Two lawsuits filed Monday in federal court accuse the largest natural-gas companies that operate in Virginia of underpaying royalties to Southwest Virginia mineral owners who have leased their gas rights.

This image from video provided by BP PLC earlyMonday, June 28, 2010 shows oil leaking from the broken wellhead, at the site of the Deepwater Horizon oil well in the Gulf of Mexico.

BP shares fell more than 6 percent in New York on Friday to a 14-year low as the costs rise for containing the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

Robert Redford is talking oil, art and history - and for him, they're all connected as he works to use art as a tool of activism.

Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper gestures to Chinese President Hu Jintao as they walk through the Hall of Honour on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on June 24, 2010.

Embattled Englishman and CEO Tony Hayward on Wednesday handed over BP's handling of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill to an American executive brought up in one of the states affected by the disaster.

Share + Jun 22, 2010 7:30 am US/Pacific NEW ORLEANS 1 of 1 Steven L. Newman, President and CEO of Transocean, listens during a hearing of the House Natural Resources Committee on Capitol Hill May 27, 2010, in Washington, D.C. Brendan Smialowski/Getty Images Poll Do you think there should be at least a temporary ban on deepwater drilling in light of ...

Acergy on Monday said it was buying Subsea 7 in an all-stock deal the companies valued at $5.4 billion as the oil services firms team up to take on more complex projects.

President Barack Obama's chief of staff says BP chief executive Tony Hayward has committed yet another in a "long line of PR gaffes" but attending a yacht race in England while the Gulf oil spill disaster continues.

The oil giant's chairman cites the chief executive's inartful public remarks in explaining the decision.

AGE a ' 64, born Oct. 23, 1945, in Brockton, Mass. EXPERIENCE a ' Obama administration "pay czar" for financial bailout program, June 2009 to present.