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(Bloomberg) — Royal Dutch Shell Plc’s decision to abandon oil drilling in Alaska’s Arctic waters this year underscores the risks of working

TOKYO — The Japanese government has watched largely helplessly as protesters in China in recent days have damaged Japanese property and products.

General Electric Co. (GE) and Brazilian energy company Petroleo Brasileiro (PBR, PETR4.BR) have signed the world’s largest subsea wellhead production

(Bloomberg) — The European Union will present in the coming months a proposal to curb emissions from ships in the absence of an international solution, a

There were a number of factors that contributed to today’s decision by Shell to pull the plug on finding oil in the Arctic waters of the Chukchi and

WASHINGTON–A months-long saga wrapped up Monday as Royal Dutch Shell PLC (RDSA.LN, RDSA) said it would not be able to drill for oil in the Arctic Ocean

Editor’s Note: The following is a briefing on the keynote address given by International Maritime Organization Secretary-General Koji Sekimizu at last

(Bloomberg) — The power of hurricanes to drive up oil prices is diminishing as the proportion of U.S. crude coming from the Gulf of Mexico falls to a

With more than 200 million registered gross tons, Nippon Kaiji Kyokai, perhaps better known as ClassNK, is the world’s largest classification society and

Piracy Incidents By Region: SEP 5 – 12 WEST AFRICA NIGERIA: Oil tanker fired upon while underway on 9 September at 06: 09 N – 002: 53 E,

LONDON–Up to 4 million barrels of North Sea Forties crude oil, the main component of global pricing benchmark Brent, are set to leave the region for

HOUSTON–A Brazilian appeals court has denied a request by the national oil regulator to suspend an injunction barring Transocean Ltd. (RIG) and Chevron

(Bloomberg) — BP Plc’s proposed $7.8 billion partial settlement of 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil-spill claims shouldn’t be approved because last

BP PLC (BP, BP.LN) reached a deal to sell some of its Gulf of Mexico offshore oil fields to Plains Exploration & Production Co. (PXP) for $5.55 billion, as

After a six-year wait and clearing countless hurdles, Royal Dutch Shell PLC’s (RDSA.LN, RDSA) U.S. unit said it began drilling in Alaska’s Chukchi

Brazilian state-owned oil company Petroleo Brasileiro SA, or Petrobras, is seeking a joint-venture partner to invest as much as $4 billion into the

The biennial SMM-Hamburg conference, known as one of the maritime industry’s leading trade fairs and considered by many a “must attend”

It has been said that the technology used to drill ultra-deepwater oil and gas wells rivals that of NASA.  Sometimes those comparisons are more literal than

RIO DE JANEIRO–A federal court in Brazil will allow one of the executives charged in a criminal lawsuit related to a November spill at an offshore

While Venezuelan officials maintain that a recent major fire at the country’s largest refinery last month hasn’t hurt its oil business, the