Canada approves expansion of Trans Mountain oil pipeline

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Tuesday approved a pipeline expansion to triple the capacity of the Trans Mountain pipeline to move crude from inland Alberta to the Pacific coast. A similar development - through a rainforest further north - was rejected.

UK Oil and Gas Authority to become independent regulator

From 1 October 2016 the UK Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (OGA) will be established as an independent regulatory body by the UK Government.

UK fracking update

Jim Ratcliffe, CEO of Ineos, has stated that he thinks fracking could transform Britain’s industrial heartland in the same way it has revived America’s Rust Belt.

PHMSA continues to investigate colonial pipeline incident in Alabama

Any number of factors may have contributed to the severity of both incidents.

Two ways America is breaking Russia and OPEC's grip on the oil and gas market

Weak oil prices are not stopping, America rising as an energy superpower in 2016, weakening OPEC’s influence on the oil market and Russia’s control of Europe’s gas supplies.