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Oil Spill within the Gulf of Mexico: What We Know

Divers searching for the origin of a substantial oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico — one of several spotted off Louisiana’s coast after Hurricane Ida — have discovered three damaged pipelines near the leak, though murky conditions on the…

Biden Administration Backs Oil Sands Pipeline Challenge

The Biden government has defended a controversial pipeline project that would transport hundreds of thousands of barrels of oil through Minnesota's tricky watersheds, and in a court paper called for a challenge from local tribes and…

Venezuela Releases 6 U.S. Oil Executives to Home Arrest

HOUSTON - The Venezuelan government released a group of American refinery managers from prison and under house arrest in Caracas on Friday, a possible sign that President Nicolás Maduro is looking to improve relations with the Biden…