Archive for the ‘Washington Pulse’ Category
A mired transition
April 2nd, 2019 by Latest News
Feverish, centrally managed energy transition works against itself. The dash for energy-related response to climate change has slowed, and political resistance where it has occurred makes reacceleration doubtful. US lawmakers posturing over the Green N…
Watching Government: Venezuela’s petro-diplomacy
March 25th, 2019 by Latest News
Venezuela President Hugo Chavez promoted Petrocaribe as a regional social improvement program in 2005 when he inaugurated it to sell Venezuelan crude oil at deep discounts to countries across Latin America that did not have their own production.
The US Environmental Protection Agency published a list of 40 chemicals on Mar. 20 that it intends to review and prioritize for risk evaluation under the amended Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). It said it was releasing the list to give the public …
Resumption of oil and gas geological and geophysical (G&G) data gathering on the US Mid-Atlantic Outer Continental Shelf after more than 30 years would help advance scientific knowledge as well as identify and determine the value of potential resou…
Western Australia EPA tightens GHG guidelines for petroleum projects
March 19th, 2019 by Latest News
Western Australia’s Environmental Protection Authority (WAEPA) has revised its guidance on mitigating greenhouse gas emissions from large new or expanding projects in the state, drawing the ire of the petroleum industry.
Oil’s vulnerability
March 19th, 2019 by Latest News
Vulnerability persists in an oil market that might be starting to feel comfortable. The price of West Texas Intermediate crude has gained $10/bbl since the recent low of $45/bbl last December.
With Iowa caucuses less than a year away, presidential hopefuls from both political parties are busy kissing the ethanol baby.
Watching Government: AFL-CIO on Green New Deal
March 18th, 2019 by Latest News
The nation’s largest organized labor entity apparently has some serious concerns about the proposal to address global climate change circulating in the 116th Congress, commonly known as the Green New Deal.
Watching Government: Mexico’s new kid in town
March 11th, 2019 by Latest News
Mexico’s commercial crude oil production began in 1901. The government agency that Luis R. Vera Morales began to lead soon after President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador was inaugurated this past December has existed for about 4 years.
The Texas Petro Index (TPI) declined in November and December 2018 on the heels of 23 straight months of growth, in response to dramatic declines in crude oil prices in the last 2 months of the year.