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Chevron was fined nearly $1 million by the state on Wednesday in connection with a fire last year at the company's San Francisco Bay area refinery that sent a cloud of gas and black smoke over residential ...

JUNEAU, Alaska - Princess Cruise Lines has agreed to pay $20,000 for alleged discharge of pool water in Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve.

Macquarie Equities Research downgraded Exxon Mobil because it doesn't believe shares have much more room to move to the upside. Shares are nearing an all-time high after rising 6 percent over the past ...

When IKEA plugged in its 4,368-panel, 1,057 kW solar energy system this week at its store in Sunrise, Fla., it became the owner of the largest solar installation in the southern part of the state and also the state's largest non-utility solar owner. Here are the details.

Chevron Corp. is expected to post higher net income for the fourth quarter on increased production of oil and gas, when it reports results for the quarter and all of 2012 before the stock market opens ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency is moving to ban the sale of a dozen rat and mouse poisons sold under the popular D-Con brand in an effort to protect children and pets.

The up-and-down pattern of gas prices is on the upswing again in West Virginia.The Triple A's weekly Fuel Gauge report on statewide pump prices finds that the price of a gallon of gas went up 8 cents this ...

ARBIL, Iraq (Reuters) - Behind the closed doors of their offices in the United States, top executives and lawyers for Exxon Mobil are poring over two sets of contracts, weighing a decision that could shift the balance of power in Iraq. Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki last week hastily convened a meeting with Exxon's chief executive Rex Tillerson in a bid to woo back the U.S. major, which had seemed intent on pulling out of the $50 billion West Qurna 1 oilfield in the south, in an area under Baghdad's control. ...

Chevron U.S.A. has paid approximately $10 million in claims to compensate area hospitals, affected community members and local government agencies since its August fire at a refinery in Richmond, Calif., according to an update by the company released this week.

A state utility regulator who helped nix plans for a proposed Ohio solar farm and has used questioned global warming and alternative energy has ties to an influential conservative group behind model legislation ...

Chevron Corp. has paid about $10 million and has begun what's being termed "corrective actions" after a fire last summer at its Richmond refinery, company officials said.In a report filed with ...

NEW YORK/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A former Ecuadorean judge has claimed that after stepping down from the bench, he illegally ghostwrote a judgment in which Chevron was ordered to pay $18.2 billion (11.5 billion pounds) for polluting the rain forest, and that the plaintiffs paid a $500,000 bribe to the judge who issued the ruling. Alberto Guerra, who presided over the case from 2003 to 2004, made the allegations in a sworn statement filed by Chevron on Monday in support of a lawsuit in Manhattan federal district court accusing the Ecuadorean plaintiffs and their lawyers of fraud. ...

(Reuters) - Hess Corp on Monday announced plans to sell its oil storage terminal network and exit the oil refining business, after activist hedge fund Elliott Associates said it was considering nominating directors to the Hess board. Hess' decision to become predominantly an exploration and production company is similar to the strategy employed by others such as ConocoPhillips and Marathon Oil , which spun off their refining operations in recent years. "Hess is now facing some activist shareholder interest. ...

(Reuters) - Hess Corp on Monday announced plans to sell its oil storage terminal network and exit the oil refining business, after activist hedge fund Elliott Associates said it was considering nominating directors to the Hess board. Hess' decision to become predominantly an exploration and production company is similar to the strategy employed by others such as ConocoPhillips and Marathon Oil , which spun off their refining operations in recent years. "Hess is now facing some activist shareholder interest. ...

(Reuters) - Chevron Corp has paid $10 million in claims stemming from the August 6 crude unit fire at its 245,000-barrels-per-day refinery in Richmond, California, the company said. So far, 23,900 claims have been made due to the blaze that sent a smoke column over San Francisco Bay, according to a letter Chevron sent on Monday to the Contra Costa County Hazardous Materials Program, a local health department. At least 15,000 people complaining of respiratory problems went to area hospitals in the hours and days after the fire broke out. ...

Gasoline prices are inching back up in Rhode Island.AAA Southern New England reported Monday that the average price of a gallon of regular gas is $3.54, up three cents from last week.That's three cents ...

The cost of a gallon of gas in Maine has jumped nearly three cents in the past week.Price-monitoring website MaineGasPrices.com reports Monday that the average retail cost of a gallon of gas rose to $3.55. ...

Gas prices have risen a bit in New Hampshire over the past week.The average retail price for a gallon of gas averaged $3.44 on Sunday, up 4.2 cents from the past week.The national average also has increased ...