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http://news.yahoo.com/energy/ Get the latest Energy news headlines from Yahoo! News. Find breaking Energy news, including analysis and opinion on top Energy stories, photos and more.en-USCopyright (c) 2012 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reservedSat, 01 Sep 2012 11:45:16 -04005http://news.yahoo.com/energy/ http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142c.gifHOUSTON (Reuters) - Exxon Mobil Corp's joint-venture 192,500 barrel per day (bpd) Chalmette, Louisiana, refinery began restarting on Friday after being shut due to the threat of Hurricane Isaac, according to a notice the refinery filed with federal pollution regulators. "The facility is starting up after being shut down for the hurricane," according to the notice filed with the U.S. National Response Center. The Chalmette refinery, located on the east side of New Orleans, is a 50-50 joint venture between Exxon and Venezuela's national oil company Petroleos de Venezuela SA. ...http://news.yahoo.com/exxon-jv-chalmette-la-refinery-restarting-isaac-filing-154516292.htmlSat, 01 Sep 2012 11:45:16 -0400Reutersexxon-jv-chalmette-la-refinery-restarting-isaac-filing-154516292Oil companies are beginning to return workers to drilling rigs and production platforms in the Gulf of Mexico.http://news.yahoo.com/oil-companies-returning-offshore-sites-gulf-153629276--finance.htmlSat, 01 Sep 2012 11:37:08 -0400Associated Pressoil-companies-returning-offshore-sites-gulf-153629276--financeRoyal Dutch Shell PLC has received permission to operate its drill ship in the Chukchi Sea under a temporary revision to its air permit, clearing another hurdle in its quest to drill exploratory oil wells in the Arctic Ocean this year.http://news.yahoo.com/apnewsbreak-epa-oks-shell-oil-drill-ship-194316715.htmlFri, 31 Aug 2012 15:43:25 -0400Associated Pressapnewsbreak-epa-oks-shell-oil-drill-ship-194316715Royal Dutch Shell has received permission to operate its drill ship in the Chukchi Sea under a temporary revision to its air permit, clearing another hurdle in its quest to drill exploratory wells in the Arctic Ocean this year.http://news.yahoo.com/ap-newsbreak-epa-issues-shell-air-permit-order-180215988.htmlFri, 31 Aug 2012 14:14:01 -0400Associated Pressap-newsbreak-epa-issues-shell-air-permit-order-180215988Both President Obama and Mitt Romney claim to want to expand America?s access to conventional fuels and green energy. But their energy plans have very different flavors.http://news.yahoo.com/obama-vs-romney-101-7-ways-differ-energy-165630258.htmlFri, 31 Aug 2012 12:56:30 -0400Christian Science Monitorobama-vs-romney-101-7-ways-differ-energy-165630258Solar panel maker Suntech Power Holdings Co. Ltd. on Friday became the latest Chinese solar energy producer to lower its shipment forecast.http://news.yahoo.com/suntech-cuts-shipment-forecast-solar-struggles-132708044--finance.htmlFri, 31 Aug 2012 09:27:08 -0400Associated Presssuntech-cuts-shipment-forecast-solar-struggles-132708044--finance<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/obama-order-targets-industrial-efficiency-emissions-080441243.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/wFZVKDtOdhGpj7px9Rn0xQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-08-31T080441Z_1_CBRE87U0MGB00_RTROPTP_2_USA-CAMPAIGN.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="President Obama returns to the White House" align="left" title="President Obama returns to the White House" border="0" /></a>WASHINGTON, Aug 31 (Reuters Point Carbon) - President Barack Obama issued an executive order on Thursday that would increase the number of cogeneration plants in the U.S. by 50 percent by 2020, a move that would boost U.S. industrial energy efficiency and slash carbon emissions by 150 million tons per year. The order is the administration&#039;s latest effort to deploy cleaner and more efficient energy production in the country by working around political resistance to climate change and &quot;green&quot; energy legislation on Capitol Hill. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/obama-order-targets-industrial-efficiency-emissions-080441243.htmlFri, 31 Aug 2012 04:04:41 -0400Reutersobama-order-targets-industrial-efficiency-emissions-080441243<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/obama-order-targets-industrial-efficiency-emissions-080441243.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/wFZVKDtOdhGpj7px9Rn0xQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-08-31T080441Z_1_CBRE87U0MGB00_RTROPTP_2_USA-CAMPAIGN.