Puneet Kollipara
Puneet Kollipara covers politics and the energy business from the Washington, D.C., bureau of the Houston Chronicle and Hearst. He holds a bachelor's degree in economics and physics from Washington University in St. Louis. Follow him on Twitter: @pkollipara
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Shell scientist to head industry offshore safety center
A top Shell Oil Co. scientist who was tasked with creating a new industry-led offshore drilling safety group will serve as the center’s executive director, the American Petroleum Institute announced today. More »
Reid says he’s open to vote on Keystone XL — with strings attached
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., for the first time expressed an openness to having a vote on a transportation bill amendment that would approve the Keystone XL oil pipeline. More »
Obama rejects GOP suggestion that he wants high gas prices
President Obama on Tuesday mockingly rebuffed GOP allegations that he wanted the higher gasoline prices that are now plaguing Americans’ wallets. More »
Activists question Obama’s support for natural gas boom
A coalition of more than 100 environmental activists and groups expressed “serious concerns” on Monday about President Obama’s comments in support of the natural-gas drilling boom. More »
Democrats: Curb ‘excessive speculation’ to cut gas prices
Seventy Democratic lawmakers pressed the Commodity Futures Trading Commission on Monday to take action to curb oil-futures speculation they say has contributed to the rising price of gasoline. More »
Obama, GOP face off on gas prices in weekly addresses
President Obama and the GOP chairman of the House Natural Resources Committee squared off over gasoline prices in dueling weekly addresses that rehashed the recent back-and-forth over rising costs at the pump. More »
The interplay between oil, gas drilling and conservation
A White House conference Friday on the Obama administration’s conservation efforts underscored the touchy ecological and environmental issues associated with oil and gas development, both onshore and offshore. One of them is the potential listing of the dunes sagebrush lizard as an endangered species. More »
Obama urges Congress to nix oil, gas tax provisions
President Obama called on Congress Thursday to hold a prompt vote on repealing tax provisions for the oil-and-gas industry amid continually rising gasoline prices. More »
GOP senators want exemptions for oil, mining payments
Two Republican senators including Texas Sen. John Cornyn urged the Securities and Exchange Commission to add exemptions to proposed disclosure requirements for oil, gas and mining companies’ payments to host nations, saying the rules would harm U.S. industry. More »
Clean-power bill would boost natural gas, renewables
Large retail power companies would have to roughly double how much low-carbon power, such as solar, they sell by 2035 under legislation unveiled today by Sen. Jeff Bingaman, D-N.M., Senate energy committee chairman. More »
Boehner: I pressed Obama on Keystone XL
Republican leaders of the House and Senate said they had a “positive” lunch with President Obama over a wide range of policies on Wednesday, including energy. But House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, said he also used the opportunity to press the president on the Keystone XL pipeline. More »
Shell seeks to prevent late challenge to Chukchi spill plan
Shell Oil Co. has requested a legal review of its own oil-spill response plan for drilling in the Chukchi Sea, an unconventional move the company said is aimed at preventing a last-minute challenge from environmental groups that could once again delay its ambitions. More »
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