Lincoln Brown is the former News and Program Director for KVEL radio in Vernal, Utah. He hosted “The Lincoln Brown Show” and was penned a column for Townhall.com. During his 21 years in radio, he lived in the heart of oil and gas country, and covered stories in the energy industry on a regular basis.
A group of unidentified Nigerian militants attacked a boat transporting Eni oilfield workers in the Nembe area of the Niger Delta on Sunday, a spokesperson for Eni…
A consortium of international oil majors led by Chevron has approved a $36.8-billion output expansion plan for the giant Tengiz oilfield in Kazakhstan, the country’s…
For the second time this year, Chevron has stopped production at its Gorgon liquefied natural gas operation in Australia. The plant had to be evacuated…
On Wednesday, industry regulators in North Dakota issued new rules to curb oil spills in the state. The new rules include third-party inspections on new…
Chevron Corp, ExxonMobil Corp, Shell, Phillips 66, Valero Energy Corp. and Tesoro have all received subpoenas from California Attorney General Kamala Harris. The subpoenas are…
On Wednesday, Alaska Governor Bill Walker announced a veto that will create a cut in the annual oil revenue disbursement to Alaska residents from the…
Centennial Resource Development out of Denver, Colorado, is pursuing a $100 million initial public offering (IPO). The company filed with the Security Exchange Commission on…
Canada looks to remain a major supplier of oil as the projected growth from the country’s oil sands is expected to increase by 42 percent…
The fire at the fuel plant in Pascagoula, Mississippi, continues to hamper gas operations in the area, causing Destin to declare a force majeure because…
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has given its approval to a rule that will require oil and gas companies to disclose payments they…
French oil major Total has announced its plans to develop the Al-Shaheen oilfield in Qatar over the next five years, at a price of approximately…
A fire is still burning after an overnight explosion at an Enterprise Gas Processing, LLC natural gas plant in Pascagoula, Mississippi. Local TV station WLOX…
Brexit appears to be catching on. The latest group to call for “independence” is the Niger Delta Avengers, the militant group responsible for a series…
Environmentalists may have cheered President Obama’s decision to reject the Keystone XL Pipeline, but the Canadian company involved in the project now wants its money…
Aliko Dangote, arguably the richest man in Africa, has plans to build Nigeria’s first privately-owned crude oil refinery while also doubling his cement operations. Speaking…
Oil prices reacted poorly when the news came that UK voters had opted on Thursday to leave the European Union. Futures for crude oil took…
Police in the area of Imo in Nigeria have confirmed that there has been an attack on a Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) facility there.…
The Western Energy Alliance announced Wednesday that it had won a major court case involving hydraulic fracturing or “fracking.” On Tuesday, a District Court Judge…
The Joint Niger Delta Liberation Force (JNDLF) issued a statement on Wednesday claiming that some of the top members of Nigeria’s military had approached the…
Two Italian energy companies, Saras SpA and Iplom SpA have signed long term contracts with the National Iranian Oil Company to purchase and import crude…