Politics & Opinions

Colorado Anti-Frac Ballot Signatures Are Being Counted: 3 Experts Weigh In

Colorado Anti-Frac Ballot Signatures Are Being Counted: 3 Experts Weigh In

2,500-foot setback for oil and gas “would pretty much gut new development”

On August 24, the Colorado Secretary of State issued a press release that announced that the two anti-frac measures seeking to become amendments to the Colorado constitution are …

Colorado Anti-Oil & Gas Ballot Issues Move Closer to Being Counted

Colorado Anti-Oil & Gas Ballot Issues Move Closer to Being Counted

Only 2 Colorado Issues Remain Ahead of Oil & Gas in Queue

The Colorado Secretary of State’s office reported today that the signatures for one more of the five remaining citizen initiatives have now been counted and verified. The cigarette …

UPDATE: Colorado Anti-Oil & Gas Ballot Issues are Now Fourth and Fifth in the Queue

UPDATE: Colorado Anti-Oil & Gas Ballot Issues are Now Fourth and Fifth in the Queue

Anti-Oil & Gas Signatures will be Counted Last; ‘Amending the Constitution’ Measure Clears Ballot Today

Lynn Bartels, communications director for the Colorado Secretary of State’s office, told Oil & Gas 360® yesterday that two anti-oil and gas initiatives, which were …

No-Frac Backers Submit Petitions for 2,500-Foot Setback, Local Control of Oil & Gas in Colo.

No-Frac Backers Submit Petitions for 2,500-Foot Setback, Local Control of Oil & Gas in Colo.

Several Colorado ballot initiative groups turned in their collected signatures on petitions today by the 3:00 p.m. deadline.

For the oil and gas industry, the Colorado Secretary of State has reported that initiative No. 75, which would cede control …

Enviro Groups Hope to Kill $3.2 Billion Sabal Trail NatGas Pipeline in Florida

From the Gainsville Sun

The $3.2 billion, 516-mile, 3-foot-wide pipeline will carry up to 1 billion cubic feet of natural gas a day through a dozen Florida counties, including Alachua, Gilchrist, Suwannee, Levy and Marion, to a connector pipeline in …

August 8, 2016 - 8:04 am Closing Bell Story‎, Midstream, Politics & Opinions
Future of Colorado Drilling: Three Days Remain to Gather Signatures for 2016 Ballot Issues

Future of Colorado Drilling: Three Days Remain to Gather Signatures for 2016 Ballot Issues

Initiative 75 would amend the Colorado constitution to give municipalities control over oil and gas permitting, regulating

78 would essentially stop new drilling on 90% of Colorado’s land area by making a mandatory 2500-foot setback rule part of the state’s

2,500-Foot Setback Initiative Probably Won’t Make the Colorado Ballot: Wells Fargo

2,500-Foot Setback Initiative Probably Won’t Make the Colorado Ballot: Wells Fargo

“But if the measure were to be placed on the general election ballot, then it’s a toss up”

Several groups and individuals want to halt, ban or eliminate hydraulic fracturing in Colorado by running signature gathering campaigns to amend the …

Trump: Maybe We Should Leave Fracing Up to the Voters

Trump: Maybe We Should Leave Fracing Up to the Voters

Colorado Could Lose $14.5 Billion, 104,000 Jobs and Suffer Reduced GDP if Ballot Initiative 78 Passes – UPDATE

Colorado Could Lose $14.5 Billion, 104,000 Jobs and Suffer Reduced GDP if Ballot Initiative 78 Passes – UPDATE

Aug. 8 deadline looms

Ballot proposal 78 could reduce the surface area available for drilling in Colorado by 90%: COGCC report

While the economic impacts would not likely put the state into a recession, they would reduce the state’s GDP

Obama Directs $4.5 Billion in U.S. Government Loan Guarantees to Speed the Adoption of Electric Vehicles

Obama Directs $4.5 Billion in U.S. Government Loan Guarantees to Speed the Adoption of Electric Vehicles

With less than six months remaining in his stay at the White House, President Obama has come out with a program to use the U.S. taxpayers’ money to guarantee loans for parties who are working to accelerate the adoption of …

U.S. Lawmakers Debate Measures to Block Boeing Aircraft Sale to Iran

From Reuters

A U.S. House of Representatives panel began debate legislation on Thursday intended to block Boeing Co’s planned sale of dozens of commercial aircraft to Iran, which could also affect other planemakers, including Airbus if they became law.

A …

Trudeau Reiterates his Opposition to Northern Gateway’s Route through Rainforest

Trudeau Reiterates his Opposition to Northern Gateway’s Route through Rainforest

From Reuters Canada

MONTREAL (Reuters) – Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Tuesday reiterated his opposition to the route of Enbridge Inc’s ENB.TO Northern Gateway oil pipeline, casting further doubt on the prospects of a project fiercely opposed by environmentalists.…

Donald Trump Speaks in Colorado on the Eve of Independence Day

Donald Trump Speaks in Colorado on the Eve of Independence Day

Trump is headliner at the Western Conservative Summit

In his first appearance in Colorado since he launched his campaign for the 2016 presidential election, presumed Republican nominee Donald Trump spoke to several thousand attendees at an event today at the …

Climate Change Move from N.A. Heads of Government Could Affect the Oil & Gas Industry

Climate Change Move from N.A. Heads of Government Could Affect the Oil & Gas Industry

Three Chief Executives Tackle Climate Change

Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, U.S. President Barack Obama, and Mexico’s President Enrique Peña Nieto joined forces in Ottawa this week expressly to demonstrate how North America has the “moral imperative to show strong …

