Chevron CEO ordered to testify in fraud case against Ecuadoreans

Reuters) - A judge on Tuesday ruled that Chevron Corp's chief executive must testify in the U.S. oil company's fraud case against Ecuadoreans seeking to collect on a $19 billion judgment against Chevron related to rainforest pollution.

Protesters decry Lithuania's shale gas plans

VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) — Waving signs reading "Chevron, go away!," protesters demonstrated Tuesday in the Lithuanian capital against the government's plans to let the U.S oil company to begin shale gas exploration.

YPF, Chevron sign Argentina shale pact

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Argentina's cash-strapped state energy company signed a partnership deal Wednesday with Chevron Corp. for a "massive development" of the South American country's vast nonconventional oil and gas resources.

Gazprom feels the chill as its dominance is weakened

A vast northern energy project frozen, billions of dollars in lost profit, legal disputes and investigations – the creeping shale gas revolution has left Gazprom, Russia's state gas monopoly, reeling.

Isaac threatens Gulf oil production

NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- Tropical Storm Isaac is curtailing oil production along the Gulf of Mexico and threatening refineries, which could send already rising gasoline prices up another 10 cents in the coming week.

Chevron appeals Brazil ban, seeks oil field restart

RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Chevron , the No. 2 U.S. oil company, has appealed against an injunction banning it and its drilling contractor Transocean Ltd from operating in Brazil while civil and criminal charges over an oil spill last November are judged.