Energy Security
Report: Oil and gas can boost economies and outdoor recreation
Posted on August 20, 2013 at 11:43 am by Jennifer A. Dlouhy Oil and gas development can coexist with hiking and hunting — and sometimes even fosters that outdoor recreation — according to a new study on how counties are balancing the activities. The research, […]
Arctic Development Trajectory is Irreversible
By Margaret Kriz Hobson, E&E reporter Published: Wednesday, August 21, 2013 The importance of the Arctic to world economic, political and military policy is increasing and irreversible, according to a recent analysis by Chatham House, a British think tank. The report argues that climate change, which […]
Foreign payments fight could jeopardize US-Mexico drilling pact
Posted on August 19, 2013 at 1:20 pm by Jennifer A. Dlouhy The oil industry is jeopardizing efforts to unlock nearly 1.5 million acres of Gulf of Mexico waters for drilling by aggressively opposing a federal mandate to disclose foreign payments, according to a former […]
Oil Drillers in Gulf of Mexico Brace for Storm
WSJ By ALISON SIDER Marathon Oil Corp. MRO -0.46% and BP BP.LN -0.12% PLC said they are evacuating some workers from the Gulf of Mexico as a storm makes its way from the Caribbean Sea toward the U.S. gulf waters... Full Story
Fossil Fuel Production on Federal Lands Drops
Fossil fuel production on U.S. federal lands took another dip during fiscal year 2012, even as energy production nationwide soared to a record high, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. During fiscal year 2012 — which ended last Sept. 30 and is the most […]
Spill containment company in constant race to keep up with oil boom
Nathanial Gronewold, E&E reporter Published: Tuesday, August 13, 2013 HOUSTON -- As drilling in the Gulf of Mexico expands well beyond the scale of where it was before the 2010 oil spill, the owner of the world's largest spill containment system is racing to catch […]
IHS CERA Finds No “Material Impact” on Climate from Keystone XL Pipeline
The latest IHS CERA study from the Canadian Oil Sands Energy Dialogue finds finds that the hotly debated Keystone XL pipeline would have "no material impact" on U.S. greenhouse gas emissions. The proposed pipeline would link Canadian oil sands fields with the U.S. Gulf Coast […]
Feds approve third project to export US natural gas
The Obama administration licensed a third company to broadly sell U.S. natural gas overseas on Wednesday, renewing fears that widespread exports of America’s bounty could spike domestic prices for the fossil fuel. In conditionally approving exports from a $2 billion facility in Lake Charles, La., […]
NOIA’s Randall Luthi Testifies at Senate Hearing
Contact: Nicolette Nye, (202) 465-8463, nnye@nullnoia.org NOIA’s Randall Luthi Testifies at Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Hearing Says Revenue Sharing and Offshore Access are Inextricably Linked Washington, DC – During testimony today at a Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing on […]
Media Advisory: NOIA’s Randall Luthi to Testify at Senate Energy & Natural Resources
For Immediate Release: Monday, July 22, 2013 Contact: Nicolette Nye, (202) 465-8463, nnye@nullnoia.org NOIA’s Randall Luthi to Testify at Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Hearing NOIA president Randall Luthi will testify before a Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing tomorrow […]