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="President Obama returns to the White House" align="left" title="President Obama returns to the White House" border="0" /></a>WASHINGTON, Aug 31 (Reuters Point Carbon) - President Barack Obama issued an executive order on Thursday that would increase the number of cogeneration plants in the U.S. by 50 percent by 2020, a move that would boost U.S. industrial energy efficiency and slash carbon emissions by 150 million tons per year. The order is the administration&#039;s latest effort to deploy cleaner and more efficient energy production in the country by working around political resistance to climate change and &quot;green&quot; energy legislation on Capitol Hill. ...</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/oil-companies-recover-isaac-one-refinery-flooded-170407460.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/SUP3fUqzGSIEX6RKI6IEyg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-08-30T185426Z_1_CBRE87T1GIS00_RTROPTP_2_STORM-ISAAC.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Four storms in the tropical Atlantic and Pacific are in various stages of development as seen in this NOAA handout photo" align="left" title="Four storms in the tropical Atlantic and Pacific are in various stages of development as seen in this NOAA handout photo" border="0" /></a>HOUSTON (Reuters) - Most oil and gas companies in the U.S. Gulf Coast region on Thursday prepared to gradually restart installations there following Hurricane Isaac, while one refinery reported flooding and scrambled to prevent further damage. Isaac, now a much weaker tropical depression moving north, posed no further threat to most energy infrastructure. Phillips 66 said its 247,000 barrel per day (bpd) Alliance refinery in Belle Chasse, Louisiana, had been partially flooded. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/oil-companies-recover-isaac-one-refinery-flooded-170407460.htmlThu, 30 Aug 2012 18:24:06 -0400Reutersoil-companies-recover-isaac-one-refinery-flooded-170407460<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/oil-companies-recover-isaac-one-refinery-flooded-170407460.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/SUP3fUqzGSIEX6RKI6IEyg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-08-30T185426Z_1_CBRE87T1GIS00_RTROPTP_2_STORM-ISAAC.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Four storms in the tropical Atlantic and Pacific are in various stages of development as seen in this NOAA handout photo" align="left" title="Four storms in the tropical Atlantic and Pacific are in various stages of development as seen in this NOAA handout photo" border="0" /></a>HOUSTON (Reuters) - Most oil and gas companies in the U.S. Gulf Coast region on Thursday prepared to gradually restart installations there following Hurricane Isaac, while one refinery reported flooding and scrambled to prevent further damage. Isaac, now a much weaker tropical depression moving north, posed no further threat to most energy infrastructure. Phillips 66 said its 247,000 barrel per day (bpd) Alliance refinery in Belle Chasse, Louisiana, had been partially flooded. ...</p><br clear="all"/>The latest Daily Fuel Gauge Report shows an average price of mid-octane fuel of $3.97 per gallon. Things aren't looking good for the 16-wheelers, either, with diesel at $4.08 per gallon. The problem, we are told, is not an insufficient supply of crude, but bottlenecks at the refineries. Projects like the Keystone XL Pipeline would have helped, but oil companies are turning to old-fashioned methods in bringing crude to the refineries on the east, west, and southern coasts.http://news.yahoo.com/factbox-freight-cars-ride-rescue-oil-companies-183600946--finance.htmlThu, 30 Aug 2012 14:36:00 -0400Yahoo! Contributor Networkfactbox-freight-cars-ride-rescue-oil-companies-183600946--financeState regulators on Wednesday approved construction of a wind energy project and a natural gas processing plant in western North Dakota that will represent about $360 million worth of new construction.http://news.yahoo.com/nd-regulators-approve-wind-farm-natural-gas-plant-143852177--finance.htmlThu, 30 Aug 2012 10:38:52 -0400Associated Pressnd-regulators-approve-wind-farm-natural-gas-plant-143852177--financeLONDON (Reuters) - Wind power in Britain is predictable enough that the grid can rely on it to help keep the lights on, despite spells of cold, calm weather, while it cuts carbon emissions significantly, the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) said. Critics have said wind