Once praised, settlement to help sickened BP oil spill workers leaves most with nearly nothing

Thousands of ordinary people who helped clean up after the 2010 BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico say they got sick. A court settlement was supposed to help ... Read More

BP defeated thousands of suits by sick Gulf spill cleanup workers. But not one by a boat captain

John Maas helped clean up the 2010 BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill and is likely the only sick worker to prevail in a lawsuit against BP. Read More

Takeaways from AP’s story on the BP oil spill medical settlement’s shortcomings

Thousands of ordinary people who helped clean up after the 2010 BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico say they got sick. Read More

US Oil Suppliers Muscling Into OPEC+ Markets All Over the World

One major beneficiary of sanctions on Russian and Venezuelan oil? US suppliers who’ve muscled their way into markets once dominated by OPEC and its allies. US oil exports have set five new ... Read More

World News

By Yonette Joseph While imposing sanctions on Iran, U.S. and European governments are ... Images of a saturated desert metropolis startled the world, prompting talk of cloud seeding, climate ... Read More

Indian State Refiner Signs 4-Month Deal With BP to Buy U.S. Oil

It’s not unusual for BPCL to buy U.S. crude oil for its three refineries in India. But the four-month deal with BP comes at a time ... Russian crude flows to the world’s third-largest crude ... Read More

Mexico to Halt Some Oil Exports, Squeezing Global Market

(Bloomberg) -- Mexico’s state-controlled oil company plans ... canceled contracts to supply its flagship Maya crude oil to refiners in the US, Europe and Asia, according to people with knowledge ... Read More

U.S. Crude Oil, Gasoline Inventories Continue to Drop

Crude oil inventories in the United States fell this week by 1.519 million barrels for the week ending March 15, according to The American Petroleum Institute (API), after analysts had predicted a ... Read More

Mexico's President Says He Won't Fight Drug Cartels on US Orders, Calls It a 'Mexico First' Policy

Mexico's President ... Obrador said at his daily news briefing. “Mexico First. Our home comes first.” López Obrador basically argued that drugs were a U.S. problem, not a Mexican one. Read More

US Markets

SlateStone Wealth chief market strategist Kenny Polcari discusses what market headwinds could hurt the U.S. economy on 'Varney ... lawsuit against Apple that claims the tech giant monopolized ... Read More

India Pauses Venezuela Oil Purchases Fearing U.S. Sanctions Return

As the deadline for the waiver expiry nears, state refiner Indian Oil Corporation has also halted buying Venezuelan crude, according to Bloomberg’s sources. At the end of last year, the U.S ... Read More

US oil suppliers muscling into OPEC+ markets all over the world

The shift underscores the extent to which sanctions have helped American crude capture market share around the world. While US oil has long ... last year’s high point, Bloomberg tanker tracking ... Read More