Posted on February 22, 2012 at 1:56 pm by Puneet Kollipara in
Canada,
Drilling,
Economics,
Efficiency,
Gasoline | 414
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Gasoline prices have once again risen to the forefront of energy policy debate, resulting in a political back-and-forth among lawmakers, interest groups and the Obama administration.
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The payroll tax cut bill that Congress approved today contained no big energy-related provisions, after speculation each side was seeking to include them in a compromise.
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Posted on February 16, 2012 at 7:06 pm by Puneet Kollipara in
Alaska,
Canada,
Drilling,
Keystone XL,
Natural Gas | 599
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The House of Representatives on Thursday passed a bill that would expand oil-and-gas production into new areas and approve the Keystone XL pipeline. But President Obama has threatened to veto the bill, and it stands little chance of passing the Democratic-held Senate.
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Posted on February 16, 2012 at 10:58 am by Puneet Kollipara in
Canada,
Keystone XL,
North America,
Oil,
Oil Sands | 645
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Three Republican senators introduced legislation this week that would bar the administration from releasing oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve unless it approves the Keystone XL pipeline.
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Posted on February 16, 2012 at 8:07 am by Associated Press in
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Owners of a northeast Texas farm have obtained a court order to block TransCanada from crossing the farm with a proposed pipeline planned to carry Canadian oil to refineries along the Texas Gulf coast.
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House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, said Wednesday his chamber may not finish considering Republicans’ energy-infrastructure bill until after the President’s Day recess, amid growing criticism of various aspects of the legislation.
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Posted on February 15, 2012 at 6:01 am by Puneet Kollipara in
Canada,
Keystone XL,
North America,
Oil,
Oil Sands | 202
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Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell indicated Tuesday that Republicans would push for a vote on a transportation bill amendment that would approve the Keystone XL pipeline.
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Posted on February 14, 2012 at 12:16 pm by Associated Press in
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TransCanada has pushed back the possible startup date of a controversial pipeline that would carry Canadian oil to refineries in Texas.
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Posted on February 14, 2012 at 10:18 am by Laura Weisman in
Canada,
Earnings,
Keystone XL,
Pipelines | 27
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TransCanada Corp., the company whose $7.6 billion Keystone XL pipeline was rejected by the U.S. last month, said profit rose 39 percent as it began shipping oil.
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Congressional Republicans will move to get legislation approving the Keystone XL pipeline through the House and Senate by using surface-transportation bills that both chambers are taking up this week. The House version of the transportation bill also contains provisions expanding oil-and-gas drilling.
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Posted on February 13, 2012 at 6:04 pm by Puneet Kollipara in
Canada,
Keystone XL,
North America,
Oil,
Oil Sands | 1,244
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Environmental activists are staging a 24-hour campaign to send 500,000 messages to senators urging them to oppose legislation approving the Keystone XL pipeline that could come up for a vote in the Senate this week.
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Posted on February 9, 2012 at 12:02 pm by Puneet Kollipara in
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The State Department’s internal watchdog has cleared the agency most wrongdoing in its review of the application for the Keystone XL oil-sands pipeline from Canada to Gulf Coast refineries.
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