Lawmakers insist on plan for refilling emergency oil reserve
In a letter to President Barack Obama, Sugar Land Rep. Pete Olson and other Republican lawmakers today also are blasting the decision to tap the Strategic Petroleum Reserve as evidence that U.S. energy policy is off track. More »
Study: Houston among top 20 “green cities” in North America
The Bayou City placed 16th in the newly released U.S. and Canada Green City Index, a study conducted by the Economist Intelligence Unit on behalf of Siemens, that graded 27 major U.S. and Canadian cities on environmental performance and policies.
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New Jersey legislature passes anti-fracking bill
If signed by Gov. Chris Christie, New Jersey would be the first state in the U.S. to outlaw hydraulic fracturing, an oil and gas extraction method that environmentalists say poses a threat to groundwater supplies but that the oil and gas industry defends as a time-tested practice that is safe.
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Survey: Two-thirds of Americans want more domestic oil and gas development
The poll also found that likely voters were closely divided over whether more energy conservation or expanded development was a better approach for the U.S. More »
ConocoPhillips gives $1 million to growing UH energy program
The building that houses the University of Houston’s petroleum engineering program will be named after the company, in light of the gift. More »
Supporting the SPR move
The Baker Institute’s Amy Myers Jaffe writes in support of the administration’s Strategic Petroluem Reserve move, saying the action sqaures with in with the original spirit of the SPR’s creation. More »
A new Marathon Oil Corp. is at the starting line
Today, Marathon completes the spinoff of its large refining business as a separate entity in Ohio and relaunches in Houston as a much smaller oil and gas exploration and production company. The work of remaking Marathon as a leaner, more nimble independent oil and gas company has just begun. More »
Government paves way to sell oil and gas leases in central Gulf next year
After completing a new environmental analysis prompted by the Deepwater Horizon disaster, the federal government is on track to sell oil and gas leases in the central Gulf of Mexico next spring, More »
Obama: Congress must ax oil industry tax breaks as part of debt deal
In a news conference in the White House’s East Room, President Barack Obama said lawmakers will have to make “tough choices” to cut the federal deficit including whether to preserve oil industry tax breaks at the expense of such federal programs as research grants and scholarship programs. More »
Shell launches safe shale blueprint for industry
Oil major Royal Dutch Shell has put out a set of five principles aimed at demonstrating the company’s committment to protecting the water, air and other resources in the communities where it drills and produces oil and gas using hydraulic fracturing. More »
Feds hike fines for offshore violations
Companies now will be hit with higher fines for violating offshore drilling rules, but federal regulators want Congress to further stiffen the penalties. The nation’s top offshore drilling regulator, Michael Bromwich, said the current system is “inadequate.” More »
Feds require label for E15 gasoline
Months after approving sale of gasoline containing 15 percent ethanol, the Environmental Protection Agency released a pump label warning consumers of potential harm. More »
April 26, 2013
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