Archive for the ‘HSE’ Category
Most US voters prefer a national energy strategy that recognizes and improves technologies that already have contributed to the country’s emissions reductions in the last 10 years to policies that are centered on expanded government regulation, a surve…
The US Senate confirmed David L. Bernhardt’s nomination to be secretary of the Interior in a bipartisan 56-41 vote. Bernhardt, who has been both acting and deputy Interior secretary, answered environmental and other groups’ assertions that he woul…
US Sen. Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) introduced a bill on Apr. 8 that would require the use of professional engineers to approve local natural gas delivery system changes and on-site monitoring of pressure regulation stations so that qualified employees …
The number of incidents affecting people has decreased 20% as the total of US mileage and deliveries has increased more than 10% in the last 5 years, the American Petroleum Institute and the Association for Oil Pipelines jointly said in their 2019 Liqu…
US President Donald Trump overstepped his authority when he canceled his immediate predecessor’s withdrawals of three federal offshore areas from oil and gas leasing consideration toward the end of his second term, a federal court judge in Alaska ruled…
US President Donald Trump overstepped his authority when he canceled his immediate predecessor’s withdrawals of three federal offshore areas from oil and gas leasing consideration toward the end of his second term, a federal court judge in Alaska ruled…
Russia in Venezuela
April 9th, 2019 by Latest News
Arrival in Venezuela late last month of 100 or so Russian military personnel elicited tough talk from the administration of US president Donald Trump. “Russia’s got to leave Venezuela,” declared Sec. of State Mike Pompeo.
Russia in Venezuela
April 9th, 2019 by Latest News
Arrival in Venezuela late last month of 100 or so Russian military personnel elicited tough talk from the administration of US president Donald Trump. “Russia’s got to leave Venezuela,” declared Sec. of State Mike Pompeo.
ASTM International released a new standard aimed at improving both cleanup of and contingency planning for crude oil spills on Apr. 8. The new guide standardizes the way laboratories both prepare and measure “weathered oil,” which is naturally differen…
US House Democrats have called for speedier implementation of mandates in the 2011 and 2016 reauthorizations of the federal oil and gas and hazardous materials pipeline safety law. “It’s simply unacceptable that safety-critical rules passed by Congress…