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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 […]
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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., […]
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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 […]
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Olympus offshore platform arrives at deep-water destination
Posted on August 5, 2013 at 2:30 pm by FuelFix.com in featured, Gulf of Mexico, Production Shell’s massive Olympus production platform has reached its destination in the deep-water Gulf of Mexico, ending an 18,000-mile journey that began last year in South Korea. Full Story
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NOIA Statement on Offshore Safety Meeting Between Regulators and Industry
For Immediate Release: Thursday, August 1, 2013 Contact: Nicolette Nye, (202) 465-8463, nnye@nullnoia.org NOIA Statement on Offshore Safety Meeting Between Regulators and Industry Washington, DC – Today, NOIA President Randall Luthi participated in a meeting of Interior Department officials and senior oil and […]
US auctions 1st offshore wind energy leases in 2 areas off New England coast to RI firm
By Associated Press, Published: July 31 PROVIDENCE, R.I. — A Rhode Island firm is the high bidder in an auction to build a wind farm off the coast of Rhode Island and Massachusetts. It’s the first time the federal government has sold competitive leases for […]
Feds begin probe of Gulf gas well blowout
Posted on July 29, 2013 at 5:42 pm by Jennifer A. Dlouhy in Accidents, featured, Gulf of Mexico Federal drilling regulators on Monday launched a formal investigation into the blowout of a gas well in the Gulf of Mexico last week that forced the evacuation of 44 workers and ignited a […]
Scientists Envision Fracking in Arctic and on Ocean Floor B
Posted July 28, 2013, 9:37 p.m. ET Scientists in Japan and the U.S. say they are moving closer to tapping a new source of energy: methane hydrate, a crystalline form of natural gas found in Arctic permafrost and at the bottom of oceans. At room temperature […]
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The week ahead: Senate nears first big energy bill since 2007
By Zack Colman - 07/29/13 08:40 AM ET The Senate gears up for a chance to pass its first substantive energy bill since 2007 as energy efficiency legislation heads to the upper chamber’s floor. Or maybe not. Co-sponsors Sens. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) and Rob Portman (R-Ohio) […]
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