Trump Speaking at Colorado Summit on July 1

Trump Speaking at Colorado Summit on July 1

Trump Energy Policy at Top of Oil & Gas Industry’s Mind

Donald J. Trump - Oil & Gas 360Presidential candidate Donald J. Trump will headline the seventh annual Western Conservative Summit Friday morning in Denver, giving an address at 10:30 a.m. at the Colorado Convention Center, the …

Airstrikes Cut Islamic State Oil Revenues in Half – to $15 Million per Month

From Stars and Stripes

WASHINGTON — About 300 airstrikes against the Islamic State’s oil network in Iraq and Syria during the last two years have cut the terrorist group’s revenue by at least half, a U.S. military spokesman said Wednesday.…

Keystone XL: The Saga Continues

Keystone XL: The Saga Continues

TransCanada seeks US$15 Billion from the U.S. government for breaches of NAFTA – following President Obama’s decision to nix the Keystone XL pipeline

The next chapter in the Keystone XL pipeline saga is officially underway.

On Friday, June 24, 2016, …

Canada’s US$6B Investment at Risk in Brexit Vote

Canada’s US$6B Investment at Risk in Brexit Vote

From BNN

Ottawa is not reducing its direct financial exposure to the risks of the United Kingdom potentially voting to leave the European Union.

Canada’s federal government had US$6.14 billion worth of British pounds in its global currency reserves as

June 23, 2016 - 5:46 pm Canada, Closing Bell Story‎, Politics & Opinions

Stocks Climb on “Remain” Brexit Hopes

From MarketWatch

U.S. stocks closed higher Thursday, with all three indexes rallying, as investors wagered that the U.K. will choose to remain in the European Union in a historic referendum with far-reaching implications.

A pair of polls released earlier showed …

June 23, 2016 - 5:38 pm Closing Bell Story‎, Politics & Opinions

Final Brexit Poll Gives Remain Four-Point Lead, Voters Battle Heavy Rains

From The Independent

Voters are going to the polls amid flooding in a historic referendum on whether Britain should remain a member of the European Union or leave. Here are the latest updates:

June 23, 2016 - 5:32 pm Closing Bell Story‎, Politics & Opinions
How will an EU Brexit Affect International Relations, Politics and Oil?

How will an EU Brexit Affect International Relations, Politics and Oil?

The UK Votes Tomorrow whether to Exit or Stay in the EU; UK Polls are Split Down the Middle 

In less than 24 hours, the UK will vote whether or not to stay in the European Union or exit the …

The Perfect Storm: Managing Political Risk in Energy

The Perfect Storm: Managing Political Risk in Energy

Political Risk: University of Colorado Denver Business School’s GEM Program & PinkPetro will Host a Free Lunch Panel June 23, 2016

Global Energy Professionals are Invited to Attend a Free Lunch Panel on Political Risk in Energy – Available Live

Environmental Movement Targets FERC to Stop New Pipelines – An Exclusive Interview

Environmental Movement Targets FERC to Stop New Pipelines – An Exclusive Interview

U.S. Shale Gas Needs More Pipelines to Move the Gas to Market, but Anti-Fossil Fuel Groups are Out to Stop Pipelines

In the past ten years, the shale revolution has changed the U.S. energy landscape. The economic extraction of oil …

Will Oregon, Washington Governors Ban Oil-by-Train?

From Canadian Business

PORTLAND, Ore. – Portland and Multnomah County leaders on Tuesday urged the governors of Oregon and Washington to push Congress for a permanent ban on oil-by-rail in the wake of a fiery train derailment along the Columbia …

House Passes Resolutions Opposing Carbon Tax and Oil Tax

From Competitive Enterprise Institute

The House of Representatives on 10th June passed two resolutions opposing taxation of fossil fuel consumption.  The vote on H. Con. Res. 89, which expresses the sense of Congress that a carbon tax (that is, …

June 13, 2016 - 1:52 pm Closing Bell Story‎, Energy News, Politics & Opinions
Three Colorado Ballot Proposals Could Stop or Reduce Oil & Gas Development

Three Colorado Ballot Proposals Could Stop or Reduce Oil & Gas Development

98,500 Valid Colorado Voter Signatures Due in 60 Days

While a November voter approval for a proposed Colorado constitutional amendment posed by initiative #78 would effectively put an end to new shale development activities in the state, there are two …

Edge of the Wattenberg: Colorado: Weld County Just Created its Own Oil & Gas Department

Colo. Initiative #78: Better than a 50/50 Shot of Reaching the Ballot

Oil & Gas killing amendment could very well be in the hands of voters in November: Wells Fargo

On a conference call hosted by Wells Fargo today regarding the possible battle over the future of fracing in Colorado, the crystal …

Donald J. Trump’s Energy Policy

Donald J. Trump’s Energy Policy

Trump’s energy message is job-focused; presumed Republican candidate says he intends to remove barriers that block the development of America’s energy resources

In a campaign speech in North Dakota last week, presumed Republican presidential nominee and real estate developer Donald …

Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper

End of the Shale Boom in Colorado?

Remember this Number: #78

Hydraulic Fracturing Effectively Shuts Down in Colorado if Initiative #78 Passes: COGCC Report

Roughly 90% of Colorado – 60 Million Acres – would be Taken Out of Play by Proposed Mandatory Setback

As a record 38

Commemorating America’s Slain Soldiers on Memorial Day

Commemorating America’s Slain Soldiers on Memorial Day

Preparations for a Solemn Remembrance

Friday’s Wall Street Journal marked the beginning of the Memorial Day weekend with a large photo under the above title. The picture is placed prominently on the front page above the fold. It’s an image …

May 27, 2016 - 4:12 pm Closing Bell Story‎, People, Politics & Opinions