EPA schedules 2 public hearings on Tier 3 gasoline proposalThe US Environmental Protection Agency will hold public hearings Apr. 24 in Philadelphia and Apr. 29 in Chicago about its proposed Tier 3 gasoline sulfur content and vehicle emissions limits. |
MARKET WATCH: Oil prices continue slow climbOil prices generally continued a relatively slow climb Apr. 22 with front-month crude up 0.9% in the New York futures market and North Sea Brent closing above $100/bbl. |
Halliburton discussing settlement in Macondo blowoutHalliburton Co. is negotiating a settlement of legal claims related to the 2010 Deepwater Horizon semisubmersible drilling rig explosion following a blowout of the deepwater Gulf of Mexico Macondo well off Louisiana, the company said. |
EIA: US Household spending on home energy fell last yearUS average consumer spending on home energy fell $12 billion in 2012 compared with 2011, the Energy Information Administration reported. |
MARKET WATCH: Oil prices rose slightly amid weak economic dataOil prices rose slightly Apr. 19, but the front-month crude contract was down 4% for the week on weak economic data out of China. |
Bill Barrett names chief executive, presidentBill Barrett Corp., Denver, has named R. Scot Woodall as chief executive officer and president. |
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Chinese NOCs' expansionBacked by vast foreign exchange reserves and taking advantage of the world economic downturn, Chinese national oil companies (NOCs) have purchased assets in the Middle East, North America, Latin America, Africa, and Asia. |
Learning from mistakesThe US and the UK should learn from each other's mistakes with renewable transportation fuel. As the US Congress stepped toward rationalizing fuel ethanol this month, a new biofuel requirement took effect in the UK. |
House panels discuss Terry's Keystone XL authorization billA second US House subcommittee heard testimony in support of a bill to let Congress approve the proposed Keystone XL crude oil pipeline project as the first, which held a hearing on Rep. Lee Terry's (R-Neb.) measure on Apr. 10, marked up HR 3 for consideration by the full Energy and Commerce Committee. |
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. |
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. |
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