By Hallie Golden And Juan A. Lozano HOUSTON (AP) — An oil refinery fire near the Texas coast was put out Tuesday and a shelter-in-place order was lifted following air-quality testing, hours after a large explosion at the complex shot plumes of smoke into the air,...
By Kirsten Grieshaber And Samuel Petrequin BERLIN (AP) — Germany and Austria say they are releasing parts of their oil reserves following an International Energy Agency request for its members to release 400 million barrels to help temper energy...
By Regina Garcia Cano in Caracas CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela’s acting President Delcy RodrÃguez on Thursday signed a law that will open the nation’s oil sector to privatization, reversing a tenet of the self-proclaimed socialist movement that has...
By Michelle L. Price in Washington WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order that would impose a tariff on any goods from countries that sell or provide oil to Cuba, a move that puts pressure on Mexico. Mexican...
By Konstantin Toropin, Josh Boak, Jill Lawless And Michael Biesecker in Washington WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s administration on Wednesday sought to assert its control over Venezuelan oil, seizing a pair of sanctioned tankers transporting...
