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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, 08 Sep 2012 22:11:20 -04005http://news.yahoo.com/energy/ http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142c.gifSAN RAMON, Calif. ? Paul Ryan said today the president has gone to ?great lengths? to make gas more expensive in this country. The vice presidential candidate visited Google headquarters in Montainview? to hold a Google+ Hangout where he took questions from supporters at campaign...http://news.yahoo.com/obamas-gone-great-lengths-keep-gas-prices-high-021120882--abc-news-politics.htmlSat, 08 Sep 2012 22:11:20 -0400ABC OTUS Newsobamas-gone-great-lengths-keep-gas-prices-high-021120882--abc-news-politicsNew Mexico regulators on Thursday set the stage for a discussion that could result in a novel program aimed at curbing carbon dioxide emissions from power plants.http://news.yahoo.com/nm-regulators-consider-clean-energy-standard-130231437--finance.htmlFri, 07 Sep 2012 12:04:37 -0400Associated Pressnm-regulators-consider-clean-energy-standard-130231437--finance<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/japan-utility-no-money-develop-renewables-082037667--finance.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/Rp2chYd_Zg1YA39htM4erQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/d07e3896272760191a0f6a706700a4a9.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Tokyo Electric Power Co., President Naomi Hirose listens during an interview with The Associated Press in Tokyo, Thursday, Sept. 6, 2012. The head of Japan&#039;s utility that owns the tsunami-hit Fukushima nuclear power plant said his company has no money to develop alternative energy even as the government moves to reduce nuclear energy following the crisis. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)" align="left" title="Tokyo Electric Power Co., President Naomi Hirose listens during an interview with The Associated Press in Tokyo, Thursday, Sept. 6, 2012. The head of Japan&#039;s utility that owns the tsunami-hit Fukushima nuclear power plant said his company has no money to develop alternative energy even as the government moves to reduce nuclear energy following the crisis. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)" border="0" /></a>The head of the Japanese utility that owns the tsunami-hit Fukushima nuclear power plant says last year&#039;s meltdowns sapped away money it might have used to switch to alternative energy, making it all the more important for the company to stick with nuclear.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/japan-utility-no-money-develop-renewables-082037667--finance.htmlThu, 06 Sep 2012 23:19:41 -0400Associated Pressjapan-utility-no-money-develop-renewables-082037667--finance<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/japan-utility-no-money-develop-renewables-082037667--finance.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/Rp2chYd_Zg1YA39htM4erQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/d07e3896272760191a0f6a706700a4a9.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Tokyo Electric Power Co., President Naomi Hirose listens during an interview with The Associated Press in Tokyo, Thursday, Sept. 6, 2012. The head of Japan&#039;s utility that owns the tsunami-hit Fukushima nuclear power plant said his company has no money to develop alternative energy even as the government moves to reduce nuclear energy following the crisis. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)" align="left" title="Tokyo Electric Power Co., President Naomi Hirose listens during an interview with The Associated Press in Tokyo, Thursday, Sept. 6, 2012. The head of Japan&#039;s utility that owns the tsunami-hit Fukushima nuclear power plant said his company has no money to develop alternative energy even as the government moves to reduce nuclear energy following the crisis. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)" border="0" /></a>The head of the Japanese utility that owns the tsunami-hit Fukushima nuclear power plant says last year&#039;s meltdowns sapped away money it might have used to switch to alternative energy, making it all the more important for the company to stick with nuclear.