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 …
As a record 38 …
Last week Netherland, Sewell & Associates (NSAI), the half a century-old Dallas-based petroleum engineering and geological consulting firm, held its Oil and Gas Property Evaluation Seminar in …
The World Bank Group published one of its flagship annual reports this week: “Doing Business 2016: Measuring Regulatory Quality and Efficiency.” The report ranks and compares business regulation in …
On May 12, 2016, the Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) released the 8th update to the Oil and Gas Production Facilities Permitting Guidance (O&G Guidance). DEQ’s most recent update to the O&G Guidance was …
From the AP/News-Miner
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) – An Alaska legislative committee on Tuesday unveiled a draft oil and gas tax credit bill aimed at breaking an impasse that helped send lawmakers into overtime, proposing to phase out most existing credits
Now that the Halliburton+Baker Hughes (tickers: HAL, BHI) merger deal is going into the history books as an official bust (as of yesterday’s announcement), it’s entertaining to …
It was announced by the Cruz campaign today. If the combination of Texas Senator Ted Cruz with former Hewlett Packard CEO Carly Fiorina as his VP …
The Department of Interior’s Bureau of Land Management recently filed in the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals looking to end an injunction placed against …
From The Hill
A changing of the guard is underway in the energy and environment arena. A new generation of lawmakers, lobbyists, advocates and staffers is making its presence felt, bringing novel ideas and enthusiasm to the policy battles shaping …
In late January the U.S. House of Representatives approved H.R. 351, the LNG Permitting Certainty and Transparency Act. The bill was designed to accelerate the approvals of U.S. liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports.
Rep. Bill Johnson (R-OH), Energy and Commerce …
A group including several states and Native American tribes filed their final briefs with a Wyoming judge today to stop new federal rules regarding hydraulic fracturing. The U.S. Department of …
The American Petroleum Institute called the EPA’s greenhouse gas inventory, “seriously flawed and inconsistent with previous EPA reports and other scientific research.” That is what Kyle Isakower, API vice president of regulatory and economic policy, told reporters in a …
The Obama administration will issue new regulations for offshore oil and gas operators this Thursday. The regulations will require more preventative measures to …
There are critical positions that need to be filled in the energy sector, even in a downcycle. One growing area in oil and gas jobs is the need for qualified inspectors for oil …
Effective March 22, 2016, FERC has made a correction to the requirements for those applying for interstate natural gas pipeline approval. The change reinstates the exhibits required to be attached to each certificate application …
The Energy and Power Subcommittee has unanimously approved a discussion draft of the Pipeline Safety Act of 2016 to the full committee for consideration. The committee is working to enact pipeline safety reform and the bill is in the mark-up …
In a victory for the Obama Administration, Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts has decided unilaterally to allow enforcement of the Clean Air Act to …
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce today, along with a coalition including officials from 27 states and more than 150 other organizations representing a wide range of the American economy, presented opening arguments in the D.C. …
The passing of Supreme Court Associate Justice Antonin Scalia last weekend leaves open a seat on the country’s highest court, and it leaves open the door …
The warning for energy producers in Colorado came from Christopher Guith, senior vice president for policy at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s Institute for 21st Century Energy.
Guith’s warning was delivered during a panel discussion with a group of …
A coalition of 27 states and industry groups had hoped to stop the EPA’s Clean Power Plan from taking action by filing a motion to stay in the District of Columbia circuit court. Today, the court announced that it has …
Government policy can be used as a powerful industry killer. Ask the coal miners in Appalachia.
Canadian Oil Sands (ticker: COS) gets its wish to remain an independent company – at least for the time being.
The hostile takeover attempt by Suncor (ticker: SU) failed to achieve the …
The United States crude export ban was lifted less than two weeks ago, and domestic companies are wasting no time transporting American oil abroad.
On December 30, 2015, ConocoPhillips (ticker: COP) and NuStar Energy (ticker: NS) announced its first cargo …
Eleven initiatives aimed at Colorado’s oil and gas development were issued on December 22, 2015, marking the start of a new chapter in the Centennial state’s ongoing tug of war between …
CALGARY, ALBERTA–(Marketwired – Dec. 21, 2015) – The Minnesota Public Utilities Commission (Commission) voted, at its most recent hearing on December 17, 2015, on several matters regarding the process to review the applications for a certificate of need and route …
On August 3, 2015, President Obama and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced the Clean Power Plan, which is described on the EPA website as “a historic and …
On Dec. 16, 15 U.S. congressmen delivered a letter to Janice Schneider, Assistant Secretary …
Industry enthusiasts waiting for approval of the impending merger between Halliburton (ticker: HAL) and Baker Hughes (ticker: BHI) will have to wait a little longer.
For the third …