power cannot be relied upon at times that demand is the greatest, cannot be stored and does not cut enough carbon to make large investments worthwhile. ...http://news.yahoo.com/wind-power-predictable-enough-help-keep-lights-ippr-112215277.htmlThu, 30 Aug 2012 07:31:58 -0400Reuterswind-power-predictable-enough-help-keep-lights-ippr-112215277LONDON (Reuters) - British wholesale gas prices rose on Thursday morning as an unplanned outage at the St Fergus gas terminal reduced North Sea gas supplies, leaving the system undersupplied. The unplanned outage at the St Fergus terminal would lead to a production loss of 11.5 million cubic metres (mcm) per day and was expected to last for five days, operator Total said. Gas prices for delivery on Friday were trading around 56.30 pence per therm at 0750 GMT on Thursday, up half a pence from the previous morning, and within-day delivery gas prices were also up about 0.5 pence to 56. ...http://news.yahoo.com/gas-prices-rise-st-fergus-outage-085101611.htmlThu, 30 Aug 2012 04:51:01 -0400Reutersgas-prices-rise-st-fergus-outage-085101611HOUSTON (Reuters) - Chevron Corp, the second-largest oil producer in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico, said on Wednesday that all production at its four platforms was shut down and its Mississippi refinery was operating after Hurricane Isaac came ashore Tuesday evening. Chevron did not specify whether its 330,000-barrel-per-day refinery in Pascagoula, Mississippi, was operating at reduced rates. However, the U.S. Department of Energy said on Wednesday that the refinery was running at reduced rates. The company operates four oil and gas platforms in the Gulf. ...http://news.yahoo.com/chevron-says-u-gulf-production-shut-isaac-025715345--finance.htmlWed, 29 Aug 2012 22:57:15 -0400Reuterschevron-says-u-gulf-production-shut-isaac-025715345--finance<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/hurricane-isaac-makes-landfall-louisiana-000237979.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/XI2LGwS6H96e01l_687bMQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-08-29T193144Z_3_CBRE87S1FJW00_RTROPTP_2_CNEWS-US-STORM-ISAAC.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="A resident of Plaquemines Parish who was rescued from his flooded home sits in the back of a pickup truck during Hurricane Isaac in Braithwaite" align="left" title="A resident of Plaquemines Parish who was rescued from his flooded home sits in the back of a pickup truck during Hurricane Isaac in Braithwaite" border="0" /></a>NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - Hurricane Isaac dumped heavy rains on the U.S. Gulf Coast and caused widespread flooding on Wednesday, but elaborate defenses built to protect New Orleans after the 2005 Hurricane Katrina disaster withstood the onslaught, officials said. The massive cyclone, which weakened to a tropical storm on Wednesday afternoon as it moved slowly into Louisiana, pushed water over a levy on the outskirts of New Orleans and threatened to flood oil refineries and towns in the state and neighboring Mississippi. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/hurricane-isaac-makes-landfall-louisiana-000237979.htmlWed, 29 Aug 2012 18:20:54 -0400Reutershurricane-isaac-makes-landfall-louisiana-000237979<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/hurricane-isaac-makes-landfall-louisiana-000237979.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/XI2LGwS6H96e01l_687bMQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-08-29T193144Z_3_CBRE87S1FJW00_RTROPTP_2_CNEWS-US-STORM-ISAAC.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="A resident of Plaquemines Parish who was rescued from his flooded home sits in the back of a pickup truck during Hurricane Isaac in Braithwaite" align="left" title="A resident of Plaquemines Parish who was rescued from his flooded home sits in the back of a pickup truck during Hurricane Isaac in Braithwaite" border="0" /></a>NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - Hurricane Isaac dumped heavy rains on the U.S. Gulf Coast and caused widespread flooding on Wednesday, but elaborate defenses built to protect New Orleans after the 2005 Hurricane Katrina disaster withstood the onslaught, officials said. The massive cyclone, which weakened to a tropical storm on Wednesday afternoon as it moved slowly into Louisiana, pushed water over a levy on the outskirts of New Orleans and threatened to flood oil refineries and towns in the state and neighboring Mississippi. ...</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/isaac-brings-higher-gas-prices-south-north-210724347--finance.