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Interior head says public lands can make U.S. a ‘dominant’ oil power
Reuters | Valerie Volcovici | June 19, 2017 Boosting drilling and mining on America's protected federal lands can help the United States become not just independent, but "dominant" as a global energy force, according to Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke, whose agency manages about one-fifth of U.S. territory. […]
Letter: Facts to determine ruling on seismic testing
New Bern Sun Journal | Don Oltz | June 14, 2017 This is a response to the May 13 article “Feds push new seismic testing.” For several years I chaired the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Committee for the Dept. of Interior Minerals (DOI) Management Service […]
You can’t find what you can’t see — Seismic surveys shine a light on Atlantic oil
The Hill | Roger Keyte | June 15, 2017 It has been more than 30 years since the last seismic surveys were taken of the outer continental shelf of the Atlantic seaboard. The estimates we currently have for how much oil and natural gas may […]
The US Has Been The World’s Energy Superpower Five Years Running
The Daily Caller | Michael Bastasch | June 7, 2017 President Donald Trump won’t have to do much to make the U.S. “energy dominant” — America has been number one in oil and natural gas production for five years in a row, according to federal […]
US oil output poised to hit 10 million barrels a day next year, breaking 1970 record, EIA says
CNBC | Tom DiChristopher | June 6, 2017 The U.S. Department of Energy on Tuesday signaled it is now more confident that U.S. oil production will rise to 10 million barrels a day next year, the highest average annual level on the books. The department's Energy […]
Let new tech guide energy exploration
The Post & Courier | May 29, 2017 | William Schachte Rep. Mark Sanford, R-S.C., recently filed a bill to suspend testing and drilling for oil and natural gas in the Atlantic coastal region for the next 10 years. This was in response to a new […]
We’ve come a long way since Deepwater Horizon
Corpus Christi Caller Times | May 31, 2017 | David de Roode President Trump’s executive order aimed at rolling back efforts to ban oil and natural gas drilling in huge swaths of the Atlantic and Arctic oceans came as welcome relief to our industry. Last […]
Leave oil rigs in the North Sea, say conservationists
The Guardian | May 29, 2017 | Adam Vaughn Conservationists want oil companies and regulators to consider leaving more old rigs in the North Sea rather than removing them, with the savings paid into a fund to protect sealife. After the Brent Spar debacle in […]
NOIA Statement on President Trump’s Fiscal Year 2018 Budget
For Immediate Release: Tuesday, May 23, 2017 Contact: Nicolette Nye, (202) 465-8463, nicolette@nullnoia.org NOIA Statement on President Trump’s Fiscal Year 2018 Budget Washington, D.C. – National Ocean Industries Association (NOIA) President Randall Luthi issued the following statement on President Trump’s FY2018 Budget: “NOIA whole-heartedly appreciates the Trump administration’s […
Making the most of an opportunity
The Virginian-Pilot | May 14, 2017 | Nicolette Nye President Donald Trump made the right decision last month when he signed an executive order designed to open more offshore areas to oil and natural gas exploration and production. The process he has launched should overturn former […]
