Senate bill would end deep-water royalty relief
A federal royalty relief program designed to encourage deep-water oil and gas development would die a quiet death under legislation that advanced in the Senate today.
View ArticleShale gas panel offers olive branch to industry
Industry leaders complained earlier this year that a government task force has overlooked what they've already done to boost the safety of natural gas extraction. Panel members sought to smooth things...
View ArticleManufacturers ‘alarmed’ about surging natural gas demand
Manufacturers warned Congress today that they are worried the nationwide push to use more natural gas to generate electricity and fuel cars will leave them paying more for the fossil fuel they use to...
View ArticleAlaska would cash in on Arctic drilling under new plan
New Senate legislation would allow Alaska to collect 37.5 percent of federal dollars tied to oil and gas drilling in Arctic waters near the state, the same share that Gulf Coast states are counting on...
View ArticleLawmaker urges Interior to stick with tough drilling rule
A top Senate Democrat on Thursday told federal regulators not to shy away from tough requirements in a rule being drafted to tighten standards for drilling on public lands.
View ArticleNatural gas hearing to expose divisions
The newly refashioned Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee is set to hold its inaugural hearing Tuesday on exporting more of America's natural gas bounty, chaired by Ron Wyden, D-Ore., who is...
View ArticleInterior nominee owns oil stocks
Sally Jewell, President Barack Obama's nominee to head the Interior Department, owns stock in some of the nation's biggest oil and gas companies, according to financial disclosure forms.
View ArticleSenate panel to scrutinize natural gas exports — again
The Senate energy committee will delve deep into issues surrounding natural gas development and transport -- including the controversy surrounding potentially greater exports of the fossil fuel --...
View ArticleCommittee endorses Moniz to be energy secretary
A Senate committee endorsed President Barack Obama's nomination of Ernest Moniz to be energy secretary on Thursday, queuing up a possible confirmation vote next week.
View ArticleHydro, energy efficiency bills get early start in Congress
The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee on Tuesday held a hearing on a measure that aims to boost energy efficiency and separate bills that would spur hydropower development.
View ArticleBaucus’ retirement could put Louisiana Democrat in charge of energy panel
Sen. Max Baucus' decision to retire sets in motion a chain of events that could end with Sen. Mary Landrieu taking the helm of the Energy and Natural Resources Committee, putting the Louisiana Democrat...
View ArticleSenate forum sheds light on natural gas exports
Energy analysts will be reading the tea leaves Tuesday as Obama administration officials field questions about their approach to exporting U.S natural gas during a Senate forum on the issue. Follow...
View ArticleNatural gas forum brings environmentalists and industry together
Environmentalists and energy producers shared the microphones at a Senate forum on Thursday, aimed at discussing ways to reduce the environmental footprint of natural gas development.
View ArticleObama officials face tough questions on oil drilling, land access
Interior Secretary Sally Jewell and a top deputy are grilled before the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee on issues ranging from oil drilling on federal lands to how endangered species...
View ArticleFeds debate long-delayed U.S.-Mexico oil pact
Top Obama administration officials and senators on Tuesday touted the promise of a long-stalled international treaty to unleash oil drilling along the U.S.-Mexico in the Gulf and warned that...
View ArticleBill to approve Keystone XL advances in Senate
A key Senate committee voted 12-10 Wednesday to endorse legislation that would force approval of Keystone XL, a mostly symbolic action that will do little to put the pipeline in the ground but could...
View ArticleU.S. must invest in Arctic, Senate panel told
As the United States prepares to take over the chairmanship of the Arctic Council, the country needs to invest more heavily in icebreakers, navigational aids and other resources for the region.
View ArticleIranian crude could pinch U.S. producers without export freedom, paper warns
The paper notes the "great geopolitical irony" that "lifting sanctions will boost Iranian oil exports at a time when federal law and regulations generally prohibit American oil exports."
View ArticleOil exports could mean more production — and pollution
The report from the liberal Center for American Progress is the first to broadly examine the environmental consequences of a big shift in U.S. oil trade policy, coming as Congress nears a vote on...
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