/tags/oil Oil en-US Copyright Wed, 29 May 2024 12:19:57 GMT /2024-05-29/conocophillips-buying-ohio-based-marathon-oil-for-17-1-billion-as-energy-prices-rise ConocoPhillips is buying Findlay-based Marathon Oil in an all-stock deal valued at approximately $17.1 billion as energy prices soar and big oil companies reap massive profits. Wed, 29 May 2024 12:19:57 GMT /2024-05-29/conocophillips-buying-ohio-based-marathon-oil-for-17-1-billion-as-energy-prices-rise The Associated Press /2022-03-09/biden-is-shoring-up-south-american-ties-to-help-counter-russia President Biden met with Colombian President Iván Duque days after senior administration officials made a secret trip to meet with Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro, who has strong ties with Russia. Wed, 09 Mar 2022 22:47:49 GMT /2022-03-09/biden-is-shoring-up-south-american-ties-to-help-counter-russia Franco Ordoñez, Roberta Rampton /news-partners/2020-03-31/average-gas-prices-are-below-2-a-few-stations-are-even-selling-for-under-1 AAA says the national average is $1.997 per gallon and it's expected to drop further in the coming weeks. In a few places it's less than half that, but most Americans aren't driving much these days. Tue, 31 Mar 2020 18:03:06 GMT /news-partners/2020-03-31/average-gas-prices-are-below-2-a-few-stations-are-even-selling-for-under-1 Camila Domonoske /news-partners/2020-03-09/dow-dives-more-than-2-000-points-steep-market-slide-triggered-trading-halt Stock indexes tumbled so fast Monday that marketwide trading was halted temporarily for the first time since October 1997. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 2,013 points, or nearly 8%. Mon, 09 Mar 2020 13:58:10 GMT /news-partners/2020-03-09/dow-dives-more-than-2-000-points-steep-market-slide-triggered-trading-halt Avie Schneider /show/all-sides-with-ann-fisher/2019-10-31/protesting-infrastructure A series of bills that would increase the penalty for protesting infrastructure projects have come before state legislatures all across the country.One… Thu, 31 Oct 2019 09:01:00 GMT /show/all-sides-with-ann-fisher/2019-10-31/protesting-infrastructure /news-partners/2019-10-30/if-u-s-takes-syrian-oil-it-may-violate-international-laws-against-pillage President Trump is leaving some U.S. troops in Syria, with the goal of controlling Syria's oil fields. But legal experts say exploiting the oil could amount to pillaging — a war crime. Wed, 30 Oct 2019 15:34:00 GMT /news-partners/2019-10-30/if-u-s-takes-syrian-oil-it-may-violate-international-laws-against-pillage David Welna /news-partners/2017-03-23/u-s-state-department-issues-permit-for-keystone-xl-pipeline The move reverses former President Barack Obama's 2015 decision to reject the controversial pipeline. Thu, 23 Mar 2017 23:52:00 GMT /news-partners/2017-03-23/u-s-state-department-issues-permit-for-keystone-xl-pipeline Jeff Brady, Jason Slotkin /news-partners/2017-03-07/dakota-access-pipeline-court-challenge-denied-oil-could-flow-as-soon-as-next-week A federal judge denied a request from the Standing Rock Sioux and Cheyenne River tribes to halt construction on the final piece of the pipeline in North Dakota. Tue, 07 Mar 2017 21:37:00 GMT /news-partners/2017-03-07/dakota-access-pipeline-court-challenge-denied-oil-could-flow-as-soon-as-next-week Rebecca Hersher /news-partners/npr-news/2017-01-31/army-says-it-is-expediting-review-of-dakota-access-pipeline-route Members of the North Dakota congressional delegation say the acting secretary of the Army has ordered the Corps of Engineers to proceed with an easement needed to complete the pipeline. Wed, 01 Feb 2017 03:54:00 GMT /news-partners/npr-news/2017-01-31/army-says-it-is-expediting-review-of-dakota-access-pipeline-route Barbara Campbell /npr-news/2017-01-26/transcanada-submits-new-application-to-build-keystone-xl-pipeline The pipeline would transport crude oil from Alberta to Nebraska. President Obama blocked it. President Trump told the company to refile for a permit and promised to speed the approval process. Fri, 27 Jan 2017 00:59:00 GMT /npr-news/2017-01-26/transcanada-submits-new-application-to-build-keystone-xl-pipeline Jeff Brady