Oil & Gas

Here’s what Breaking Energy staff are reading at other outlets.

Prices Help Drive Increase of Midwest Oil Exploration

Lost amid the wrapping paper this holiday season was a very important move in Wyoming to step up and better regulate air pollution from the state’s oil and gas wells. It was one more reason to pop some champagne corks as we rang in the New Year. Without much fanfare on Dec. 27, Wyoming finalized new… Keep reading →

California Adopts Sweeping Plan To Combat Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Before getting into a new report showing an uptick in energy-related carbon dioxide emissions last year, let’s make sure we keep an eye on the big picture as it concerns U.S. CO2. These points: U.S. CO2 emissions have fallen to their lowest level in a generation – even as global emissions have risen 50 percent since 1990. The… Keep reading →

2019 Energy Policy Outlook

Congress Struggles With Funding Repairs To U.S. Capitol Dome

The 116th Congress will mark Senator Lisa Murkowski’s (R-AK) last term atop the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee

Men working oil

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Office of Fossil Energy has announced up to $88 million in federal funding for cost-shared research and development projects enhancing technologies for oil and natural gas recovery under two separate funding opportunity announcements (FOAs). The National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) will manage the projects selected under both… Keep reading →

Domestic Oil And Gas Production

Keeping an eye on what happens with domestic oil and gas regulation is a bit like herding cats. We’ve seen encouraging progress on air quality issues related to oil and gas, but an equally critical front that’s seen major action is protection of our land and water resources. More than 30 states actively regulate oil… Keep reading →

Energy Trends To Watch In 2019

New Combined Electricity Project Connect Spain and France

The New Year has officially arrived, bringing with it exciting goals and predictions for the clean energy industry around the world

Iraq Security Forces Conduct Operations in Lead-up to US Drawdown

Jerusalem seeks to mitigate the potential risks of the president’s decision by shaping its implementation and obtaining U.S. security guarantees, though long-term concerns still loom. Israeli officials have been careful not to publicly criticize President Trump’s recent announcement that all U.S. military forces will be pulled out of Syria. Below the surface, however, they have… Keep reading →

Fracking In California Under Spotlight As Some Local Municipalities Issue Bans

In many ways, the truest measure of U.S. energy is America itself – the country’s economic health and its security in the world, the individual prosperity of its citizens and the nation’s ability to meet significant challenges. Energy, led by natural gas and oil, is driving progress in all of these areas. No less important… Keep reading →

2018’s Bad Guys In Energy

Texas Oil Companies Work To Adapt To Falling Oil Prices

A report herein on 2018’s parade of reprobates, rapscallions and others generally lacking in moral hygiene

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