greenhouse gases it would produce.

Energy & Environment

The Biden administration sold oil and gas leases days after the climate summit

Posted on November 18, 2021 · The Biden administration oversaw one of the largest oil and gas lease sales in American history just days after pledging to take action on climate change at the international climate summit.

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Hurricane Ida

Gas Prices Unlikely To Skyrocket As Oil Companies Assess Hurricane Ida Damage

Houston Matters

What’s The Future Of Offshore Drilling?

Business

Halliburton To Cut Another 5,000 Jobs Amid Oil Slump

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