</p><br clear="all"/>Shares of Exxon Mobil Corp. on Thursday hit the highest level since June 2008. Other energy companies also rose in a broad market rally after a new plan was announced to help ease Europe's debt crisis and encouraging news about the U.S. economy arrived.http://news.yahoo.com/energy-companies-rise-european-debt-plan-214117825--finance.htmlThu, 06 Sep 2012 17:41:17 -0400Associated Pressenergy-companies-rise-european-debt-plan-214117825--financeA report says a smaller fire was extinguished shortly before a massive blaze at a Chevron Corp. refinery in Northern California last month.http://news.yahoo.com/smaller-fire-occurred-calif-refinery-blaze-140037446.htmlThu, 06 Sep 2012 10:00:37 -0400Associated Presssmaller-fire-occurred-calif-refinery-blaze-140037446BAGHDAD (Reuters) - When Iraq's Deputy Prime Minister Hussain al-Shahristani met Exxon Mobil executives in Baghdad two months ago, he could hardly control his emotions. His anger boiling over, the Iraqi oil chief threatened to kick the Americans out of the country. With Exxon and other foreign oil majors upsetting Baghdad by signing exploration deals Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region, Shahristani's rage was not hard to understand. But barking threats at Exxon may be all Baghdad can do. ...http://news.yahoo.com/analysis-kurdish-oil-deals-baghdad-bind-112808052--finance.htmlThu, 06 Sep 2012 07:28:08 -0400Reutersanalysis-kurdish-oil-deals-baghdad-bind-112808052--financeTOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's government, buffeted by conflicting pressure from anti-nuclear voters and pro-nuclear business interests, is stressing the negative impact of a speedy exit from atomic energy as it nears a decision on a new energy mix. Japan is rethinking its whole energy policy after an earthquake and tsunami damaged the Fukushima nuclear power plant in March last year, triggering the world's worst nuclear crisis in 25 years. ...http://news.yahoo.com/japan-stresses-cost-ending-nuclear-power-decision-looms-073228012.htmlThu, 06 Sep 2012 03:32:28 -0400Reutersjapan-stresses-cost-ending-nuclear-power-decision-looms-073228012Republican vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan?of Wisconsin on Wednesday backed nominee Mitt Romney?s opposition to extending a wind-energy tax credit that is sacrosanct to Iowa voters, a position that could cost the Republican ticket support in this battleground state.http://news.yahoo.com/ryan-backs-romney-wind-energy-tax-credit-194624877--politics.htmlWed, 05 Sep 2012 15:46:24 -0400National Journalryan-backs-romney-wind-energy-tax-credit-194624877--politicsAs recently as 2008, presidential candidates openly sparred over their own plans for dealing with climate change. This year it's such a touchy topic that both sides prefer instead to talk about energy policy ? a kind of proxy for climate threat.http://news.yahoo.com/obama-vs-romney-101-4-ways-differ-climate-185431880.htmlWed, 05 Sep 2012 14:54:31 -0400Christian Science Monitorobama-vs-romney-101-4-ways-differ-climate-185431880Arch Coal Corp. says Congress never intended to give the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency "unbridled power" over water-pollution permits for coal mines, and an appellate court should uphold a judge's ruling that EPA overstepped its authority in vetoing them for one of West Virginia's largest mountaintop removal operations.http://news.yahoo.com/arch-appeals-panel-uphold-rebuke-epa-175602666--finance.htmlWed, 05 Sep 2012 13:56:02 -0400Associated Pressarch-appeals-panel-uphold-rebuke-epa-175602666--financeThe Obama administration is temporarily waiving clean gas requirements in eight states affected by Hurricane Isaac.http://news.yahoo.com/epa-grants-8-states-clean-gas-waiver-isaac-171750100.htmlWed, 05 Sep 2012 13:19:05 -0400Associated Pressepa-grants-8-states-clean-gas-waiver-isaac-171750100<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/japan-set-energy-policy-no-stance-nuclear-minister-052141147.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/NsUEdeqxYs3FFdcI85YnXg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-09-04T052141Z_1_CBRE8830EW900_RTROPTP_2_JAPAN-NUCLEAR-POLITICS.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="An anti-nuclear protester wearing a gas mask beats a mock nuclear waste container during a demonstration near Tokyo Electric Power Co headquarters building in Tokyo" align="left" title="An anti-nuclear protester wearing a gas mask beats a mock nuclear waste container during a demonstration near Tokyo Electric Power Co headquarters building in Tokyo" border="0" /></a>TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan is scheduled to set national energy policy early next week, Economics Minister Motohisa Furukawa said on Tuesday, although he said the government had not taken any particular position on the main question over the role of nuclear power. An anti-nuclear clamor has grown in Japan since an earthquake and tsunami damaged the Fukushima nuclear power plant in March last year, triggering the world&#039;s worst nuclear crisis in 25 years. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/japan-set-energy-policy-no-stance-nuclear-minister-052141147.htmlTue, 04 Sep 2012 01:21:41 -0400Reutersjapan-set-energy-policy-no-stance-nuclear-minister-052141147<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/japan-set-energy-policy-no-stance-nuclear-minister-052141147.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/NsUEdeqxYs3FFdcI85YnXg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-09-04T052141Z_1_CBRE8830EW900_RTROPTP_2_JAPAN-NUCLEAR-POLITICS.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="An anti-nuclear protester wearing a gas mask beats a mock nuclear waste container during a demonstration near Tokyo Electric Power Co headquarters building in Tokyo" align="left" title="An anti-nuclear protester wearing a gas mask beats a mock nuclear waste container during a demonstration near Tokyo Electric Power Co headquarters building in Tokyo" border="0" /></a>TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan is scheduled to set national energy policy early next week, Economics Minister Motohisa Furukawa said on Tuesday, although he said the government had not taken any particular position on the main question over the role of nuclear power. An anti-nuclear clamor has grown in Japan since an earthquake and tsunami damaged the Fukushima nuclear power plant in March last year, triggering the world&#039;s worst nuclear crisis in 25 years. ...</p><br clear="all"/>HOUSTON (Reuters) - ConocoPhillips said its Magnolia platform in the Gulf of Mexico had resumed normal operations by Monday after being shut and evacuated on August 26 ahead of Hurricane Isaac. The Magnolia platform has a capacity to produce 8,000 barrels per day in oil and 16 million cubic feet per day in natural gas. U.S. regulators said 71.5 percent of oil production and 55.62 percent of natural gas output remained shut as of Sunday in the Gulf of Mexico since Isaac's passage through eastern and central offshore production areas early last week. ...http://news.yahoo.com/conoco-says-magnolia-platform-resumes-normal-operations-isaac-163823403--finance.htmlMon, 03 Sep 2012 12:38:23 -0400Reutersconoco-says-magnolia-platform-resumes-normal-operations-isaac-163823403--finance<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/oil-companies-retake-nearly-400-platforms-gulf-191701283.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/sBzlZzTPpzLaHcSK6rqG3A--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/a197d21ca8ebf418190f6a7067008886.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - In this Tuesday, April 27, 2010 file photo, An oil rig is seen in the Gulf of Mexico near the Chandeleur Islands, off the Southeastern tip of Louisiana. Energy companies have reoccupied nearly 400 of the production platforms in the Gulf of Mexico that were abandoned in advance of Hurricane Isaac, though oil production remains almost entirely shut down. Oil and gas workers began retaking the offshore sites Friday and federal officials on Saturday, Sept. 1, 2012 say that 377 of the 596 productions platforms have some staffing on them, up from just 97. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)" align="left" title="FILE - In this Tuesday, April 27, 2010 file photo, An oil rig is seen in the Gulf of Mexico near the Chandeleur Islands, off the Southeastern tip of Louisiana. Energy companies have reoccupied nearly 400 of the production platforms in the Gulf of Mexico that were abandoned in advance of Hurricane Isaac, though oil production remains almost entirely shut down. Oil and gas workers began retaking the offshore sites Friday and federal officials on Saturday, Sept. 1, 2012 say that 377 of the 596 productions platforms have some staffing on them, up from just 97. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)" border="0" /></a>Energy companies have reoccupied nearly 400 of the production platforms in the Gulf of Mexico that were abandoned in advance of Hurricane Isaac, a federal agency said Saturday, though offshore oil production still remains almost entirely shut down.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/oil-companies-retake-nearly-400-platforms-gulf-191701283.htmlSat, 01 Sep 2012 16:54:45 -0400Associated Pressoil-companies-retake-nearly-400-platforms-gulf-191701283<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/oil-companies-retake-nearly-400-platforms-gulf-191701283.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/sBzlZzTPpzLaHcSK6rqG3A--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/a197d21ca8ebf418190f6a7067008886.