Senators Orrin Hatch, R-Ut., John Barrasso, R-Wy., and Mike Enzi, R-Wy., have introduced the “Protecting States’ Rights to Promote American Energy Security Act” (S.316). The proposed law would ensure that oil and gas producing states are protected from redundant federal …
From The Optical Society
WASHINGTON — Researchers have developed an infrared imaging system that could one day offer low-cost, real-time detection of methane gas leaks in pipelines and at …
President Trump wasted no time moving forward his energy intentions.
After being sworn in …
“The Marcellus and Utica basins – the fastest-growing natural gas supply region in North America – have the lowest development and production costs along with the …
On January 6, 2017, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) announced a six-month delay in the implementation of the rigorous financial assurances required by Notice to Lessees and Operators NTL …
On Jan. 10, 2017, the City and County of Broomfield, Colorado, held a public hearing on its proposed ordinance No. 2038 which calls for imposing …
From Utility Dive
In mid-December, President-elect Donald Trump announced he would name former Texas Gov. Rick Perry (R) to head the Department of Energy, …
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has officially proposed a rule change for natural gas processors, specifically affecting natural gas liquids extraction facilities. The clock started today when the notice was published in the Federal Register dated Jan. 6, 2017.
House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) announced four incoming Republican members today: Buddy Carter (R-GA), Ryan Costello (R-PA), Tim Walberg (R-MI), Mimi Walters (R-CA).
The Committee on Energy and Commerce was established …
Two days after President Obama used his pen to indefinitely ban most of the Arctic and …
From Power Magazine
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has abandoned an interagency review of draft model carbon trading rules that were issued alongside the final Clean Power Plan to make associated documents public before the Trump administration takes the reins …
Today the White House pulled the plug on offshore drilling leases in the bulk of the Arctic offshore Alaska and …
Seizing upon economic growth opportunities associated with their tribal lands has …
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on Friday rejected the pending requests for a re-hearing by the Jordan Cove Energy Project L.P., Pacific Connector Gas Pipeline, the State of Wyoming and the Wyoming Pipeline Authority.
The commission orders read as …
On Nov. 9, the president signed an executive order creating the Northern Bering Sea Climate Resilience Area.
“This area, encompassing 112,300 square miles, represents …
From the Wall Street Journal
WASHINGTON—President-elect Donald Trump has tapped Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt to lead the Environmental Protection Agency, according to a transition official, choosing …
From Business Journals
The following are some key year-end HR action items to help companies prepare for 2017:
Although a federal court recently ruled to temporarily halt …
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, …
While the oil industry was watching OPEC, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Gina McCarthy has issued a final …
At the request of Governor Matt Mead, the Wyoming Attorney General’s office has filed a petition for review of final agency action on the “Methane and Waste …
The Interior Department announced the final Methane and Waste Prevention Rule today, according to a press release from the Bureau of Land Management. The …
From the Washington Post/LA Times
Mary Jo White, who tried to beef up the Securities and Exchange Commission’s enforcement efforts over the last three years, plans to step down as its chief at the end of the Obama administration.
Mary …
On Nov. 7, 2016, four oil and gas industry trade groups submitted Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests to both the Bureau of Ocean …
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has published new final Control Techniques Guidelines (CTGs) targeting volatile organic compound emissions from existing oil and natural gas equipment and processes in certain states and nonattainment …
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 …
Through the work of a new task force co-chaired by the Department of Energy (DOE) …
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 …
When the politics of one kind of energy vs. another overtake the reality of needing to move energy from the source location to the customer’s location, things can get out of whack fast. …
From Law.com
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission on Friday sued the University of Denver, alleging its law school underpaid at least eight female law professors compared with their male colleagues.
The agency in August 2015 issued a finding that the …
