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Trump should reverse Obama’s ban on Arctic offshore energy development

Alaska Dispatch News | January 18, 2017 | Mead Treadwell The last-minute decision by President Obama to indefinitely ban any future offshore energy activity in the U.S. Arctic should be reversed by President Trump, soon — within the first 100 days of his term. Why? […]

New oil projects to double in 2017, WoodMac says

CNBC | January 11, 2017 Oil and gas companies will increase spending in 2017 and more than double new project developments as they gain confidence that a two-year oil price slump is behind them, consultancy Wood Mackenzie said. The upbeat outlook follows a more than […]

How Trump could make the offshore industry great again

Offshore Magazine | January 13, 2017 | Randall Luthi The election of Donald Trump may have charted an unexpected course for the offshore oil and gas world in 2017. After eight years of “just trying to hang on” through the onslaught of new regulations and […]

Drill more, not less, offshore

Caller Times Corpus Christi | January 14, 2017 | Rob Saltiel President Obama’s recent decisions to withdraw huge areas of the Arctic and Atlantic oceans from future oil and gas leasing opportunities and to deny seismic survey permits in the Atlantic are not in keeping […]

Energy industry energizes young workers

Mississippi Today | January 11, 2017 | Kenda Ablaza There are plenty of well-paying jobs in Mississippi that young workers have yet to discover — at least that’s what the  Mississippi Energy Institute says. The Jackson-based nonprofit policy group is leading a digital campaign focused […]

Undoing the damage done to the nation’s energy future

The Advertiser | January 11, 2017 | Brady Como On its way out the door, the Obama administration has made two short-sighted decisions about the nation’s energy future. First, it withdrew areas in the Arctic and Atlantic oceans from future oil and natural gas leasing […]

Oil Drillers Are Expanding Again After Losing Half-Million Jobs

Bloomberg | January 9, 2016 | David Wethe The oil industry is expected to boost spending for the first time in three years after slashing almost half a million jobs globally during the downturn, according to industry consultant Graves & Co. More than three quarters […]

NOIA Slams BOEM’s Denial of Offshore Seismic Permits

For Immediate Release: Friday, January 6, 2017 Contact:  Nicolette Nye, (202) 465-8463, nnye@nullnoia.org NOIA Slams BOEM’s Denial of Offshore Seismic Permits Washington, D.C. – National Ocean Industries Association President Randall Luthi today issued the following statement on the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management’s denial of seismic survey […]

Polar bears over people, environmentalism over economies

The Hill | January 6, 2017 | Sayers Tuzroyluk, Sr. In the name of climate change initiatives President Obama has, over the course of his presidency, marginalized the voices of the Arctic Iñupiat while destroying our ability to develop a stable economy in Arctic Alaska. […]

Mexico: 20% gas price hike fuels looting, protests

CNN | January 5, 2017 | Catherine E. Shoichet A hefty government gas price hike is fueling protests, looting and road blockades in Mexico. Authorities arrested more than 250 people for robbery and acts of vandalism around the country this week, officials said. Some protests […]
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