Oil and gas refining
USVI oil refinery to shutter indefinitely amid violations

By Dánica Coto Jun. 21, 2021 04:42 PM EDT
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A huge oil refinery in the U.S. Virgin Islands that contaminated the environment in a series of events that sickened dozens of...

FILE - In this Oct. 12, 2020 file photo, a worker heads into the JBS meatpacking plant in Greeley, Colo. A weekend ransomware attack on the world’s largest meat company is disrupting production around the world just weeks after a similar incident shut down a U.S. oil pipeline. The White House confirms that Brazil-based meat processor JBS SA notified the U.S. government Sunday, May 30, 2021, of a ransom demand from a criminal organization likely based in Russia. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)
Largest meat producer getting back online after cyberattack

By Rod Mcguirk And Dee-Ann Durbin Jun. 02, 2021 12:01 AM EDT

In this May 12, 2020, photo, the company logo sign sits at the entrance to the JBS Australia's Dinmore meatworks facility, west of Brisbane. Thousands of Australian meat workers had no work for a second day on Tuesday, June 1, 2021, after a cyberattack crippled the world’s largest meat processing company. A government minister said it might be days before production resumes. (Dan Peled/AAP Image via AP)
Meat producer JBS says expects most plants working Wednesday

By Rod Mcguirk And Dee-Ann Durbin Jun. 01, 2021 05:49 PM EDT

The morning sun rises behind oil rigs sitting in storage Saturday, Feb. 6, 2021 at a yard outside of Odessa, Texas. The OPEC oil cartel and allied countries said Thursday, April 1, 2021 that they have decided to add gradually add back some 2 million barrels per barrel per day of oil production from May to July, moving cautiously in pace with the recovery of the global economy from the COVID-19 pandemic. (Eli Hartman/Odessa American via AP, file)
OPEC and allies agree to gradually boost crude oil output

By David Mchugh Apr. 01, 2021 01:39 PM EDT

FILE - In this Oct. 1, 2020 file photo, traffic passes the Boeing airplane production plant, in Everett, Wash. U.S. manufacturers expanded in March 2021 at the fastest pace in 37 years, a sign of strengthening demand as the pandemic wanes and government emergency aid flows through the economy. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, file)
US factory activity expands at fastest pace since 1983

By Christopher Rugaber Apr. 01, 2021 10:26 AM EDT

In this photo released by the Suez Canal Authority on Thursday, March 25, 2021, the Ever Given, a Panama-flagged cargo ship, after it become wedged across the Suez Canal and blocking traffic in the vital waterway, is seen from another vessel. An operation is underway to try to work free the ship, which further imperiled global shipping Thursday as at least 150 other vessels needing to pass through the crucial waterway idled waiting for the obstruction to clear. (Suez Canal Authority via AP)
EXPLAINER: Suez Canal block could hit product supply chains

By David Koenig And Chris Rugaber Mar. 25, 2021 05:59 PM EDT

FILE - In this March 31, 2020 file photo, a worker cleans and sanitizes a pump at the Speedway gas station in Concord, N.H. The world's once-insatiable demand for gasoline is unlikely to recover to pre-pandemic levels, according to a report Wednesday, March 17, 2021 from the International Energy Agency. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)
Report: World demand for gasoline may never recover

By Cathy Bussewitz Mar. 17, 2021 04:58 PM EDT

InvestigateWest: Activists fight fossil-fuel pipelines

By Braela Kwan Mar. 16, 2021 05:27 PM EDT
VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Members of Canada’s First Nations and their allies are mounting last-ditch challenges to two massive fossil fuel pipelines...

FILE - In this May 13, 2020, file photo, Ford Motor Co., line workers put together ventilators that the automaker is assembling at the Ford Rawsonville plant in Ypsilanti Township, Mich. Severe winter weather pushed industrial production down a sharp 2.2% in February, reflecting a big decline in factory output. The Federal Reserve reported Tuesday, March 16, 2021, that the sharp fall in industrial output interrupted a string of positive gains beginning in October as U.S. factories were recovering from the pandemic-induced recession of last spring. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio, File)
Icy weather sends industrial production down 2.2% last month

By Martin Crutsinger Mar. 16, 2021 09:38 AM EDT

FILE - In this Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2016 file photo, the Shell logo on pumps at a petrol station in London. Global energy company Shell said it plans to eliminate seven refineries and reduce production of gasoline and diesel fuel by 55% over the next decade as it unveiled new plans for reaching its goal of being carbon neutral by 2050. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, File)
Greener pastures: Shell plans steady drop in oil business