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/zPf4eu84pzcKo2sy7ccuag--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/a65551765bf7ad18190f6a70670026d4.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="A man fills his gas tank at a gas station Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2012, in South Euclid, Ohio. Drivers are facing the biggest one-day jump in gasoline prices in 18 months as Hurricane Isaac swamps the nation?s oil and gas hub along the Gulf Coast. Some states in the Midwest suffered even more dramatic spikes. Ohio prices jumped 14 cents, Indiana prices jumped 13 cents and Illinois prices jumped 10 cents according to the Oil Price Information Service. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak)" align="left" title="A man fills his gas tank at a gas station Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2012, in South Euclid, Ohio. Drivers are facing the biggest one-day jump in gasoline prices in 18 months as Hurricane Isaac swamps the nation?s oil and gas hub along the Gulf Coast. Some states in the Midwest suffered even more dramatic spikes. Ohio prices jumped 14 cents, Indiana prices jumped 13 cents and Illinois prices jumped 10 cents according to the Oil Price Information Service. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak)" border="0" /></a>Drivers are being hit with the biggest one-day jump in gasoline prices in 18 months just as the last heavy driving weekend of the summer approaches.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/isaac-brings-higher-gas-prices-south-north-210724347--finance.htmlWed, 29 Aug 2012 17:54:23 -0400Associated Pressisaac-brings-higher-gas-prices-south-north-210724347--finance<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/isaac-brings-higher-gas-prices-south-north-210724347--finance.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/zPf4eu84pzcKo2sy7ccuag--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/a65551765bf7ad18190f6a70670026d4.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="A man fills his gas tank at a gas station Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2012, in South Euclid, Ohio. Drivers are facing the biggest one-day jump in gasoline prices in 18 months as Hurricane Isaac swamps the nation?s oil and gas hub along the Gulf Coast. Some states in the Midwest suffered even more dramatic spikes. Ohio prices jumped 14 cents, Indiana prices jumped 13 cents and Illinois prices jumped 10 cents according to the Oil Price Information Service. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak)" align="left" title="A man fills his gas tank at a gas station Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2012, in South Euclid, Ohio. Drivers are facing the biggest one-day jump in gasoline prices in 18 months as Hurricane Isaac swamps the nation?s oil and gas hub along the Gulf Coast. Some states in the Midwest suffered even more dramatic spikes. Ohio prices jumped 14 cents, Indiana prices jumped 13 cents and Illinois prices jumped 10 cents according to the Oil Price Information Service. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak)" border="0" /></a>Drivers are being hit with the biggest one-day jump in gasoline prices in 18 months just as the last heavy driving weekend of the summer approaches.</p><br clear="all"/>An Idaho alternative energy fight is sending out international shockwaves, with a Greek company saying utilities' demands to skirt their obligations to buy power from wind farms are a threat to its business.http://news.yahoo.com/idaho-energy-tussle-makes-international-ripples-215332110--finance.htmlWed, 29 Aug 2012 17:53:32 -0400Associated Pressidaho-energy-tussle-makes-international-ripples-215332110--financeYingli Green Energy Holding Co. Ltd. posted a loss in the second quarter as the Chinese solar industry's price war took a toll on one of its founding members.http://news.yahoo.com/yingli-green-posts-2q-loss-cuts-shipment-outlook-163500295--finance.htmlWed, 29 Aug 2012 12:35:00 -0400Associated Pressyingli-green-posts-2q-loss-cuts-shipment-outlook-163500295--financeNorth Dakota regulators have approved a new $200 million wind energy project in western North Dakota.http://news.yahoo.com/nd-regulators-approve-200m-wind-energy-project-163202407--finance.htmlWed, 29 Aug 2012 12:32:02 -0400Associated Pressnd-regulators-approve-200m-wind-energy-project-163202407--financeThe Obama administration is waiving clean gas requirements in Louisiana to make sure residents have enough supplies