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - In this Tuesday, April 27, 2010 file photo, An oil rig is seen in the Gulf of Mexico near the Chandeleur Islands, off the Southeastern tip of Louisiana. Energy companies have reoccupied nearly 400 of the production platforms in the Gulf of Mexico that were abandoned in advance of Hurricane Isaac, though oil production remains almost entirely shut down. Oil and gas workers began retaking the offshore sites Friday and federal officials on Saturday, Sept. 1, 2012 say that 377 of the 596 productions platforms have some staffing on them, up from just 97. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)" align="left" title="FILE - In this Tuesday, April 27, 2010 file photo, An oil rig is seen in the Gulf of Mexico near the Chandeleur Islands, off the Southeastern tip of Louisiana. Energy companies have reoccupied nearly 400 of the production platforms in the Gulf of Mexico that were abandoned in advance of Hurricane Isaac, though oil production remains almost entirely shut down. Oil and gas workers began retaking the offshore sites Friday and federal officials on Saturday, Sept. 1, 2012 say that 377 of the 596 productions platforms have some staffing on them, up from just 97. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)" border="0" /></a>Energy companies have reoccupied nearly 400 of the production platforms in the Gulf of Mexico that were abandoned in advance of Hurricane Isaac, a federal agency said Saturday, though offshore oil production still remains almost entirely shut down.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/motorists-swallow-sky-high-labor-day-weekend-gas-174745832.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/MkA0z6dnPozrh.IhMzb15A--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-09-01T182921Z_1_CBRE8801FD000_RTROPTP_2_USA.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Gasoline drips off a nozzle during refueling at a gas station in Altadena" align="left" title="Gasoline drips off a nozzle during refueling at a gas station in Altadena" border="0" /></a>KANSAS CITY, Missouri (Reuters) - Motorists hit the road in large numbers this Labor Day weekend, undeterred by gas prices that are the highest ever heading into the holiday in part due to Hurricane Isaac, which forced the closure of oil refineries on the Gulf Coast. The average price of regular gas nationally was $3.83 per gallon on Friday, 21 cents higher than a year ago, according to AAA. And the price on Monday will likely easily beat the Labor Day record of $3.68 set in 2008, the non-profit automobile association said. The weekend is one of the busiest on American roads. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/motorists-swallow-sky-high-labor-day-weekend-gas-174745832.htmlSat, 01 Sep 2012 14:29:21 -0400Reutersmotorists-swallow-sky-high-labor-day-weekend-gas-174745832<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/motorists-swallow-sky-high-labor-day-weekend-gas-174745832.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/MkA0z6dnPozrh.IhMzb15A--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-09-01T182921Z_1_CBRE8801FD000_RTROPTP_2_USA.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Gasoline drips off a nozzle during refueling at a gas station in Altadena" align="left" title="Gasoline drips off a nozzle during refueling at a gas station in Altadena" border="0" /></a>KANSAS CITY, Missouri (Reuters) - Motorists hit the road in large numbers this Labor Day weekend, undeterred by gas prices that are the highest ever heading into the holiday in part due to Hurricane Isaac, which forced the closure of oil refineries on the Gulf Coast. The average price of regular gas nationally was $3.83 per gallon on Friday, 21 cents higher than a year ago, according to AAA. And the price on Monday will likely easily beat the Labor Day record of $3.68 set in 2008, the non-profit automobile association said. The weekend is one of the busiest on American roads. ...</p><br clear="all"/>Solar power isn?t a new concept in alternative energy?in fact, it may be one of the oldest. But for Barcelona-based design firm Rawlemon, architecting a new way to harness that energy led to the creation of what it calls the Beta.torics System (also known as ?.torics).http://news.yahoo.com/water-filled-glass-orbs-might-next-step-solar-164008009.htmlSat, 01 Sep 2012 12:40:08 -0400Takepart.comwater-filled-glass-orbs-might-next-step-solar-164008009Oil companies have begun returning 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 12:23:06 -0400Associated Pressoil-companies-returning-offshore-sites-gulf-153629276--financeHOUSTON (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-154516292Royal 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-201300112

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