Republican pushes subpoena in drilling ban probe
A top House Republican is pushing to subpoena government documents he says could shed light on how the Obama administration justified its five-month ban on deep-water drilling in the wake of the 2010 Gulf oil spill. More »
UK gives BP go-ahead on Shetlands drilling
The British government on Thursday gave oil company BP PLC the go-ahead to drill a new deep-water well in Scottish waters off the northwest coast of the Shetland Islands, rankling environmentalists. More »
House GOP won’t back down on linking drilling to highways
House Republicans plan to try to rework and revive stalled legislation that would link expanded oil and gas production with highway and road projects, a top GOP lawmaker said. More »
Reid says measure coming “soon” on axing oil, gas tax breaks
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., says the Senate soon will consider a measure on repealing oil and gas industry tax breaks, a priority of President Obama’s. More »
Feds: Fracking rules in April; no decision on onshore royalties
The Interior Department has not made any final decision on raising the royalty rate for oil-and-gas production on federal lands, Bureau of Land Management Director Bob Abbey said Tuesday. Abbey also said his agency hoped to unveil its impending rules for hydraulic fracturing on federal lands in April. More »
Judge wants ‘minimum of sealed records’ in BP platform case
Parties to a lawsuit over the safety of BP’s Atlantis production platform in the Gulf of Mexico should re-file key documents with an eye toward making them public, a federal judge said. More »
Amite Co. expects good, bad from oil activity
At first glance, Amite County’s entry into the oil boom business could be a two-headed monster. More »
Poll: Oil, gas and coal gain favor as alternatives slip
An increasing proportion of Americans favor further development of oil, natural gas and coal, but a majority of Americans still favor alternative energy, according to a new poll. More »
Alec Baldwin calls Oklahoma senator an “oil whore”
Television actor Alec Baldwin launched into a fiery attack against Republican Jim Inhofe on Twitter, accusing the Oklahoma Senator of being an “oil whore.” More »
Obama to Congress: Kill oil industry’s tax breaks
Pump prices on his mind, President Barack Obama says Congress should kill tax breaks for the oil and gas industry and help develop alternative sources of energy. More »
Coast Guard prepares for Arctic drilling protests
The Coast Guard chief of staff in Alaska says the agency is preparing for possible protests of petroleum drilling in Arctic waters at a port where support vessels may be staged. More »
Democrats up calls for Obama to consider oil reserves
Democrats increased their recent calls for President Obama to release oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, noting oil prices dropped Thursday after a report, which the White House denied, that the U.S. and Britain had agreed to release oil from their reserves. More »
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