All posts tagged "gas"

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  Puerto Rico, USVI responders getting fire equipment after EPA settlement

  Fuel distributor providing $110,000 worth of gear

  • Posted October 1, 2019
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  Total constructs $50 million storage facility in Puerto Rico terminal

  To improve resiliency, doubles capacity, equivalent to 6 weeks of sales

  • Posted April 3, 2019
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  Economic activity in Puerto Rico declined 0.7% in last month of the year

  But was 16.1% higher than in December 2017, shortly after Hurricane Maria

  • Posted February 21, 2019
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  November economic activity drops slightly in Puerto Rico

  Declines for 3rd consecutive month

  • Posted January 24, 2019
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  EPA To Keep Strict Gas Mileage Standards in Place

  DETROIT — The Obama administration has decided not to change government fuel economy requirements for cars and light trucks despite protests from automakers. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Gina McCarthy said that based on the agency’s technical analysis,...

  • Posted November 30, 2016
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  US Finalizes Rule to Limit Gas ‘Flaring’ at Drilling Sites

  WASHINGTON — The Obama administration is moving to complete rules intended to clamp down on oil companies that burn off natural gas on public lands. New rules finalized Tuesday seek to reduce waste and harmful methane emissions...

  • Posted November 15, 2016
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  OPEC Says Oil and Gas Will Remain World’s Main Energy Source

  VIENNA – OPEC has trimmed its forecast for growth in world consumption of crude over the coming decades, but says oil and gas will remain the globe’s main sources of energy. The forecast is contained in the...

  • Posted November 8, 2016
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  AAA research finds people waste money on premium gas

  DETROIT – There is no sense paying a premium for premium gasoline if your car is designed to run on regular, according to research by the automobile club AAA. Some drivers occasionally like to treat their cars...

  • Posted September 20, 2016
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  Dreams of Wealth, Fears of Problems as Guyana Finds Oil

  GEORGETOWN, Guyana – Sleepy Guyana has long been one of the hemisphere’s poorest places, a sparsely populated nation on South America’s northern shoulder that relies heavily on exports of sugar, rice and gold. But these days, there’s...

  • Posted September 5, 2016
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  US Regulators: Still Heavy Risk in Big Bank Loans

  WASHINGTON – Federal regulators say risk remains heavy in large loans made by banks and other financial institutions, though lending standards have improved. The Federal Reserve and other agencies cite increasing risks in loans to oil and...

  • Posted July 29, 2016