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The Federal Trade Commission is investigating Chevron’s acquisition of Hess oil company, the second inquiry the independent agency has opened recently of a major oil industry merger.

More Americans are expected to fly or drive far from home over Christmas than they did last year, putting a cap on a busy year for travel.

Occidental Petroleum agreed to buy Texas shale driller CrownRock in a cash-and-stock deal valued at $10.8 billion as consolidation heats up in North America’s most-prolific oil basin.

Truck leasing and logistics company Ryder System identified its initial customers Dec. 5 for its RyderElectric+ turnkey electric vehicle fleet program.

Legislation designed to boost safety and efficiency along pipeline systems to improve supply chain connectivity was approved Dec. 6 by a committee in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Stellantis NV, owner of the Jeep and Ram brands, is petitioning against emissions standards adopted by California and 13 other states that it says give competitors unfair advantages.

The National Transportation Safety Board wants changes in how containerships are anchored off Southern California to help prevent oil pipeline ruptures like the 2021 spill off Huntington Beach.

Exports of U.S. crude are nearing a record of 6 million barrels a day — flooding the market with oil and weighing on prices from Europe to Asia.

The Global Carbon Project estimates that worldwide carbon dioxide emissions from burning fossil fuels will rise 1.1% this year over 2022, to 36.8 billion metric tons, a new peak.

A leaked draft of Treasury Department rules for hydrogen tax credits in President Joe Biden’s climate law is drawing warnings from advocates that they may stifle the burgeoning industry.