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Letters: Work to promote offshore energy
The Advocate | January 24, 2017 | Dave Welch Our leaders in Washington will be very busy over the next several months as they seek to implement President Donald Trump’s agenda. High on their list should be actions that will undo some of the damage […]
‘Permanent’ Offshore Drilling Ban in Uncharted Waters
Bloomberg | January 20, 2017 | Alan Kovski President-elect Donald Trump will soon be able to test the question of whether a president can successfully rescind or modify a previous president’s ban on offshore oil and gas drilling. It will be a step into the […]
Opinion: Make drilling great again
Houma Today | January 19, 2017 | Shane Comeaux People from other states say we speak a different language in Louisiana, and in this case, they are right. Here in Louisiana, we translate Donald Trump's campaign slogan into "make drilling great again." This is what […]
Trump should reverse Obama’s ban on Arctic offshore energy development
Alaska Dispatch News | January 18, 2017 | Mead Treadwell The last-minute decision by President Obama to indefinitely ban any future offshore energy activity in the U.S. Arctic should be reversed by President Trump, soon — within the first 100 days of his term. Why? […]
New oil projects to double in 2017, WoodMac says
CNBC | January 11, 2017 Oil and gas companies will increase spending in 2017 and more than double new project developments as they gain confidence that a two-year oil price slump is behind them, consultancy Wood Mackenzie said. The upbeat outlook follows a more than […]
How Trump could make the offshore industry great again
Offshore Magazine | January 13, 2017 | Randall Luthi The election of Donald Trump may have charted an unexpected course for the offshore oil and gas world in 2017. After eight years of “just trying to hang on” through the onslaught of new regulations and […]
Drill more, not less, offshore
Caller Times Corpus Christi | January 14, 2017 | Rob Saltiel President Obama’s recent decisions to withdraw huge areas of the Arctic and Atlantic oceans from future oil and gas leasing opportunities and to deny seismic survey permits in the Atlantic are not in keeping […]
Energy industry energizes young workers
Mississippi Today | January 11, 2017 | Kenda Ablaza There are plenty of well-paying jobs in Mississippi that young workers have yet to discover — at least that’s what the Mississippi Energy Institute says. The Jackson-based nonprofit policy group is leading a digital campaign focused […]
Undoing the damage done to the nation’s energy future
The Advertiser | January 11, 2017 | Brady Como On its way out the door, the Obama administration has made two short-sighted decisions about the nation’s energy future. First, it withdrew areas in the Arctic and Atlantic oceans from future oil and natural gas leasing […]
Oil Drillers Are Expanding Again After Losing Half-Million Jobs
Bloomberg | January 9, 2016 | David Wethe The oil industry is expected to boost spending for the first time in three years after slashing almost half a million jobs globally during the downturn, according to industry consultant Graves & Co. More than three quarters […]