as Hurricane Isaac makes its way through the state.http://news.yahoo.com/epa-grants-louisiana-10-day-clean-gas-waiver-161825451--finance.htmlWed, 29 Aug 2012 12:18:25 -0400Associated Pressepa-grants-louisiana-10-day-clean-gas-waiver-161825451--financeAAA Carolinas reports Hurricane Isaac has caused the sharpest overnight spike in gas prices in the Carolinas since Hurricane Katrina seven years ago.http://news.yahoo.com/carolinas-gas-prices-sharply-because-isaac-154628502--finance.htmlWed, 29 Aug 2012 12:16:46 -0400Associated Presscarolinas-gas-prices-sharply-because-isaac-154628502--financeAAA Michigan says gasoline prices jumped 12 cents during the past day to a statewide average of about $4.05 per gallon as Hurricane Isaac made landfall.http://news.yahoo.com/aaa-mich-gas-prices-jump-12-cents-past-154558593--finance.htmlWed, 29 Aug 2012 11:45:58 -0400Associated Pressaaa-mich-gas-prices-jump-12-cents-past-154558593--finance<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/brazil-judges-uphold-chevron-transocean-operating-ban-185331546--finance.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/hULlAcXze_GkmgHDyLNGdg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-08-28T191323Z_1_CBRE87R1HED00_RTROPTP_2_CHEVRON-BRAZIL.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="An aerial view is seen of oil that seeped off the coast of Rio de Janeiro, caused by a well drilled by Chevron at Frade, on the water in Campos Basin in Rio de Janeiro state" align="left" title="An aerial view is seen of oil that seeped off the coast of Rio de Janeiro, caused by a well drilled by Chevron at Frade, on the water in Campos Basin in Rio de Janeiro state" border="0" /></a>RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - An injunction banning No. 2 U.S. oil company Chevron Corp and its drilling contractor Transocean Ltd from operating in Brazil was upheld by a panel of three Brazilian federal judges on Tuesday while charges over a November oil spill are being considered. The judges voted 3-0 to reject arguments by Chevron, Transocean and Brazilian oil regulator ANP that the ANP not the courts has the statutory right to decide who operates in Brazil&#039;s oil industry. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/brazil-judges-uphold-chevron-transocean-operating-ban-185331546--finance.htmlTue, 28 Aug 2012 19:42:27 -0400Reutersbrazil-judges-uphold-chevron-transocean-operating-ban-185331546--finance<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/brazil-judges-uphold-chevron-transocean-operating-ban-185331546--finance.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/hULlAcXze_GkmgHDyLNGdg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-08-28T191323Z_1_CBRE87R1HED00_RTROPTP_2_CHEVRON-BRAZIL.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="An aerial view is seen of oil that seeped off the coast of Rio de Janeiro, caused by a well drilled by Chevron at Frade, on the water in Campos Basin in Rio de Janeiro state" align="left" title="An aerial view is seen of oil that seeped off the coast of Rio de Janeiro, caused by a well drilled by Chevron at Frade, on the water in Campos Basin in Rio de Janeiro state" border="0" /></a>RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - An injunction banning No. 2 U.S. oil company Chevron Corp and its drilling contractor Transocean Ltd from operating in Brazil was upheld by a panel of three Brazilian federal judges on Tuesday while charges over a November oil spill are being considered. The judges voted 3-0 to reject arguments by Chevron, Transocean and Brazilian oil regulator ANP that the ANP not the courts has the statutory right to decide who operates in Brazil&#039;s oil industry. ...</p><br clear="all"/>NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday granted a partial fuel waiver to the state of Louisiana to make it easier for distributors to keep the state's supply of fuel available as it responds to Hurricane Isaac. This waiver will give Louisiana refineries in 14 parishes the latitude to utilize slightly higher Reid Vapor Pressure (RVP) fuels starting immediately until September 6, which is when the actual RVP changes for key pipelines. ...http://news.yahoo.com/epa-grants-louisiana-partial-fuel-waiver-ahead-isaac-210539390.htmlTue, 28 Aug 2012 17:05:39 -0400Reutersepa-grants-louisiana-partial-fuel-waiver-ahead-isaac-210539390According to U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), California now has the highest gas prices in the continental U.S. On Tuesday, she wrote to the chairman of the Federal Trade Commission