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Largest oil and gas lease sale in US history set for Gulf of Mexico in March
March 2018 sale to offer 76.9 million acres in Gulf of Mexico U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke announced the Department is proposing the largest oil and gas lease sale ever held in the United States – 76,967,935 acres in federal waters of the Gulf of Mexico, offshore Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida, […]
Independents lobbying to remove rule banning fracking on US Indian, federal lands
Bureau of Land Mangemeng released precedent-setting final rule on March 20, 2015 under President Barack Obama The Independent Petroleum Association of America (IPAA) and Western Energy Alliance have submitted detailed comments to the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) on its proposed rule that would rescind the March 2015 nationwide rule governing the practice of hydraulic fracturing on […]
Minister Carr promotes pipelines in visit to Vancouver
Government committed up to $64.7 million engage with Indigenous on TransMountain Canada’s Minister of Natural Resources, Jim Carr visited Vancouver on Sept. 5 and gave a speech promoting pipelines and the regulatory process, according to a press release. Carr said Canadians need to have confidence our natural resources, including oil and gas, are being developed and […]
Shale production flourishes, New York landowners beg for Federal intervention
U.S. Chamber’s Institute for 21st Energy released report that showed how devastating these decisions can be on New York By Nicole Jacobs, EnergyInDepth There was great news in the northeast this week, as the Energy Information Administration (EIA) announced that Ohio and Pennsylvania increased their natural gas production in 2016 by about 1.2 billion cubic […]
US transportation dept sets federal rules for automated vehicles
Primary focus of policy is highly automated vehicles, which the vehicle can take full control of in some circumstances WASHINGTON—The US Department of Transportation is issuing Federal policy for automated vehicles, laying a path for the safe testing and deployment of new auto technologies that have enormous potential for improving safety and mobility for Americans on the […]
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