Trendsetter Engineering and Intelligent Wellhead Systems form joint venture  Oilfield TechnologyTrendsetter Engineering, Inc. and Intelligent Wellhead Systems, Inc. have announced the establishment of a joint venture (JV) to introduce new technol …

Oil drilling risks North Carolina coastal economy, mayors worry  WAVY-TVMayors from along the North Carolina coast are discussing the costs of offshore oil drilling if something goes wrong. Read more https://www.wavy.com/news/north-carolina/obx/o …

Financial TimesPutin orders crackdown on vodka substitutes after bath oil deathsFinancial TimesIn Irkutsk, the Siberian city near Lake Baikal where at least 107 people fell ill from drinking the bath oil, local authorities declared a public health emergenc …

FortuneObama Bans New Oil and Gas Drilling Off Alaska, Part of Atlantic CoastFortuneU.S. President Barack Obama on Tuesday banned new oil and gas drilling in federal waters in the Atlantic and Arctic Oceans, in a push to leave his stamp on the environment …

PoliticusUSAObama Heeds Pentagon Concerns and Bans Atlantic Oil DrillingPoliticusUSADespite opposition from environmental groups and Americans terrified of more burned carbon exacerbating climate change, the Obama administration had considered opening up t …