US Senate back’s Trumps interior pick as move towards fossil fuel boost
The US Senate has paved the way to America boosting fossil fuel outputs by backing President Donald Trump's pick to head up the Interior Department.
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Nigerian Senate to probe allegations state oil ‘ illegally inflated funds’, sources claim
Nigeria's upper house of parliament is to investigate allegations the state oil company illegally inflated funds it collected from an official subsidy scheme.
Senate confirms billionaire investor Wilbur Ross as commerce secretary
The US Senate has confirmed billionaire investor Wilbur Ross as commerce secretary as President Donald Trump adds to his economic team.
US Senate passes energy legislation
The sharply divided US Senate has passed a comprehensive energy legislation for the first time in nearly a decade, forging a rare bipartisan compromise -- even if the result is far less ambitious than energy packages of years past.
Senate committee passes bill to lift ban on US oil exports
A bill to pass the 40-year-old ban on US oil exports has been passed by the Senate Banking Committee. The bill, which was sponsored by Democrat Senator Heidi Heitkamp from North Dakota, passed 13 to 9. The politician was the only person from the Democrats to vote for the measure.