Archive for the ‘Washington Pulse’ Category
Colorado voters rejected Proposition 112, which would have imposed severe setback requirements on oil and gas producers, when the voters went to the polls on Nov. 6.
On Nov. 5, the US government imposed oil and other sanctions against Iran that were lifted under a 2015 multinational nuclear arms control agreement, the Trump administration announced.
Sanctions revisited
November 12th, 2018 by Latest News
Effects on the oil market of US sanctions reinstated against Iran depend on depth and duration of the restriction and on the availability of compensating supply. They are, at this point, unknowable.
OGJ Newsletter
November 12th, 2018 by Latest News
International news for oil and gas professionals
Regulation and recycling
November 12th, 2018 by Latest News
By now we know the outcome of the Nov. 6 US midterm elections. Held in an environment in which the most extreme detractors of each party described their counterparts as bent on establishing a nationalist dictatorship on one hand or a communist pogrom o…
If the US House flips
November 5th, 2018 by Latest News
A possible change in the US House of Representatives’ majority from Republican to Democrat following the midterm elections would affect the US oil and gas industry most in two committees: Natural Resources, and Energy and Commerce. It’s worthwhile to c…
Reforms in response to US President Donald Trump’s Executive Order 13771 have resulted in $2.5 billion of regulatory relief for oil and gas producers during the fiscal year 2018, the Department of the Interior indicated on Oct. 17.
Imagine an oil market with one quarter of total supply controlled by two countries hostile to the West.
Virginia’s Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) approved erosion and sediment control, stormwater management, and karst protection plans for the Atlantic Coast natural gas pipeline (ACP) on Oct. 19.
Helping ethanol again
October 29th, 2018 by Latest News
Nothing helps fuel ethanol more than an imminent political contest. Fuel ethanol feeds on political contests.