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New Court Ruling Provides Temporary Relief For Offshore Oil & Gas

This week, the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland released a ruling extending the deadline for the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) to issue a new critical conservation statute. This new development came only after pleas from both the NMFS and the oil and gas industry, stating that vacating the conservation statute in

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Diversified Energy Signs Deal to Supply NatGas for LNG Exports

This morning, Diversified Energy Company (formerly Diversified Gas & Oil) announced it had signed a deal to supply 40 billion cubic feet (Bcf) of natural gas over three years to a “major Gulf Coast LNG facility” for exporting. The contract begins in November (next month!), which means even though Diversified isn’t (yet) willing to identify…

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Leftist Enviro Groups Ask PA EQB to Ban Fracking via Bigger Setbacks

Yesterday, the radicalized Clean Air Council and Environmental Integrity Project filed a rulemaking petition with the Pennsylvania Environmental Quality Board (EQB) asking the EQB to increase minimum setback distances from fracked wells. Setbacks, also referred to as protective buffers and no-drill zones in the context of fracking, are mandatory distances that fracked wells must abide…

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Nation’s First Carbon Capture Well in Illinois has Sprung 2 Leaks

click for larger version Carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) is currently all the rage. Carbon dioxide (CO2), the stuff you exhale with every breath you take, is supposedly a “pollutant,” according to the left. Too much CO2 in the atmosphere—which gets there by burning things like wood and gasoline and natural gas—supposedly causes a canopy…

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Williams CEO has Never Seen Such High Demand for Natural Gas

Alan Armstrong Alan Armstrong, CEO of Williams, had some interesting things to say during a recent webinar hosted by the Global Listed Infrastructure Organization (GLIO). Among Armstrong’s comments: “Across the board, I’ve never seen a time like this. I’ve been with Williams for 38 years and in the gas pipeline and gathering business for that…

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Michigan Government Agencies Staffed & Funded by Climate Activists

Billionaire-funded climate activists are embedded across the Michigan government, likely including Attorney General Dana Nessel’s office – which is in the process of bringing forth a lawsuit against oil and natural gas companies – according to public records.   Michigan Capitol Confidential reports that public records obtained by the watchdog group Government Accountability and Oversight reveal

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Amber CEO Goff Resigns from Exxon Mobil Board

The CEO of Amber Energy Inc., the winning bidder of Citgo Petroleum for an auction price of $7.3 billion, resigned from Exxon Mobil Corp.’s board of directors last week. This post appeared first on Hart Energy.

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