Industry News
Oil And Gas Industry Buoyed By Trump Election
Forbes | November 11, 2016 | Mark Druskoff and Chad Watt After nearly two years of depressed commodity prices and a host of regulations and activist opposition, the U.S. oil and gas industry is hopeful a Donald Trump administration can help re-ignite growth in the sector, […]
NOIA Congratulates Donald Trump on Election, Urges Path Forward on Offshore Development and Growth
For Immediate Release: Wednesday, November 9, 2016 Contact: Justin Williams, (202) 465-8464, jwilliams@nullnoia.org NOIA Congratulates Donald Trump on Election, Urges Path Forward on Offshore Development and Growth Washington, D.C. – NOIA President Randall Luthi today released the following statement on the election of Donald Trump as […]
Oil and Gas Groups Seek Additional Information and Transparency on New Financial Assurance Requirements for Offshore Producers
For Immediate Release: Monday, November 7, 2016 Contact: Nicolette Nye, (202) 465-8463, nicolette@nullnoia.org Oil and Gas Groups Seek Additional Information and Transparency on New Financial Assurance Requirements for Offshore Producers NOIA, IPAA, LMOGA & GEST Submit Joint FOIA Requests to BOEM and DOI Washington, D.C. – The National […]
Consumers, Businesses, and Manufacturers Voice Support for Offshore Energy
BusinessWire | November 3, 2016 WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--In a letter sent to U.S. President Barack Obama and Interior Secretary Sally Jewell today, groups representing consumers, businesses, and manufacturers from across the country urged the Obama administration to preserve its proposed 2017-2022 offshore oil and natural gas […]
Obama Admin officials express support for Arctic oil and gas development
Houston Energy Insider | October 28, 2016 | Heinsider Obama Administration officials and former leaders of U.S. Armed Forces expressed support for Arctic oil and gas development at an Atlantic Council event on Geopolitics, Security, and Energy in the Arctic, sponsored by the Arctic Energy […]
GAO faults feds on key response to BP spill
The Hill | October 31, 2016 | Timothy Cama The Interior Department isn’t doing sufficient work to track whether a key response to the 2010 BP oil spill is working, government auditors said. At issue are changes to improve hiring and retention for key staff […]
Nicolette Nye: The oil market is flooded, let’s prepare for the drought
Washington Examiner | October 27, 2016 | Nicolette Nye With gasoline prices low, it's tempting to kick the figurative can down the road when it comes to U.S. energy policy. The urgency to provide access to the nation's vast offshore oil and natural gas resources […]
Luthi: The right message from Deepwater Horizon
The Hill | October 25, 2016 | Randall Luthi Recently, the Peter Berg film Deepwater Horizon provided the Hollywood version of the Macondo Well accident. Putting the inaccuracies and biased slant aside, the film rightly reminded us of the bravery and sacrifice of the 126 […]
Media Hype Aside, Energy Industry Is Exceptionally Safe
Forbes | October 20, 2016 | Robert Bradley, Jr. The new movie Deepwater Horizon chronicles a few brave rig workers during the 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. This is a story worth telling, but the Deepwater disaster should not be taken as […]
Arctic drilling has vital role in energy, national security
FuelFix | October 25, 2016 | Erik Milito They’re calling it “mega,” “massive,” “major.” A new oil discovery in shallow waters off Alaska’s North Slope could contain 6 billion barrels of crude oil – singlehandedly increasing Alaska’s oil reserves by 80 percent and potentially producing […]
