Four agencies are moving ahead and continuing to coordinate federal hydraulic fracturing research despite missing a pair of deadlines . . .
Archive for '2013'
Federal fracing research update
May 17, 2013 1:33 PM by NickSBroader questions at Richmond
May 10, 2013 10:08 AM by NickSBroader questions emerged from the US Chemical Safety Board’s initial report on its investigation of an Aug. 6, 2012 incident at Chevron USA’s Richmond, Calif., refinery. . . .
Jobs and Keystone XL
May 1, 2013 10:34 AM by NickSDuring Bill Clinton’s first US presidential campaign in 1992, workers at its headquarters kept focused by periodically glancing at a poster proclaiming: “It’s the economy, stupid.” . . .
Curbing methane emissions
April 19, 2013 4:21 PM by NickSFugitive methane emissions from natural gas operations are a significant global warming pollution source which should be reduced sharply, a new World Resources Institute working paper asserts. . . .
Pipelines and a new Silk Road
April 12, 2013 12:52 PM by NickSCountries in Asia’s southern Caucasus region already have shown they can work together and build long-distance pipelines . . .
A timely future workforce report
April 5, 2013 1:16 PM by NickSMany people in the oil and gas industry have been thinking hard about future workforce needs. They cite the number . . .
Overseas efforts enter new phase
March 28, 2013 10:43 AM by NickSAmerican security and prosperity are increasingly, and inextricably, linked to developing countries, a new Center for Strategic and International Studies report says . . .
Tier 3 and other EPA woes
March 22, 2013 10:12 AM by NickSGina McCarthy would not be nominated as the next EPA administrator for 3 more days. But an American Petroleum Institute official was ready on Mar. 1 . . .
Venezuela after Chavez
March 12, 2013 9:15 AM by NickSMany anticipated Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez’s death from cancer. It still raised significant questions about what will happen next when it actually happened . . .
Wearing a Taxation Target
February 28, 2013 11:57 AM by NickSWashington’s major league baseball team, which became the National League’s eastern division champion in 2012, isn’t the only group in the nation’s capital which feels as if it’s wearing a target . . .
A Surprising Choice
February 21, 2013 11:16 AM by NickSSally Jewell’s nomination on Feb. 6 to succeed Ken Salazar as US Interior secretary was indisputably a surprise. . . .
Building downstream outreach
February 7, 2013 1:10 PM by NickSAmerican Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers President Charles T. Drevna made his primary 2013 New Year's resolution early, and quickly started to keep it. . . .
Colorado deals with setbacks
January 30, 2013 3:06 PM by NickSThe idea that Colorado regulators faced setbacks seems confusing at first. In this context, however, “setback” refers to . . .
2012’s war of words
January 21, 2013 3:17 PM by NickSMaybe it was because it was a presidential election year. Whatever the reason, words seemed to matter more than substance . . .
Pursuing pipeline safety
January 11, 2013 9:06 AM by NickSThe US Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration is expected to announced new safety regulations in 2013 . . .
The Iranian Oil Question
January 3, 2013 12:36 PM by NickSFrom the outset, the discussion’s question seemed provocative: Can the world live without Iranian oil? . . .
