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The Arctic is Essential to Interior’s Oil and Gas Program
The Hill | June 16, 2016 | Kara Moriarty In recent years, Alaska’s role in the emerging Arctic has taken center stage, and for good reason: It is a place of boundless beauty and tremendous opportunity. For those that appreciate the challenges of what makes our […]
Attacks on Offshore Energy Threaten Texas Economy
Houston Business Journal | June 16, 2016 | Stephen Minick As the state’s leading employer organization, the Texas Association of Business is committed to improving the Texas business climate and making our state’s economy the strongest in the world. Doing so, however, will require sensible […]
Lifeline for Korean shipyards could keep U.S. project afloat
Energywire | June 17, 2016 | Jenny Mandel An early-stage proposal to float a liquefied natural gas export terminal off the Louisiana coastline is on track to get major financing despite an industry-wide slowdown. Early this week, news reports surfaced that Delfin LNG, a project […]
Institute for Energy Research: Voting For Energy
Forbes | June 14, 2016 | Robert Bradley, Jr. Despite the divisiveness of this election season, Americans from both parties share common ground. As polls show, voters want the next president to inject life into our sluggish economy. The nation created only 38,000 jobs last […]
Military Brass Tells Obama, Move Forward On Drilling, Never ‘Retreat’
The Daily Caller | June 16, 2016 | Chris White Several former top military officials are pushing the Obama administration to push forward on oil and gas drilling in the American Arctic, while green activists and climate scientists express concern about the region’s beluga whales. […]
Republican prods Obama with Arctic resolution
Washington Examiner | June 15, 2016 | John Siciliano A California Republican offered a gentle reminder to the Obama administration not to backtrack from its plan to open the Arctic to drilling. Rep. Devin Nunes introduced a non-binding resolution encouraging the Arctic leases just as […]
Port Fourchon’s Slip D expansion takes shape
Daily Comet | June 15, 2016 | Mike Hill The first phase of dredging Slip D in Port Fourchon’s northern expansion area has been completed as the port prepares for the eventual upswing in the oil industry. The project will add 300 acres of developed […]
Did You Burn Any Fossil Fuels Today?
The Daily Caller | June 8, 2016 | Doug Domenech I remember the first time I met Sally Jewell. She had come into the office to meet then Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne. At the time she was the CEO of the outdoor equipment co-op REI. […]
Distinction With A Difference: Arctic Lease Sales Should Go Forward
Breaking Energy | June 16, 2016 | Lucas Frances The Department of the Interior may have decided to exclude the Atlantic region from its upcoming five-year offshore leasing plan, but the existing lease sales in the Arctic should go forward as planned. As the public […]
Gulf of Mexico and Alaska Offshore Lease Sales are Vital to Our Energy and Economic Future
For Immediate Release: Thursdsay, June 16, 2016 Contact: Nicolette Nye, (202) 465-8463, nnye@nullnoia.org Gulf of Mexico and Alaska Offshore Lease Sales are Vital to Our Energy and Economic Future Washington, D.C. - NOIA President Randall Luthi today issued the following statement regarding joint trade comments submitted […]
