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Offshore Arctic Development; Alaskans Look North to Future
Real Clear Energy | September 16, 2016 | Mead Treadwell Alaska’s state motto, “North to the Future,” represents our state as a land of promise. Alaskans believe in that promise, and in an overwhelming response to the Department of Interior’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management […]
Statoil Renews Push into Arctic Oil Basins
Wall Street Journal | September 6, 2016 | Kjetil Malkenes Hovland Norway’s Statoil ASA said Tuesday that it was pushing deeper into the Arctic, shopping for Barents Sea drilling licenses in a bid to add resources and maintain output over the coming decades. The 67% […]
NOIA Commends U.S. House on Passage of the Innovation in Offshore Leasing Act
For Immediate Release: Tuesday, September 6, 2016 Contact: Justin Williams, (202) 465-8464, jwilliams@nullnoia.org NOIA Commends U.S. House on Passage of the Innovation in Offshore Leasing Act Washington, D.C. – NOIA President Randall Luthi today issued the following statement on the House’s passage of H.R. 5577, the […]
Interest In The Arctic Continues
E&P Magazine | September 1, 2016 | Lucas Frances The coming months are a critical time for communities in America’s Arctic. The administration, through the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), will soon finalize the next five-year plan for the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) and determine if lease sales […]
Oil discoveries at 70-year low signal supply shortfall ahead
Bloomberg | August 30, 2016 | Mikael Holter Explorers in 2015 discovered only about a tenth as much oil as they have annually on average since 1960. This year, they’ll probably find even less, spurring new fears about their ability to meet future demand. With oil prices down by more […]
Proposed rule gives feds undue authority over offshore air
BIC Magazine | August 4, 2016 | Lori LeBlanc Here we go again. With only five months until a new president takes office, the current administration is taking another swing at the offshore oil and gas industry. This latest punch is once again an overreaching, […]
The harsh reality of Russia’s influence on Alaska’s offshore exploration
The Washington Examiner | August 15, 2016 | Guy Caruso Thanks to technological advancements, like Russia's creation of the world's largest icebreaker Arktika, oil and natural gas reserves beneath the Arctic waters are easier to access than ever before. As a result, the Arctic now […]
Luthi: Clinton and Trump lack broad-based energy policies
Fort Worth Star-Telegram | August 10, 2016 | Randall Luthi Presidential hopefuls Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump have wasted little time in addressing energy policy this election. In one of his first major policy speeches, Trump outlined a plan to expand traditional fuels, including an […]
It is critical for the US to invest in the Arctic
CNBC | August 9, 2016 | General James Jones and General Joseph Ralston As ice gives way to navigable ocean, the U.S. Coast Guard has estimated that there has been a 300-percent increase in human activity in the Arctic, requiring a new era of public-private partnership. […]
This Is Where the First U.S. Offshore Wind Turbines Were Just Installed
Fortune | August 8, 2016 | Katie Fehrenbacher The first wind turbines to be installed off the coasts of the United States were constructed over the past few days about three miles offshore of Block Island, Rhode Island. While wind farms have been built all over […]
