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America could become oil king of the world in 2018
CNNMoney | Matt Egan | January 3, 2018 The United States is poised to ramp up crude oil production by 10% in 2018 to about 11 million barrels per day, according to research firm Rystad Energy. Surging shale oil output should allow the United States […]
U.S. oil production booms as new year begins
Washington Post | Thomas Heath | December 31, 2017 U.S. crude oil production is flirting with record highs heading into the new year, thanks to the technological nimbleness of shale oil drillers . The current abundance has erased memories of 1973 gas lines, which raised […]
Regulators Propose Rollbacks to Offshore Drilling Safety Measures
Wall Street Journal | Ted Mann | December 25, 2017 Regulators in the Trump administration are proposing to roll back safety measures put in place after the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill, a revision that would reduce the role of government in offshore oil production […]
How former Louisiana political warrior Scott Angelle is shaping U.S. energy policy in new role
The Advocate | Mark Ballard | December 24, 2017 Scott Angelle’s life cycles recently have become something akin to an oilfield worker, which kind of fits because he now regulates offshore drilling for the federal government. “I see my family every 21 days,” Angelle said […]
Trump Administration Reverses Obama-Era Policy on Accidental Bird Deaths
Bloomberg | Jennifer A Dlouhy | December 22, 2017 The Trump administration, reversing an Obama-era policy, said it won’t prosecute oil drillers, wind-farm developers and others who accidentally kill migratory birds. The Interior Department said accidental deaths of those birds will no longer be considered a […]
Seismic testing will be good for SC
The State | Dr. James Knapp | December 8, 2017 Contrary to what you’d think from the debate over seismic surveys in the Atlantic Ocean, marine seismic surveys have been conducted for more than 80 years, on every continental margin, and throughout most ocean basins. […]
NOIA Urges the Timely Consideration of Kathleen Hartnett White
For Immediate Release: Friday, December 8, 2017 Contact: Justin Williams, (202) 465-8464, jwilliams@nullnoia.org NOIA Urges the Timely Consideration of Kathleen Hartnett White Washington, D.C. - National Ocean Industries Association (NOIA) President Randall Luthi issued the following statement regarding the confirmation of Kathleen Hartnett White as […]
As Cape Wind dies, offshore wind picks up steam in Massachusetts
The Republican | Mary C. Serreze | December 3, 2017 Cape Wind may be dead, but the offshore wind industry in Massachusetts is just starting to spring to life. Cape Wind Associates last week dropped longstanding plans for a 130-turbine wind farm in the middle of […]
Tax Reform Bill Supports American Offshore Energy
For Immediate Release: Thursday, November 16, 2017 Contact: Justin Williams, (202) 465-8464, jwilliams@nullnoia.org Tax Reform Bill Supports American Offshore Energy Washington, D.C. – NOIA President Randall Luthi issued the follow statement after the House of Representatives passed tax reform legislation: “Today’s timely passage of the […]
The misguided notion of peak oil demand
Axios | Amy Harder | November 7, 2018 The new conventional wisdom suggests the world is approaching peak oil demand. That's a misleading term for a more stubborn dependency. Bottom line: The world's appetite for oil is like a huge hill, and we're still going up […]
