Oil producers unite to lobby for crude exports
Fourteen of the nation's largest independent oil companies are banding together to lobby for the right to export crude around the world. It's a sign the industry is revving up for a big, coordinated...
View ArticleFeds set ground rules for ConocoPhillips project in Alaska
ConocoPhillips' plans for the first oil production facilities from federal lands in Alaska moved one step closer to reality on Wednesday, as the Interior Department released a critical environmental...
View ArticleConocoPhillips CEO: Crude exports vote not ripe yet
Ryan Lance said the issue isn't "quite ready yet" for a vote, despite intense lobbying by oil producers who favor lifting the 40-year-old ban on most crude exports.
View ArticleRyan Lance at CERAWeek: Production cuts now could lead to big price swings later
Oil prices may rebound, but volatility is here to stay, ConocoPhillips CEO Ryan Lance predicted Monday.
View ArticleObama knows crude export ban is “bad economics,” North Dakota senator says
Sen. Heidi Heitkamp, D-N.D., suggested that momentum is building on Capitol Hill and within the Obama administration for liberalizing the longstanding ban on U.S. crude exports.
View ArticleObama administration closes off two avenues for new Arctic drilling
The Interior Department announced it was canceling government auctions of drilling rights in the Chukchi and Beaufort seas, previously scheduled for 2016 and 2017 respectively. At the same time, it...
View ArticleConocoPhillips wins drilling permit for project in Alaska’s petroleum reserve
The company first applied to produce oil from its Greater Mooses Tooth site in Alaska 13 years ago.
View ArticleObama says parts of climate deal must be legally binding
Obama has spent months prodding other countries to make ambitious carbon-cutting pledges to the agreement.
View ArticleUnder fire from green groups, Exxon Mobil declares support for Paris climate...
As the United Nations negotiations moved into a third day, the world’s biggest oil explorer said in an blog post that it supports “meaningful action to address the risks of climate change” as long as...
View ArticleSleepless, tense climate negotiators haggle over Paris deal
Climate negotiations continued until about 5 a.m. Thursday before resuming midmorning, and a new draft accord is expected to be released sometime during the day, a French diplomat said.
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