Offshore drilling ban and mining curbs edge closer to passage

The bill would slap new fees on oil and mining companies and effectively block the proposed Resolution Copper mine in Arizona.

Bloomberg News | September 2, 2021 | 7:44 pm

Quantum-enabled camera to help cut methane emissions from oil & gas industry

The technology could potentially be used in other sectors, such as mining and agriculture.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | September 2, 2021 | 6:05 am

‘Extremely dangerous’ hurricane Ida knocks out more oil than Katrina

US oil and gas companies on Friday cut more than 1.6 million barrels of oil production as a major storm churned toward oilfields that provide 17% of the nation’s oil production.

Reuters | August 28, 2021 | 8:01 am

How Afghanistan’s $1 trillion mining wealth sold the war

US media regurgitates a 2010 New York Times frontpage story on Afghanistan’s mineral riches based on a secret Pentagon memo and a 1977 Soviet geologic map.

Frik Els | August 27, 2021 | 12:19 pm

US offshore oil workers flee as storm approaches Gulf of Mexico

A potentially devastating storm is brewing in the Caribbean Sea and expected to make its way through the Gulf of Mexico's oil producing region.

Reuters | August 26, 2021 | 2:46 pm

BHP risks two notch downgrade on oil asset sale

The sale will reduce BHP's portfolio diversity and will raise its dependency on a single asset.

Reuters | August 24, 2021 | 9:35 am

Court rules Intrepid Potash has no water rights in New Mexico

Intrepid’s use of the Pecos River water gained controversy after the company disclosed it planned to sell it to the oil and gas industry.

Cecilia Jamasmie | August 20, 2021 | 9:52 am

Jet, diesel fuel from ethanol now easier to produce

Researchers at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, LanzaTech and Oregon State University have made it easier to convert alcohol sourced from renewable or industrial waste gases into jet or diesel fuel.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | August 20, 2021 | 6:06 am

Russell: BHP’s petroleum exit shows oil and gas may follow coal’s path to toxic status

It's likely that this deal signals that the era of paying premiums to acquire oil and gas assets is over.

Reuters | August 18, 2021 | 10:32 pm

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