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Exxon Mobil and Hess may soon confirm that the sea floor beneath the South American countrys coastal waters contains one of the richest energy discoveries in decades.

By CLIFFORD KRAUSS

President Obamas decision to block drilling has been a boon to efforts to protect fragile environments.

By THE EDITORIAL BOARD

The president called his action a permanent ban, but Donald J. Trump and a Republican Congress will be able to roll back some recent environmental rules.

By CORAL DAVENPORT

Mr. Obama may use his executive authority to permanently ban new offshore drilling in parts of federally owned waters in the Atlantic and Arctic Oceans.

By CORAL DAVENPORT

Russias energy industry could create a blurry line between Mr. Tillersons interests as an oilman and the role he will assume as Americas top diplomat.

By ANDREW E. KRAMER and CLIFFORD KRAUSS

Looking beyond current low oil prices, the companies paid billions in an auction of deepwater drilling rights in the Gulf of Mexico.

By ELISABETH MALKIN and CLIFFORD KRAUSS

Amid continuing low oil and natural gas prices, companies are again turning to tech advances to cut costs, raise productivity and expand exploration.

By MARK SCOTT

Pummeled by the price of oil and sliding production, the North Sea fields cannot be counted on to provide an economic lift to Scottish independence hopes.

By STEVEN ERLANGER

The campaign is a major shift for a country whose government wrestled with how to regulate the energy industry.

By STANLEY REED

Oil and gas lobbyists like the subsidies; environmental activists want to end them. A study shows the subsidies dont make a huge difference.

By EDUARDO PORTER

The rules fell short of many environmentalists demands to cut off such drilling entirely, but oil companies complained that they would stymie exploration.

By CORAL DAVENPORT

The all-stock deal, worth $13 billion, would combine the American and French companies, which have been hit hard by the global plunge in energy prices.

By STANLEY REED

Long a ticket to the middle class, especially for African-Americans, they have become increasingly difficult to find.

By ANNIE LOWREY

The regulations are aimed at preventing the kind of failures that caused the disastrous 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico and come amid a proposal for Arctic drilling.

By CORAL DAVENPORT

The Obama administration has hopes that gas export efforts will help build peaceful relations between Israel and its neighbors in the Middle East.

By ISABEL KERSHNER and STANLEY REED

The decision to postpone the plan, called Browse, comes as prices for the fuel in Asia have fallen steeply.

Interior Secretary Sally Jewell cited the militarys reservations about drilling near some of its largest installations, plunging oil prices and widespread local concerns.

By CORAL DAVENPORT

The Obama administration yielded to opposition from coastal communities from Virginia to Georgia but dashed the hopes of many of those states leaders.

By CORAL DAVENPORT

The realization is adding momentum to efforts to convert some of the platforms into artificial reefs once they are decommissioned.

By ERIK OLSEN

Environmentalists disagree over whether outdated oil rigs off the coast of Long Beach, Calif., can become an addition to the marine ecosystem.

By ERIK OLSEN

Exxon Mobil and Hess may soon confirm that the sea floor beneath the South American countrys coastal waters contains one of the richest energy discoveries in decades.

By CLIFFORD KRAUSS

President Obamas decision to block drilling has been a boon to efforts to protect fragile environments.

By THE EDITORIAL BOARD

The president called his action a permanent ban, but Donald J. Trump and a Republican Congress will be able to roll back some recent environmental rules.

By CORAL DAVENPORT

Mr. Obama may use his executive authority to permanently ban new offshore drilling in parts of federally owned waters in the Atlantic and Arctic Oceans.

By CORAL DAVENPORT

Russias energy industry could create a blurry line between Mr. Tillersons interests as an oilman and the role he will assume as Americas top diplomat.

By ANDREW E. KRAMER and CLIFFORD KRAUSS

Looking beyond current low oil prices, the companies paid billions in an auction of deepwater drilling rights in the Gulf of Mexico.

By ELISABETH MALKIN and CLIFFORD KRAUSS

Amid continuing low oil and natural gas prices, companies are again turning to tech advances to cut costs, raise productivity and expand exploration.

By MARK SCOTT

Pummeled by the price of oil and sliding production, the North Sea fields cannot be counted on to provide an economic lift to Scottish independence hopes.

By STEVEN ERLANGER

The campaign is a major shift for a country whose government wrestled with how to regulate the energy industry.

By STANLEY REED

Oil and gas lobbyists like the subsidies; environmental activists want to end them. A study shows the subsidies dont make a huge difference.

By EDUARDO PORTER

The rules fell short of many environmentalists demands to cut off such drilling entirely, but oil companies complained that they would stymie exploration.

By CORAL DAVENPORT

The all-stock deal, worth $13 billion, would combine the American and French companies, which have been hit hard by the global plunge in energy prices.

By STANLEY REED

Long a ticket to the middle class, especially for African-Americans, they have become increasingly difficult to find.

By ANNIE LOWREY

The regulations are aimed at preventing the kind of failures that caused the disastrous 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico and come amid a proposal for Arctic drilling.

By CORAL DAVENPORT

The Obama administration has hopes that gas export efforts will help build peaceful relations between Israel and its neighbors in the Middle East.

By ISABEL KERSHNER and STANLEY REED

The decision to postpone the plan, called Browse, comes as prices for the fuel in Asia have fallen steeply.

Interior Secretary Sally Jewell cited the militarys reservations about drilling near some of its largest installations, plunging oil prices and widespread local concerns.

By CORAL DAVENPORT

The Obama administration yielded to opposition from coastal communities from Virginia to Georgia but dashed the hopes of many of those states leaders.

By CORAL DAVENPORT

The realization is adding momentum to efforts to convert some of the platforms into artificial reefs once they are decommissioned.

By ERIK OLSEN

Environmentalists disagree over whether outdated oil rigs off the coast of Long Beach, Calif., can become an addition to the marine ecosystem.

By ERIK OLSEN

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