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Congressional Energy Roundup

Fracking Insider Readers: Below, please find this week’s Congressional activity on oil and gas issues: - Senate: - “Examining the Local Impacts of EPA’s Climate Regulations.” Committee on Environment and Public...more

Congressional Energy Roundup

Fracking Insider Readers: Below, please find this week’s Congressional activity on oil and gas issues: - House: - “Impacts of the Obama Council on Environmental Quality Final Guidance for GHG Emissions and the...more

Congressional Energy Roundup

Fracking Insider Readers: Below, please find this week’s Congressional activity on oil and gas issues: - House: - “H.R. 5780, the Utah Public Lands Initiative Act.” Committee on Natural Resources, Subcommittee on...more

Congressional Energy Roundup

Fracking Insider Readers: Below, please find this week’s Congressional activity on oil and gas issues: - House: - “Eastern Mediterranean Energy: Challenges and Opportunities for U.S. Regional Priorities.” Committee...more

9/6/2016  /  Fracking , Natural Gas , Oil & Gas

UPDATE: Extreme Anti-Fracking Measures Fail to Make Ballot in Colorado

Two anti-fracking ballot initiatives that were pushed by a group calling itself “Coloradans Resisting Extreme Energy Development” have failed to make the November ballot, the only two initiatives that failed to qualify of the...more

8/30/2016  /  Fracking , Fracking Bans , Oil & Gas

Hydraulic Fracturing: State Regulatory Roundup Vol. 48

Fracking Insider Readers: We are pleased to bring you Volume 48 of our State Regulatory Roundup, including updates in California, Colorado, and Kansas. As we explained in earlier volumes, we designed the Roundup to provide...more

Hydraulic Fracturing: State Regulatory Roundup Vol. 47

Fracking Insider Readers: We are pleased to bring you Volume 47 of our State Regulatory Roundup, including updates in Maryland, New Jersey, and Texas. As we explained in earlier volumes, we designed the Roundup to provide...more

Congressional Energy Roundup

Fracking Insider Readers: Below, please find this week’s Congressional activity on oil and gas issues: - Senate: - “S. 3018, the Securing Energy Infrastructure Act.” Committee on Energy and Natural Resources,...more

7/11/2016  /  Energy Sector , Fracking , Oil & Gas

Congressional Energy Roundup

House: - “H.R. 5577, the Innovation in Offshore Leasing Act.” Committee on Natural Resources, Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources. July 6, 2016. 10:00 AM EST....more

7/6/2016  /  Energy Sector , Fracking , Oil & Gas

Congressional Energy Roundup

“Status of BLM and Forest Service’s Efforts to Implement Amendments to Plans Regarding Sage Grouse Conservation and Coordination Activities with Affected States.” Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, Subcommittee on...more

Congressional Energy Roundup

Fracking Insider Readers: Below, please find this week’s Congressional activity on oil and gas issues: - House: - “Certainty for States and Tribes Act.” Committee on Natural Resources, Subcommittee on Energy and...more

6/14/2016  /  Energy Sector , Fracking , Oil & Gas

Congressional Energy Roundup

House: - “H.R. 4775, the Ozone Standards Implementation Act. H. Con. Res. 89, expressing the sense of Congress that a carbon tax would be detrimental to the U.S. economy. H. Con. Res. 112, expressing the sense of...more

6/7/2016  /  Energy Sector , Fracking , Oil & Gas

The Tale of the Shale: U.S. Remained the World’s Top Producer of Petroleum and Natural Gas Hydrocarbons in 2015

“U.S. petroleum and natural gas production first surpassed Russia in 2012, and the United States has been the world’s top producer of natural gas since 2011 and the world’s top producer of petroleum hydrocarbons since 2013.”...more

Congressional Energy Roundup

Fracking Insider Readers: Below, please find this week’s Congressional activity on oil and gas issues: - House: - “Investigating the Culture of Corruption at the Department of the Interior.” Committee on Natural...more

New Natural Gas-Fired Power Plants Located Near Shale Plays

“Growth in natural gas-fired generation capacity is expected to continue over the next several years, as 18.7 gigawatts (GW) of new capacity comes online between 2016 and 2018. Many of the new natural gas-fired capacity...more

Congressional Energy Roundup

Fracking Insider Readers: Below, please find this week’s Congressional activity on oil and gas issues: - Senate: - “The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management’s 2017-2022 OCS Oil and Gas Leasing Program.” Committee on...more

Congressional Energy Roundup

Fracking Insider Readers: Below, please find this week’s Congressional activity on oil and gas issues: - House: - “Department of Energy Oversight: Office of Fossil Energy.” Committee on Science, Space, and...more

5/10/2016  /  Fracking , Legislative Agendas

Increased Natural Gas Supply from Hydraulic Fracturing Largely Responsible for Changes in Power Sector

“After increasing in 2013 and 2014, energy-related carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions fell in 2015. In 2015, U.S. energy-related carbon dioxide emissions were 12% below the 2005 levels, mostly because of changes in the electric...more

Energy Information Administration: Natural Gas from Hydraulically Fractured Wells Accounts for Two-Thirds of Total U.S. Production

“Based on the most recent data from states, EIA estimates that natural gas production from hydraulically fractured wells now makes up about two-thirds of total U.S. marketed gas production. This share of production is even...more

5/6/2016  /  Crude Oil , EIA , Fracking , Natural Gas , Oil & Gas

Hydraulic Fracturing: State Regulatory Roundup Vol. 46

Fracking Insider Readers: We are pleased to bring you Volume 46 of our State Regulatory Roundup, including updates in Colorado, New York, and Pennsylvania. As we explained in earlier volumes, we designed the Roundup to...more

Activists Using Misinformation to Kill Fracking in Wayne National Forest

A large billboard has been placed by anti-fracking extremists across from the Wayne National Forest (“the Wayne”) headquarters on U.S. Rt. 33 near Nelsonville, Ohio. The billboard declares, “Frack our national forest? No...more

White House Completes Review of Wastewater Barge Pre-Rule

The Obama administration has completed its review of the Coast Guard’s pre-rule on the bulk transport of wastewater from hydraulic fracturing operations. The pre-rule itself has not been released, but its title (“Carriage of...more

Sierra Club Sues Over Oklahoma Earthquakes

The Sierra Club has filed suit against three oil and gas companies operating in Oklahoma, alleging that the companies’ wastewater injection practices were behind the recent uptick in earthquake activity in the state. The...more

Hydraulic Fracturing: State Regulatory Roundup Vol. 45

Fracking Insider Readers: We are pleased to bring you Volume 45 of our State Regulatory Roundup, including updates in Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Texas. As we explained in earlier volumes, we designed the Roundup to provide...more

EPA’s Estimate of the “Social Cost of Methane” Used to Justify New Source Performance Standards for the Oil and Natural Gas...

On Tuesday, August 18, 2015, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) issued proposed New Source Performance Standards (“NSPS”) under the Clean Air Act covering methane and volatile organic compound (“VOC”) emissions...more

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