Industry News
Harvey Weinstein, ‘Big Oil’, And Rational Tax Policy
By David Blackmon Last week saw a couple of news events that caught my attention and made me think about how silly our societal priorities have become. The first event was the Obama Administration’s release of its annual federal budget plan which, for the sixth […]
BY COLIN DAILEDA3 DAYS AGO The United States Navy is drawing up a plan to operate in what is rapidly becoming a seasonally-open Arctic Ocean, and thus a new theater of operations. The amount of sea ice that covers the Arctic Ocean at the end […]
Bernanke: Energy ‘a bright spot’ in recovering economy
Posted on March 7, 2014 at 2:21 pm by Collin Eaton HOUSTON – The national oil and gas boom may have created a quarter of the jobs U.S. employers have added to payrolls since the economic downturn began six years ago, former Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said […]
Review of Atlantic energy draws mixed reactions
WASHINGTON, Feb. 28 (UPI) -- Exploring U.S. waters in the Atlantic Ocean will enhance an already booming energy sector, the oil industry says, though the environmental community cried foul. The U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management released its final environmental impact statement for proposed seismic surveys […]
Seismic testing for Atlantic oil and gas?
WASHINGTON, Feb. 28 (UPI) -- The Obama administration has unveiled an environmental analysis that could pave the way for seismic testing for oil and gas in the Atlantic. The U.S. Interior Department's Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, in releasing the review Thursday, specified in a statement that it […]
BOEM issues programmatic EIS for offshore Atlantic G&G activity
WASHINGTON, DC, Feb. 27 02/27/2014 By Nick Snow OGJ Washington Editor The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management moved a step closer to geologic and geophysical (G&G) activity on the southern and mid-Atlantic US Outer Continental Shelf as it released its long-awaited final programmatic environmental impact statement (PEIS) […]
Study opens path for seismic surveys off USAC for oil, gas development
Washington (Platts)--27Feb2014/602 pm EST/2302 GMT The Obama administration on Thursday moved a step closer to allowing the first seismic exploration in decades for oil and gas off the US Atlantic coast, outlining a range of environmental mitigation measures that surveyors would have to follow to […]
NOIA Comments on Atlantic Seismic Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement
For Immediate Release: Thursday, February 27, 2014 Contact: Nicolette Nye, (202) 465-8463 or (703) 732-0801, nicolette@nullnoia.org NOIA Comments on Atlantic Seismic Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement Washington, D.C. – Jeff Vorberger, Vice President for Policy and Government Affairs at the National Ocean Industries Association, today issued the […]
Seismic testing offshore Lowcountry for oil, gas gets federal environmental OK
By Bo Petersen The Post and Courier Federal regulators promise to keep a close watch over potential disruptions to whales, dolphins and other marine species if deafening air-gun blasts are allowed offshore to test for natural gas or oil. But the concessions to protect the […]
Seismic exploration off SC to Virginia coast backed by feds
BY SEAN COCKERHAM McClatchy Washington Bureau February 27, 2014 WASHINGTON — The Interior Department is endorsing seismic exploration for oil and gas in Atlantic waters, a crucial move toward starting drilling off the Carolinas, Virginia and possibly down to Florida. The department released its final review […]
