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Breaking News! “Obama Administration Names New (BSEE) Offshore Drilling Regulator”
By Jennifer A. Dlouhy The Obama administration is once again tapping a Coast Guard veteran to be the nation’s next chief offshore drilling regulator. Former Coast Guard Vice Adm. Brian Salerno will take over as director of the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement later […]
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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...
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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 […]
