McCarthy promises collaborative, commonsense approach at EPAGina McCarthy pledged to use a collaborative, commonsense approach if the US Senate confirms her nomination to become the US Environmental Protection Agency's administrator. |
Watching Government: Jobs and Keystone XLDuring Bill Clinton's first US presidential campaign in 1992—or so the story goes—workers at its headquarters kept their focus by periodically glancing at a poster which proclaimed: "It's the economy, stupid." |
Senate confirms Jewell's nomination as DOI secretaryThe US Senate confirmed Sally Jewell's nomination as US Interior Secretary on Apr. 10, clearing the way for her to succeed Ken Salazar and lead the federal department during US President Barack Obama's second term. |
Bill due to remove corn ethanol from Renewable Fuels StandardBipartisan legislation will be introduced to remove corn-based ethanol from the federal Renewable Fuels Standard in 2014, a group of US House members announced on Apr. 10. |
AFPM, API would like to see EPA go further in RIN reform effortThe American Petroleum Institute and American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers welcome the US Environmental Protection Agency’s proposals to address renewable fuel credit fraud, but would like to see the agency go further, the trade associations jointly said. |
MARKET WATCH: Rumors of OPEC action boosts oil pricesOil prices rebounded Apr. 18 with the front-month crude contract up 1.2% from its low for the year in the previous session on rumors ministers of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries may call a special meeting in response to sinking markets. |
Groups seek Supreme Court review of EPA’s GHG regulationsFour oil and gas associations—American Petroleum Institute, American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers, Independent Petroleum Association of America, and Western States Petroleum Association—joined 20 other business groups on Apr. 18 in asking the US Supreme Court to review the US Environmental Protection Agency’s regulation of greenhouse gases. |
Mackenzie new BHP Billiton chief executiveAndrew Mackenzie has been named chief executive officer of BHP Billiton Ltd., succeeding Marius Kloppers, who will retire. Mackenzie has been group executive and chief executive nonferrous. |
MARKET WATCH: Bearish inventories, stronger dollar drop oil pricesCommodity and equity markets took another pounding Apr. 17 with front-month crude falling 2.3% to a new low for the year in the New York futures market due to a bearish inventory report and a strengthening US dollar. |
Calls to build Keystone XL grow as DOS Nebraska hearings beginCalls for the Obama administration to authorize construction of the Keystone XL crude oil pipeline’s final segment increased as the US Department of State began hearings on the project in Grand Island, Neb., on Apr. 18. |
Atlas Pipeline to buy Teak MidstreamAtlas Pipeline Partners LP has agreed to buy Eagle Ford shale natural gas gathering and processing company Teak Midstream LLC. |
States best qualified to regulate oil, gas, House panel toldUS states are the most qualified to regulate oil and gas development within their boundaries because they’re well acquainted with unique geological and environmental conditions there, officials from three state governments told the US House Natural Resources Committee. |
MARKET WATCH: Oil markets negative after big drop in previous sessionOil markets generally were down Apr. 16 with front-month crude essentially flat after dropping to its lowest price of the year in the previous session on the New York market and North Sea Brent closing below $100/bbl for the first time since July. |
Rosneft, Marubeni sign agreement for joint oil, gas E&DRosneft and Marubeni Corp. signed a memorandum of cooperation covering possible joint oil and exploration and development as well as associated LNG project implement, the companies reported. |
New UAE energy minister seeks energy efficiencyConcerned about rising domestic oil consumption, the new minister of energy of the United Arab Emirates has called for national-level improvements in energy-use efficiency. |
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