BLM issued a regulation to prohibit mining claims in public lands with pending applications for renewable energy projects or those identified as potential sites for renewable energy development. On April 30, 2013, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) published a regulation to the Federal Register to temporarily segregate public lands set aside for renewable energy… Keep reading →
In its latest installment of “This Week at Interior,” the US Interior Department discusses the recent findings released by the US Geological Survey indicating there may be additional oil & gas reserves located in formations below the Bakken Shale. