Politics & Opinions

Canada’s Carbon Pricing Isn’t Working – Fraser Institute

Canada’s Carbon Pricing Isn’t Working – Fraser Institute

“Carbon-pricing in Canada doesn’t work the way ivory tower economists envision, and instead has become just another tax,” said Kenneth Green, Fraser Institute’s senior director of energy and natural resource studies and author of Poor Implementation Undermines Carbon Tax Efficiency

Ban on Sand for Oil and Gas Development Prompts Lawsuit in Minnesota

Ban on Sand for Oil and Gas Development Prompts Lawsuit in Minnesota

Is sand the new oil & gas battleground?

Is sand the next battleground for energy development? The early salvos are taking place in Minnesota’s Winona County.

In late 2016, Winona County commissioners voted to ban what the Minneapolis Star Tribune …

After Approving 7 Pipelines in 2017, FERC is Dead in the Water

After Approving 7 Pipelines in 2017, FERC is Dead in the Water

FERC is out of gas without a quorum

For years, Marcellus and Utica natural gas transportation bottlenecks have seen producers crying for more takeaway capacity to move produced natural gas out of Appalachia. And just when they started to get …

Hearing Feb. 22: Bill Requires Colo. Cities that Impose Frac Bans to Pay Operators, Lessees, Royalty Owners for Losses

Hearing Feb. 22: Bill Requires Colo. Cities that Impose Frac Bans to Pay Operators, Lessees, Royalty Owners for Losses

 

Important hearing for HB 17-1124 at Colorado State Capitol — Feb. 22

Legislators in Denver have proposed a bill that would require a local government that interferes with oil and gas operations in Colorado to compensate oil and gas …

Trump Administration Action Signals Plans to Move Forward with Keystone XL and Dakota Access

Trump Administration Action Signals Plans to Move Forward with Keystone XL and Dakota Access

Trump executive action could expedite energy pipeline projects

President Donald Trump signed executive actions to accelerate the Keystone XL and Dakota Access pipeline projects and to decree that American steel should be used for pipelines built in the United States, …

President Declares “Indefinite” Offshore Drill Ban for Alaska and Atlantic Coastal Waters

President Declares “Indefinite” Offshore Drill Ban for Alaska and Atlantic Coastal Waters

White House Issues Memorandum Withdrawing Bulk of Alaska’s Arctic OCS and Portions of Atlantic OCS from Oil and Gas Drilling

Today the White House pulled the plug on offshore drilling leases in the bulk of the Arctic offshore Alaska and …

Oklahoma’s Osage Nation wants Oil & Gas Development to Hit the Accelerator—Now

Oklahoma’s Osage Nation wants Oil & Gas Development to Hit the Accelerator—Now

Osage Nation’s desire to continue its legacy of oil wealth is being stymied by the U.S. government; tribe wants oil companies to explore new plays, generate new oil production

Oklahoma’s Osage Nation wants Oil & Gas Development to Hit the Accelerator—NowSeizing upon economic growth opportunities associated with their tribal lands has …

Pipeline Delays Cost Builder Millions, Risking Contract Loss

From The Associated Press/ABC News

The completion of the Dakota Access oil pipeline has been delayed after the U.S. Army declined to grant an easement for the final few thousand feet under a Missouri River reservoir in North Dakota pending …

December 9, 2016 - 12:38 pm Closing Bell Story‎, Energy News, Midstream, Politics & Opinions
Oklahoma is the Most Attractive Place for Oil and Gas Investment: Fraser

Oklahoma is the Most Attractive Place for Oil and Gas Investment: Fraser

Oklahoma finished No. 1 as the best place where ‘policy does not deter upstream investment’

Canada’s Fraser Institute says that Oklahoma has beaten Texas in something else.

According to the Canadian think tank’s annual global survey of petroleum sector executives, …

Colorado Voters Decide to “Raise the Bar”

Colorado Voters Decide to “Raise the Bar”

Colorado passes Amendment 71, which would require 2% of voters from each of its Senate districts to sign petitions for constitutional changes, including future measures attempting to ban hydraulic fracturing

Colorado voters decided to pass Amendment 71 – or Raise …

Positive News for Keystone XL and Cross-Border Energy Projects

Positive News for Keystone XL and Cross-Border Energy Projects

Former Enbridge CEO Daniel sees possible re-application for Keystone XL

Former Enbridge CEO Patrick Daniel told BNN today that he is believes Donald Trump’s victory will be positive for cross-border energy pipeline projects, starting with the Keystone XL pipeline, the …

Oil Production by Presidential Term

Oil Production by Presidential Term

Regardless of who is living in the White House, global demand and supply cause price movements and drive production of crude oil.

SAFE has added the presidential terms to the bars of crude oil production since the end of Dwight …

Canadian First Nations Chiefs Test Trudeau with Call to Condemn U.S. Pipeline

From The Toronto Star

First Nations chiefs call on Justin Trudeau to back up support of indigenous issues by denouncing the Dakota Access pipeline

First Nations chiefs are testing Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s commitment to his relationship with indigenous people …

November 2, 2016 - 10:35 am Closing Bell Story‎, Energy News, Midstream, Politics & Opinions
DAPL Moves Towards Completion, “Keep it in the Ground” Gets Crazier

DAPL Moves Towards Completion, “Keep it in the Ground” Gets Crazier

After Setbacks in Court, Activists Take Matters into own Hands

The battle over energy infrastructure draws on. Emboldened by President Obama’s rejection of Keystone XL last year and halting of work the Dakota Access Pipeline, activists have shifted their focus …

Trump and the Emasculated Voter

From the Wall Street Journal

There’s only one way to protect the nation from Hillary Clinton, and that is to vote for Donald Trump.

