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Oil and Gas

Alaska's National Petroleum Reserve

Federal judge blocks major Alaskan drilling project

Energy

A major Alaska drilling project that would tap into 600 million barrels of oil has been put on hold by a federal judge.

A man wearing a suit stands at a State Department podium between two flags

US toughens its stance against Chinese aggression in South China Sea

Global Politics
A group of men in bright florescent vests dig in a muddy riverbank

In Nigeria, Shell’s onshore roots still run deep

Greenpeace activists sit chained in front of Chevron's drilling site for shale gas during a protest in the village of Pungesti, Romania.

American and Russian energy giants battle over a small Romanian town

Conflict
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