Industry News
NOIA Statement on Secretarial Announcement Regarding Florida Offshore Waters
For Immediate Release: Wednesday, January 10, 2018 Contact: Nicolette Nye, (202) 465-8463, nicolette@nullnoia.org NOIA Statement on Secretarial Announcement Regarding Florida Offshore Waters Washington, D.C. – National Ocean Industries Association (NOIA) President Randall Luthi issued the following statement on Secretary Zinke’s announcement regarding Florida offshore waters: “The […]
NOIA Applauds Bold Draft Proposal for New 5-Year National Offshore Oil and Gas Leasing Program
For Immediate Release: Thursday, January 4, 2018 Contact: Nicolette Nye, (202) 465-9463, nicolette@nullnoia.org Washington, D.C. – National Ocean Industries Association (NOIA) President Randall Luthi issued the following statement on DOI’s 2019-2024 National Offshore Oil and Gas Leasing Draft Proposed Program: “With 94 percent of our nation’s outer […]
GAO finds inconsistencies in processing offshore oil testing
The Hill | Timothy Cama | January 4, 2018 Federal regulators under the Obama administration were inconsistent in how they processed applications to conduct seismic research for offshore oil and natural gas, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) found. Auditors found in a report released Thursday that, depending […]
America could become oil king of the world in 2018
CNNMoney | Matt Egan | January 3, 2018 The United States is poised to ramp up crude oil production by 10% in 2018 to about 11 million barrels per day, according to research firm Rystad Energy. Surging shale oil output should allow the United States […]
U.S. oil production booms as new year begins
Washington Post | Thomas Heath | December 31, 2017 U.S. crude oil production is flirting with record highs heading into the new year, thanks to the technological nimbleness of shale oil drillers . The current abundance has erased memories of 1973 gas lines, which raised […]
Regulators Propose Rollbacks to Offshore Drilling Safety Measures
Wall Street Journal | Ted Mann | December 25, 2017 Regulators in the Trump administration are proposing to roll back safety measures put in place after the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill, a revision that would reduce the role of government in offshore oil production […]
How former Louisiana political warrior Scott Angelle is shaping U.S. energy policy in new role
The Advocate | Mark Ballard | December 24, 2017 Scott Angelle’s life cycles recently have become something akin to an oilfield worker, which kind of fits because he now regulates offshore drilling for the federal government. “I see my family every 21 days,” Angelle said […]
Trump Administration Reverses Obama-Era Policy on Accidental Bird Deaths
Bloomberg | Jennifer A Dlouhy | December 22, 2017 The Trump administration, reversing an Obama-era policy, said it won’t prosecute oil drillers, wind-farm developers and others who accidentally kill migratory birds. The Interior Department said accidental deaths of those birds will no longer be considered a […]
NOIA Celebrates DOI Solicitor’s Opinion on Take Under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act
For Immediate Release: Friday, December 22, 2017 Contact: Nicolette Nye, (202) 465-8463, nicolette@nullnoia.org NOIA Celebrates DOI Solicitor’s Opinion on Take Under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act Washington, D.C. – In response to today’s opinion from the DOI Solicitor regarding take under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, […]
NOIA Applauds Passage of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act
For Immediate Release: Wednesday, December 20, 2017 Contact: Justin Williams, (202) 465-8464, jwilliams@nullnoia.org NOIA Applauds Passage of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act Washington, D.C. – National Ocean Industries Association (NOIA) Randall Luthi issued the following statement after Congress passed the Tax Cuts and Jobs […]
