Off the coast of Nigeria, one of the world’s largest oil production ships, called the Bonga, was taking oil from a field on the ocean floor and transferring it to a tanker ship. Such transfers are ...

Shell rebuffed a Wall Street Journal report that said the oil giant was in early talks to take over rival company BP. “This is further market speculation. No talks are taking place,” the company said ...

Military helicopters fly over Camp Pendleton during a temporary closure of Interstate 5 on Saturday. (Jonathan Alcorn / For The Times) New questions are emerging about why there were no public ...