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Prosecutor: Former BP Rig Supervisor Ignored Danger Sign

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A Deepwater Horizon supervisor ignored a clear red flag and should be held partly responsible for the 2010 oil spill...

Edwards To Obama: Scrap Offshore Drilling Money Proposal

BATON ROUGE (AP) — Gov. John Bel Edwards is asking President Barack Obama to drop his attempt to take offshore drilling money away from...

Iran Exports First Oil Shipment To Europe Since Nuclear Deal

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran says it has exported its first crude oil shipment to Europe since it reached a landmark nuclear deal with...

White House: Scrap Drilling Revenue Sharing With Gulf States

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Louisiana's U.S. senators and environmental groups are blasting the White House for proposing to help Alaska deal with rising seas...

Biz Minute 2-10-16

Why we’ll be paying less than $2 a gallon for gasoline this year in this Biz New Orleans Daily Biz Minute.

Chevron May Cut 385 Louisiana Workers

BATON ROUGE (AP) — American oil giant Chevron has reaffirmed forecasts that it may cut as many as 385 jobs in the Gulf of...

Judge Rules Out Mentions Of Deaths At BP Supervisor's Trial

BATON ROUGE (AP) — Eleven men died in the 2010 rig explosion that led to BP's Gulf oil spill, but a jury will hear...

Oil Industry Cutting Jobs, Investment To Offset Lower Prices

DALLAS, TX (AP) – Oil companies are cutting investment, slashing jobs and selling off pipelines and other assets as crude prices plunge.          "It's going...

BP Reports 91% Plunge In 4Q Earnings

LONDON (AP) — BP's fourth-quarter earnings plunged 91 percent amid sharp declines in oil prices as the British energy company continued to make provision...

Gov. Edwards Discusses Future At Oil & Gas Group Event

LAKE CHARLES, LA (AP) — Industry leaders and state officials say times are tough in the oil and gas patch with low commodity prices...

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