to ask for an investigation into why that is the case. Here are the details.http://news.yahoo.com/feinstein-wants-know-why-californias-gas-prices-high-201300112.htmlTue, 28 Aug 2012 16:13:00 -0400Yahoo! Contributor Networkfeinstein-wants-know-why-californias-gas-prices-high-201300112Just before millions of Americans get ready to hit the road for a Labor Day getaway, the price of gasoline is on the rise. Blame hurricane Isaac.http://news.yahoo.com/gas-prices-spurt-gulfs-rigs-refineries-brace-hurricane-195031429.htmlTue, 28 Aug 2012 15:50:31 -0400Christian Science Monitorgas-prices-spurt-gulfs-rigs-refineries-brace-hurricane-195031429HOUSTON (Reuters) - Exxon Mobil Corp said it had shut 247 million cubic feet per day in natural gas production and 11,000 barrels per day in crude oil output in the Gulf of Mexico due to Hurricane Isaac, according to a statement the company issued on Tuesday. (Reporting by Erwin Seba; Editing by Gerald E. McCormick)http://news.yahoo.com/exxon-247-million-cubic-feet-day-natgas-output-184614838--finance.htmlTue, 28 Aug 2012 14:46:14 -0400Reutersexxon-247-million-cubic-feet-day-natgas-output-184614838--financeCalifornia Sen. Dianne Feinstein is calling for a federal investigation into gasoline price spikes that followed a fire at the Chevron Corp. oil refinery in Richmond.http://news.yahoo.com/senator-calls-fed-probe-gas-price-spike-183007743--finance.htmlTue, 28 Aug 2012 14:30:07 -0400Associated Presssenator-calls-fed-probe-gas-price-spike-183007743--financeNO LOVE AT HOME: Israel has developed some of the world's most advanced solar energy equipment and enjoys a nearly endless supply of sunshine, but when it comes to deploying large-scale solar technology at home, the country remains in the dark ages.http://news.yahoo.com/news-summary-no-love-solar-israel-174045646--finance.htmlTue, 28 Aug 2012 13:40:45 -0400Associated Pressnews-summary-no-love-solar-israel-174045646--financeThe board of the Rhode Island Economic Development Corp. has voted to guarantee a $1 million loan to a newly formed Providence-based solar energy company.http://news.yahoo.com/ri-board-oks-1m-loan-guarantee-energy-firm-150210598--finance.htmlTue, 28 Aug 2012 11:02:10 -0400Associated Pressri-board-oks-1m-loan-guarantee-energy-firm-150210598--financeNew Mexico's highest court has ruled in favor of the oil industry in a dispute over whether two companies owed the state nearly $25 million in royalties for natural gas and oil produced on state land.http://news.yahoo.com/nm-court-rules-oil-companies-dispute-145813951--finance.htmlTue, 28 Aug 2012 10:38:36 -0400Associated Pressnm-court-rules-oil-companies-dispute-145813951--finance<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/israels-solar-power-struggles-against-government-061858740.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/oi03NdhWXqKYaB0uDnHRTQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/63e684843f198718190f6a7067002386.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - In this April 26, 2009 file photo, solar dishes are seen at a solar farm, which according to the manufacturer, are revolutionary in the way they efficiently produce maximum energy using a minimal area, in Kibbutz Kvutzat Yavne, Israel. Israel has a peak solar capacity of 212 megawatts, the vast majority of which comes from rooftop installations, that accounts for less than 2 percent of the nationwide capacity according to the government-owned Israel Electric Corporation. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner, File)" align="left" title="FILE - In this April 26, 2009 file photo, solar dishes are seen at a solar farm, which according to the manufacturer, are revolutionary in the way they efficiently produce maximum energy using a minimal area, in Kibbutz Kvutzat Yavne, Israel. Israel has a peak solar capacity of 212 megawatts, the vast majority of which comes from rooftop installations, that accounts for less than 2 percent of the nationwide capacity according to the government-owned Israel Electric Corporation. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner, File)" border="0" /></a>Israel has developed some of the world&#039;s most advanced solar energy equipment and enjoys a nearly endless supply of sunshine, but when it comes to deploying large-scale solar technology at home, the country remains in the dark ages.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/israels-solar-power-struggles-against-government-061858740.htmlTue, 28 Aug 2012 03:23:36 -0400Associated Pressisraels-solar-power-struggles-against-government-061858740<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/israels-solar-power-struggles-against-government-061858740.