By DAVID GELERNTER

Oct. 14, 2016

Some conservatives have watched their evaluations of Donald Trump’s …

October 17, 2016 - 9:05 am Closing Bell Story‎, Energy News, Politics & Opinions
West Virginia Suffers Worst Industrial Job Loss since the Recession

West Virginia Suffers Worst Industrial Job Loss since the Recession

Coal industry sheds 21% of its West Virginia jobs, no longer state’s largest industrial employer

West Virginia shed more industrial jobs over the past twelve months than at any year since the end of the recession, according to a new …

Trump’s Meeting with Colorado Oil and Gas Executives

From the Denver Business Journal

Donald Trump met last week with several Colorado oil and gas executives in Denver to talk about energy issues.

According to 9News political reporter Brandon Rittiman, who was on the scene for the start of …

October 11, 2016 - 12:35 pm Closing Bell Story‎, Energy News, Politics & Opinions
Is the U.S. Government Too Big to Fail?

Is the U.S. Government Too Big to Fail?

Assets: South of $5 Trillion; Liabilities: North of $21 Trillion

In February of each year, the Government Accountability Office puts out an updated snapshot of the books, written in plain language. Since Congress is working and this is an election …

Texas Rep. Pete Olson Calls for a National Energy Policy

Texas Rep. Pete Olson Calls for a National Energy Policy

“America lacks a comprehensive energy policy. I have long felt that the moment a policy is set in stone, the sooner the reality on the ground begins to change”

There have been calls for a national energy policy weaving in …

EU’s Early Ratification of Paris Climate Agreement Upends Trump Plan to “Cancel It”

EU’s Early Ratification of Paris Climate Agreement Upends Trump Plan to “Cancel It”

President Trump likely would ignore it, President Clinton would champion it

The European Union approved a fast-track ratification of the Paris climate change agreement yesterday, less than a year after it was signed in Paris, upending a Donald Trump promise …

Senate Overrides Obama 9/11 Veto in Overwhelming Vote

From The Hill

The Senate on Wednesday voted to override President Obama’s veto of a bill letting the victims of the 9/11 attacks sue Saudi Arabia, striking a blow to the president on foreign policy weeks before he leaves office.…

September 28, 2016 - 12:39 pm Closing Bell Story‎, Energy News, Politics & Opinions
The Only Certainty from Brexit is Uncertainty

The Only Certainty from Brexit is Uncertainty

Market Showing Resilience at the Moment but Brexit Will Take Years to Unfold

Big changes have happened in the U.K. since the “exit the EU” outcome of the June 23 national referendum, with the aftermath likely taking years to fully …

Members of Congress Becoming More Skeptical of U.S. – Saudi Relationship

From The Hill

Lawmakers in both parties are growing more skeptical of the U.S. alliance with Saudi Arabia.

This week, 27 senators — three Republicans and 24 Democrats — voted against a $1.15 billion arms sale to the country. That …

September 26, 2016 - 12:35 pm Closing Bell Story‎, Energy News, Politics & Opinions
ND U.S. Representative Kevin Cramer

An Exclusive Interview with North Dakota Congressman and Trump Energy Advisor Kevin Cramer

Rep. Cramer discusses the Dakota Access pipeline, what it’s like advising Donald Trump, and his views on having a national energy policy

On Sept. 16, a federal appeals court ordered a halt to construction of a second portion of the …

GOPers Fear Trillion-Dollar Vote is Inevitable

From The Hill

House Republicans fear they are headed toward the passage of a trillion-dollar “omnibus” spending bill after the election, despite promises from leadership for a different approach.

Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) and his team have sought to rally …

September 16, 2016 - 10:11 am Closing Bell Story‎, Energy News, Politics & Opinions

Federal Bench Hangs in the Balance With Election only Weeks Away

From Law.com

WASHINGTON — In a speech in Wisconsin in March, Hillary Clinton said something that even Donald Trump would agree with: “Whoever America elects this fall will help determine the future of the court for decades to come.”

She …

September 15, 2016 - 10:21 am Closing Bell Story‎, Law, Politics & Opinions
Obama Administration Halts Work on Dakota Access Pipeline

Obama Administration Halts Work on Dakota Access Pipeline

Administration Overturns Federal Court Ruling, Halts Work on $3.8 Billion Dakota Access Pipeline

In a surprise statement on Friday, the Obama administration said that it would not issue the easements necessary for construction to begin on a portion of …

House-Senate Conference Committee Examines First Major Energy Bill in a Decade

From the Alaska Dispatch News

Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski struck the gavel Thursday morning to start a House-Senate conference committee that she hopes will result in the first major federal energy legislation in nearly a decade.

Murkowski, who chairs the …

September 8, 2016 - 4:02 pm Closing Bell Story‎, Energy News, Politics & Opinions
Oil & Gas 360

Both Anti-Oil & Gas Initiatives Fail to Make Colorado Ballot

Initiative 75 (local government control over oil and gas) and 78 (mandatory 2,500-ft. setback) fall short of required signatures

The Colorado Secretary of State issued a press release today, explaining how two anti-oil & gas initiatives failed to achieve the …

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The Saudis will Chase ‘Market Share’ until Russia, Iran and Saudi Arabia Run out of Money: an Exclusive Interview with John Hofmeister

Hofmeister: The Issue of Low Oil Price has Nothing to Do with Shale

John Hofmeister, the outspoken former president of Shell Oil Company and current chairman of Erin Energy, talked to Oil & Gas 360®’s Angie Austin about the …