That disaster led Congress to pass new measures to prevent oil pollution.

VOA: special.2009.03.02

He said they want to make sure that the new cap is not causing the oil to escape elsewhere.

VOA: standard.2010.07.16

A new underwater video - released as the latest hearings began - shows oil continuing to spill from the deep water well.

VOA: standard.2010.05.18

French oil company Total also hopes to sign new deals to explore and drill in Iraq.

VOA: standard.2009.11.16

The oil crisis was avoided after Moscow and Kyiv reached a new deal this week.

VOA: standard.2010.01.01

President Medvedev says Russia will devote considerable resources to develop and purchase new weapons, despite a tight national budget affected by the declining price of Russian oil exports.

VOA: standard.2009.03.20

The bill,which now goes to the Senate, would remove a $75 million limit on liability for oil spill damages and put a new tax on the industry to fund nationwide conservation projects.

VOA: standard.2010.07.31

"In addition to cleaning up the mess, repairing the damage and cracking down on big oil companies, we also have to get serious about ending our dependence on oil and creating new sources of clean energy."

VOA: standard.2010.07.31

In the report, called "Heads in the Sand", the group says a serious decline in the supply of oil coupled with increasing demand and few new projects planned, means the world needs to move away from oil.

VOA: standard.2009.10.20

"It is a double track approach,of course, to have a very clear position on sanctions, not only on Security Council, but specific new measures from the European Union on the financial side - on the oil and gas sector, in all elements that can give to Iran a very clear message that they have to move and respond to the requirements of the international community."

VOA: standard.2010.07.28