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/oi03NdhWXqKYaB0uDnHRTQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/63e684843f198718190f6a7067002386.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - In this April 26, 2009 file photo, solar dishes are seen at a solar farm, which according to the manufacturer, are revolutionary in the way they efficiently produce maximum energy using a minimal area, in Kibbutz Kvutzat Yavne, Israel. Israel has a peak solar capacity of 212 megawatts, the vast majority of which comes from rooftop installations, that accounts for less than 2 percent of the nationwide capacity according to the government-owned Israel Electric Corporation. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner, File)" align="left" title="FILE - In this April 26, 2009 file photo, solar dishes are seen at a solar farm, which according to the manufacturer, are revolutionary in the way they efficiently produce maximum energy using a minimal area, in Kibbutz Kvutzat Yavne, Israel. Israel has a peak solar capacity of 212 megawatts, the vast majority of which comes from rooftop installations, that accounts for less than 2 percent of the nationwide capacity according to the government-owned Israel Electric Corporation. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner, File)" border="0" /></a>Israel has developed some of the world&#039;s most advanced solar energy equipment and enjoys a nearly endless supply of sunshine, but when it comes to deploying large-scale solar technology at home, the country remains in the dark ages.</p><br clear="all"/>HOUSTON (Reuters) - Energy companies evacuated offshore oil rigs and shut down U.S. Gulf Coast refineries on Monday as Tropical Storm Isaac threatened to reach hurricane strength and batter the country's oil refining belt this week. The National Hurricane Center (NHC) projected that Isaac, currently a tropical storm in the Gulf of Mexico, could strengthen markedly before making landfall in Louisiana by Wednesday, seven years after Katrina ravaged the Louisiana coast when it swept ashore as a Category 3 storm. ...http://news.yahoo.com/oil-companies-refiners-brace-louisiana-bound-isaac-003126416.htmlMon, 27 Aug 2012 23:34:27 -0400Reutersoil-companies-refiners-brace-louisiana-bound-isaac-003126416<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/venezuela-refinery-still-ablaze-blast-toll-hits-41-220351921.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/VuN8Z6C.YQRtPQm1INGylQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/afp.com/photo_1346110526499-10-0.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Firefighters try to extinguish the blaze at the Amuay oil refinery" align="left" title="Firefighters try to extinguish the blaze at the Amuay oil refinery" border="0" /></a>A devastating fire at Venezuela&#039;s main oil refinery, which has already left 48 people dead, spread Monday to a third fuel storage tank, complicating the difficult task facing firefighters.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/venezuela-refinery-still-ablaze-blast-toll-hits-41-220351921.htmlMon, 27 Aug 2012 19:35:51 -0400AFPvenezuela-refinery-still-ablaze-blast-toll-hits-41-220351921<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/venezuela-refinery-still-ablaze-blast-toll-hits-41-220351921.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/VuN8Z6C.YQRtPQm1INGylQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/afp.com/photo_1346110526499-10-0.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Firefighters try to extinguish the blaze at the Amuay oil refinery" align="left" title="Firefighters try to extinguish the blaze at the Amuay oil refinery" border="0" /></a>A devastating fire at Venezuela&#039;s main oil refinery, which has already left 48 people dead, spread Monday to a third fuel storage tank, complicating the difficult task facing firefighters.</p><br clear="all"/>Tropical Storm Isaac is heading toward the U.S. Gulf Coast, where much of the nation's gasoline, diesel, jet fuel and heating oil is produced.http://news.yahoo.com/isaac-threatens-gulf-coast-oil-refineries-200124291--finance.htmlMon, 27 Aug 2012 17:30:28 -0400Associated Pressisaac-threatens-gulf-coast-oil-refineries-200124291--finance<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/gas-prices-rise-refineries-shut-isaac-191151050--finance.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/ifevWE21fdYWAGJrf4cLTg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/c5c9617127517818190f6a70670077ed.