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Mexico’s Pemex Looks to Tap U.S. Shale and Deep-water Oil
By JOSÉ DE CÓRDOBA and LAURENCE ILIFF Emilio Lozoya, CEO of Pemex, is trying to reverse falling production. MEXICO CITY—Petroleos Mexicanos, Mexico's state oil monopoly, will set up a new company to explore and produce shale gas and deep-water oil in the U.S. as part […]
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
NOIA Applauds Selection of Vice Admiral Brian Salerno as Next Director of BSEE
For Immediate Release: Wednesday, August 14, 2013 Contact: Nicolette Nye, (202) 465-8463, nnye@nullnoia.org NOIA Applauds Selection of Vice Admiral Brian Salerno as Next Director of BSEE Washington, DC – NOIA President Randall Luthi today issued the following statement applauding the selection of Vice […]
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 […]
The Wind Energy Industry Gets Its Groove Back
...Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) July competitive lease auction for wind development off the Massachusetts-Rhode ... unpredictable electricity prices . BOEM announced another lease auction for Virginia coastal waters in September...
The (Russian) Arctic is open for business
...similar agreement with Royal Dutch Shell. No offshore drilling has taken place in the Canadian Arctic since 2006. Inadequate infrastructure is part of the reason: Canada lacks any roads or pipelines to its...
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., […]
Federal court says Shell Arctic oil spill plan legal
By Zack Colman - 08/06/13 09:25 AM ET A federal judge in Alaska ruled Monday that Royal Dutch Shell’s Arctic oil spill plans doesn’t run afoul of environmental laws. The U.S. District Court for the District of Alaska said the Interior Department didn’t violate the Endangered […]
