Shetland oil drilling contract agreed
Oil giant BP has announced a multimillion-pound contract with a specialist offshore engineering firm for the second phase of a massive project off the Shetland Islands.

Huge oil drilling contract agreed
Oil giant BP has announced a multimillion-pound contract with a specialist offshore engineering firm for the second phase of a massive project off the Shetland Islands.

FTTN Explores the Next Frontier in U.S. Oil Drilling
As First Titan Corp. works to increase its domestic oil and gas assets, the company?s next drilling lease acquisition could come from offshore.

Drilling opposition takes right turn
A long-term ?jobs bill? funded by oil drilling: A conservative dream? Maybe not.

Drilling opposition takes right turn
A long-term ?jobs bill? funded by oil drilling: A conservative dream? Maybe not.

US House Republicans Move To Expand Oil Drilling
WASHINGTON – House Republicans are pushing a plan to allow oil drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and several other areas currently considered off-limits to energy production, stapling the measures to a massive transportation bill expected to move through the House.

FTTN Explores the Next Frontier in U.S. Oil Drilling
As First Titan Corp. works to increase its domestic oil and gas assets, the company?s next drilling lease acquisition could come from offshore.

Obama Jobs Panel Urges Broadened Tax Base, More Oil Drilling
The U.S. must broaden its tax base and lower rates, extract more coal, oil and natural gas, and boost government research and development to revive the economy and stay competitive, according to recommendations of President Barack Obama?s jobs council.

The Oil Off Cuba: Washington and Havana Dance at Arms Length Over Spill Preve…
On Christmas Eve, a massive, Chinese-made maritime oil rig, the Scarabeo 9, arrived at Trinidad and Tobago for inspection. The Spanish oil company Repsol YPF, which keeps regional headquarters in Trinidad, ferried it to the Caribbean to perform deep-ocean drilling off Cuba — whose communist government believes as much as 20 billion barrels of crude may lie near the island's northwest coast. But …

Obama Jobs Panel Urges Broadened Tax Base, More Oil Drilling
The U.S. must broaden its tax base and lower rates, extract more coal, oil and natural gas, and boost government research and development to revive the economy and stay competitive, according to recommendations of President Barack Obama?s jobs council.

La. oil officials dissatisfied with Obama speech
A day after President Barack Obama's State of the Union speech, petroleum industry representatives called Wednesday for a more-aggressive energy development policy, saying the United States could take care of more of its petroleum needs while cutting dependence on unstable foreign oil supplies.

Obama Jobs Panel Urges Broadened Tax Base, More Oil Drilling
The U.S. must broaden its tax base and lower rates, extract more coal, oil and natural gas, and boost government research and development to revive the economy and stay competitive, according to recommendations of President Barack Obama?s jobs council.

Obama jobs panel pushes tax reform, domestic drilling
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama's jobs council called on Tuesday for a corporate tax overhaul, expanded domestic drilling and new regulatory reforms, a set of proposals unlikely to provide a quick fix for high unemployment or gain much traction in an election year. A panel of top U.S. business leaders advising Obama – whose re-election chances could hinge on whether he can boost …

Obama advisers push oil pipelines for jobs
President Obama's jobs council endorsed a wide range of pro-growth proposals Tuesday that includes building oil pipelines and expanding drilling in the U.S., steps that House Republicans promptly noted are being blocked by Senate Democrats. "The Road Map to Renewal" submitted to Mr. Obama by his team of industry leaders …

Obama jobs panel pushes tax reform, US drilling
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama's jobs council called on Tuesday for a corporate tax overhaul, expanded domestic drilling and new regulatory reforms, a set of proposals unlikely to provide a quick fix for high unemployment or gain much traction in an election year. A panel of top U.S. business leaders advising Obama – whose re-election chances could hinge on whether he can boost …

Obama’s Jobs Council Calls for Tax Reform
President Obama's jobs council proposed a corporate tax overhaul, expanded domestic drilling, and regulatory reforms to boost job creation.

Obama jobs panel pushes tax reform, US drilling
Obama's jobs council is calling for a corporate tax overhaul, a set of proposals unlikely to provide a quick fix for high unemployment.

Oil-Drilling Wastewater Seen Causing Earthquake
Thousands of gallons of brine were injected daily into a Youngstown, Ohio, well that opened in 2010. It might take a year for the wastewater-related rumblings in the earth to dissipate, an expert says.

Oil-Drilling Wastewater Seen Causing Earthquake
Thousands of gallons of brine were injected daily into a Youngstown, Ohio, well that opened in 2010. It might take a year for the wastewater-related rumblings in the earth to dissipate, an expert says.

Oil jobs: 300 apply to Chesapeake; fair next week in New Philly
JACKSON TWP. ? An estimated 300 people wandered into the lobby of the Holiday Inn North Canton on Thursday, and 80 walked out with job offers.