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="In this photo taken Monday, July 2, 2012, early morning sunlight illuminates fuel storage tanks at a North Little Rock, Ark., petroleum distributorship. The price of oil fell Monday, Aug. 27, 2012, as the threat to production from Tropical Storm Isaac appeared to lessen and traders speculated about a release of oil from U.S. reserves. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston)" align="left" title="In this photo taken Monday, July 2, 2012, early morning sunlight illuminates fuel storage tanks at a North Little Rock, Ark., petroleum distributorship. The price of oil fell Monday, Aug. 27, 2012, as the threat to production from Tropical Storm Isaac appeared to lessen and traders speculated about a release of oil from U.S. reserves. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston)" border="0" /></a>Pump prices are heading higher as Tropical Storm Isaac forces several major refineries along the Gulf Coast to halt production in preparation for high winds and heavy rains.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/gas-prices-rise-refineries-shut-isaac-191151050--finance.htmlMon, 27 Aug 2012 17:19:23 -0400Associated Pressgas-prices-rise-refineries-shut-isaac-191151050--finance<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/gas-prices-rise-refineries-shut-isaac-191151050--finance.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/ifevWE21fdYWAGJrf4cLTg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/c5c9617127517818190f6a70670077ed.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="In this photo taken Monday, July 2, 2012, early morning sunlight illuminates fuel storage tanks at a North Little Rock, Ark., petroleum distributorship. The price of oil fell Monday, Aug. 27, 2012, as the threat to production from Tropical Storm Isaac appeared to lessen and traders speculated about a release of oil from U.S. reserves. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston)" align="left" title="In this photo taken Monday, July 2, 2012, early morning sunlight illuminates fuel storage tanks at a North Little Rock, Ark., petroleum distributorship. The price of oil fell Monday, Aug. 27, 2012, as the threat to production from Tropical Storm Isaac appeared to lessen and traders speculated about a release of oil from U.S. reserves. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston)" border="0" /></a>Pump prices are heading higher as Tropical Storm Isaac forces several major refineries along the Gulf Coast to halt production in preparation for high winds and heavy rains.</p><br clear="all"/>Citing severe drought that has damaged more than 55 percent of the country's pastureland, Texas Gov. Rick Perry on Friday once again requested a waiver or partial waiver of the EPA's renewable fuel standard mandate for 2012 and 2013. His letter to the EPA was both echoed and supported by the Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association . Here are the details.http://news.yahoo.com/perry-renews-call-epa-waiver-midst-drought-193900160.htmlMon, 27 Aug 2012 15:39:00 -0400Yahoo! Contributor Networkperry-renews-call-epa-waiver-midst-drought-193900160Shares of JinkoSolar Holding Co. Ltd. surged after the Chinese solar products maker won a bid to supply panels for a solar energy project in China.http://news.yahoo.com/jinkosolar-shares-surge-chinese-contract-award-190245758--finance.htmlMon, 27 Aug 2012 15:02:45 -0400Associated Pressjinkosolar-shares-surge-chinese-contract-award-190245758--financeGas prices in Rhode Island are up another four cents from last week, the fourth consecutive week of price increases.http://news.yahoo.com/rhode-island-gas-prices-climb-4-cents-154945540--finance.htmlMon, 27 Aug 2012 11:49:45 -0400Associated Pressrhode-island-gas-prices-climb-4-cents-154945540--financeThere's been no change in the cost of a gallon of gas in Massachusetts in the past week.http://news.yahoo.com/massachusetts-gas-prices-remain-unchanged-154750075--finance.htmlMon, 27 Aug 2012 11:47:50 -0400Associated Pressmassachusetts-gas-prices-remain-unchanged-154750075--financeAAA Michigan says gasoline prices have risen 3 cents during the past week to a statewide average of about $3.93 per gallon ahead of the Labor Day holiday.http://news.yahoo.com/aaa-mich-gas-prices-rise-3-cents-last-150209181--finance.htmlMon, 27 Aug 2012 11:02:09 -0400Associated Pressaaa-mich-gas-prices-rise-3-cents-last-150209181--finance

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