Nigerian Lawsuit Revives Billion-Dollar Oil ScandalABC NewsNigeria's anti-corruption agency is reviving a five-year-old scandal involving one of Africa's richest oil blocs, in which a former petroleum minister and his allies allegedly made $1.1 bil …

Center for Research on GlobalizationOil, Power and Money: “Assad Must Go”Center for Research on GlobalizationSyria's democratically elected president, Shukri-al-Kuwaiti, hesitated to approve the Trans Arabian Pipeline, an American project intended to c …

A Court Fight Over Documents About a 12-Year-Old Oil LeakABC NewsEnvironmental attorneys and an energy company are going to court over the confidentiality of documents related to an ongoing oil leak from an offshore site damaged by Hurricane Ivan in 2004. …

NBCNews.comAP Explains: What's the Dakota Access Oil Pipeline?ABC NewsA federal judge has said he will rule Friday on the Standing Rock Sioux tribe's lawsuit that challenges federal permits for the four-state, $3.8 billion Dakota Access pipeline. T …

Wall Street JournalWest Urges Cease-Fire Around Key Libya Oil TerminalWall Street JournalPARIS—Western powers on Wednesday called for a cease-fire by Libyan militants near a key oil terminal, warning that damaging the facility would threaten efforts to sta …

STLtoday.comSuit: California Failed to Study Oil Well Impact on WaterABC NewsEnvironmentalists sued state agencies Wednesday for approving oil well injections into a federally protected aquifer near California's Central Coast. California oil and gas re …

NewsdayIndictment: Engineering Firm Altered Sandy Damage ReportsABC NewsAn engineering firm that was hired by insurance companies to evaluate damage caused by Superstorm Sandy was charged Monday with illegally altering reports prepared by inspectors in the …

Wall Street JournalIslamic State Strikes Oil, Gas Facilities in IraqWall Street JournalBAGHDAD—Islamic State claimed twin attacks on oil and gas facilities in northern Iraq on Sunday that killed at least five local employees, the latest in northern Iraq by …

The Latest: Oil Spill Claims Head Testifies in Fraud TrialABC NewsThe head of the 2010 oil spill claims office says he was suspicious when San Antonio attorney Mikal Watts told him he was handling claims from 41,000 fishermen. Kenneth Feinberg was the firs …

Opening Statements Set in Gulf Oil Spill Fraud CaseABC NewsOpening statements are scheduled in a fraud case against a Texas lawyer accused of inflating his client list for Gulf oil spill litigation. Online court records show prosecutors dropped 22 counts o …