By Danica Kirka Feb. 11, 2021 10:32 AM EST

In this photo provided by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un attends at a meeting of Central Committee of Worker’s Party of Korea in Pyongyang, North Korean, Monday, Feb. 8, 2021. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this image distributed by the North Korean government. The content of this image is as provided and cannot be independently verified. Korean language watermark on image as provided by source reads: "KCNA" which is the abbreviation for Korean Central News Agency. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP)
UN experts say North Korea still modernizing nuclear arsenal

By Edith M. Lederer Feb. 08, 2021 10:08 PM EST

FILE - In this Jan. 20, 2021, file photo, President Joe Biden reaches for a pen to sign his first executive order in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. Biden arrived at the White House ready to wield his pen to dismantle Donald Trump’s legacy and begin pushing his own priorities.  (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)
Analysis: Louisiana Republicans slam Biden on oil actions

By Melinda Deslatte Jan. 31, 2021 04:00 PM EST

FILE - In this undated file photo the Trans-Alaska pipeline and pump station north of Fairbanks, Alaska is shown. The International Energy Agency says oil and gas companies aren't doing enough to reduce the release of methane, a potent source of planet-heating emissions, that is seeping out of pipelines and production plants. (AP Photo/Al Grillo, file)
Watchdog: Fossil fuel firms need to curb climate gas leaks

Jan. 18, 2021 08:04 AM EST

FILE - In this Nov. 25, 2020, file photo provided by the New Mexico Office of the Governor, Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham signs a $330 million economic relief package aimed at helping small businesses and out-of-work New Mexicans while at the State Capitol in Santa Fe, N.M. From lockdowns in tribal communities to the economic and social fallout that has reverberated throughout New Mexico, the coronavirus pandemic dominated headlines in 2020. New Mexico had among the toughest public health restriction in the nation early on as Grisham called for the closure of gyms, salons and other businesses deemed nonessential. Public gatherings were banned, sports were cancelled, curbside became the norm, funerals were frowned upon and schools were forced to go virtual. (New Mexico Office of the Governor via AP, File)
New Mexico governor announces priorities for legislation

Jan. 13, 2021 04:26 PM EST

FILE - In this Dec. 19, 2019 file photo, the advertising label of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, OPEC, shines at their headquarters in Vienna, Austria. OPEC and allied countries including Russia agreed Thursday, Dec. 3, 2020 to increase oil production by 500,000 barrels a day from January and said they would meet monthly to decide further output levels, gingerly adding more crude to a global economy still suffering from the COVID-19 pandemic. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak, File)
OPEC, Russia to nudge up oil output after hit from pandemic

By David Mchugh Dec. 03, 2020 01:40 PM EST

FILE - In this Thursday, Nov. 12, 2020, file photo provided by the Michigan Office of the Governor, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer addresses the state during a speech in Lansing, Mich. Whitmer's office took legal action Friday to force the shutdown of Enbridge's Line 5 pipeline by revoking the easement that allows an underwater section to run through the Straits of Mackinac. (Michigan Office of the Governor via AP, File)
Michigan governor seeks shutdown of Great Lakes oil pipeline

By John Flesher Nov. 13, 2020 06:20 PM EST

President-elect Joe Biden gestures to supporters Saturday, Nov. 7, 2020, in Wilmington, Del. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
Americans pivot from red-hot Trump to Biden's seasoned cool

By Calvin Woodward And Michael Tackett Nov. 08, 2020 12:42 AM EST

Theresa Landrum is photographed near the Marathon refinery, Friday, Oct. 16, 2020, in Detroit. Landrum wasn't impressed when told that Environmental Protection Agency chief Andrew Wheeler had pledged $200,000 to promote "community health initiatives" in her section of the city during his blitz of visits to battleground states in the presidential election campaign. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)
Minority communities question election-year push by EPA

By John Flesher Oct. 25, 2020 09:59 AM EDT

This photo provided by the U.S. Department of Energy shows a section of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve facility in West Hackberry, La. U.S. Energy Secretary Dan Brouillette said Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2020, that Hurricane Laura did significant damage at the site, which holds about 30% of the nation's store of emergency crude oil. (U.S. Department of Energy via AP)
Hurricane hit oil storage site, but no shortages expected

By Janet Mcconnaughey Sep. 09, 2020 02:08 PM EDT

President Donald Trump speaks from the South Lawn of the White House on the fourth day of the Republican National Convention, Thursday, Aug. 27, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
AP FACT CHECK: Trump distorts record; BLM falsely accused

By David Klepper, Josh Boak And Amanda Seitz Aug. 28, 2020 01:17 AM EDT