The US oil and gas drilling boom is creating jobs far faster than the general economy and generating enough wealth to prevent a lapse back into recession, according to a report...
Alberta's oil sands producers have monitored emissions for potential public health impacts with the province's government for a while, the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers...
The US Department of Transportation issued an emergency order requiring shippers to test Bakken crude oil to ensure it is properly classified before being transported by rail....
The US Environmental Protection Agency has reached an agreement to settle a lawsuit filed by community groups in Texas and Louisiana forcing it to review, and if necessary, revise...
US House Ways and Means Committee Chairman David L. Camp (R-Mich.) released a federal tax reform proposal that quickly drew fire from oil and gas associations because it called...
The US Department of State substantially followed prescribed guidance—and sometimes exceeded it—when it selected Environmental Resource Management Inc. (ERM) to help prepare a...
The White House proposed repealing six federal tax code provisions it considers unnecessary breaks for the oil and gas industry in its fiscal 2015 budget request.
An American Petroleum Institute official and two Republican US senators separately called for accelerated US LNG exports in response to the Russian-Ukrainian confrontation over...
Russia's Energy Minister Alexander Novak cancelled his Mar. 4 appearance at IHS CERAWeek given rising tensions between Russia and the Ukraine, and conference panelists discussed...
The US holds ample reserves of natural gas to help supply rising world gas demand, particularly for gas-fired electric power generation in Asia, speakers told the IHS CERAWeek...
US Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alas.) told IHS CERAWeek participants on Mar. 3 that she plans to ask the US Energy Information Administration for an economic analysis regarding the...
Demand for all types of energy continues to increase as oil and gas companies adapt to handle the ever-rising costs of finding and producing hydrocarbons, said the chief executive...
The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management has described conditions under which it might consider allowing geologic and geophysical studies off the eastern US south of New Jersey...
Last summer this editor had the opportunity to visit two corporate-backed oil and gas apprenticeship programs in Scotland. Aberdeen College and Forth Valley College offer programs...