Less than a month ago, Barack Obama told us he wants to open 167 million acres of America’s continental shelf to oil drilling.
At the time, he promised the nation that we have the technology to do this in a safe, clean and environmentally sound manner.
Now, before the “April Fool” window has closed, we know 5,000 [...]

In BP’s magazine last year a senior company executive bragged that the company was focussed on “operational excellence” and “silent running”.
“Silent Running” was a new concept within the global oil giant.  The final years of Lord Browne’s reign were plagued by the Texas fire in 2005 when 15 people died and by a notorious pollution [...]

So the most iconic oilman of his generation, Lord Browne, has finally published his memoirs of his time at BP in a book called “beyond business”.
Whilst most of the reviews so far concentrate on him being gay and his fall from grace, we also get glimpses of the power of oil and what it was [...]

What were you doing three weeks ago?
Nothing personal, but can you remember what you were doing on the 21st August?
Hold that date in your head. Ever since the 21st August oil, has been leaking from the offshore Montara oil platform in the Timor Sea off Western Australia. After a blow-out occurred the rig was evacuated [...]

One of the world’s largest oil companies will admit in court today that Britain’s biggest peacetime explosion was the result of negligence, according to the Times newspaper.
In a statement to the newspaper, Total UK confirmed that it had advised claimants against it and Hertfordshire Oil Storage Limited (HOSL), a joint venture with Chevron, that the [...]