The White House announced next steps for its energy security task force. The task force is a joint effort with the European Union (E.U.).

A BP oil refinery in Ohio was investigated for failing to safely handle hazardous materials, resulting in the fatal burns of two employees. 

An oil and gas company been cited by OSHA for health and safety violations after an employee suffered fatal exposure to hydrogen sulfide.

Lord Andrew Parker and Carlos Velazquez have been selected as recipients of the 2021 and 2022 Distinguished Achievement Awards from the International Security Management Association (ISMA).

Security leaders in the energy sector must foreground industry-wide collaboration to protect their organizations from cybersecurity threats.

Colonial Pipeline, which operates the biggest gasoline conduit to the East Coast, said it has no estimate on when it could restart the 5,500-mile pipeline that it shut Friday after a cyberattack. The company took systems offline to contain the threat, temporarily halting all pipeline operations and affecting some IT system. In a statement, the company said the Colonial Pipeline operations team is developing a system restart plan, and while their mainlines remain offline, some smaller  lateral lines between terminals and delivery points are now operational. 

Bipartisan House lawmakers introduced a bill this week intended to protect critical infrastructure from cyberattacks following the latest unsuccessful attack on a Florida water treatment facility.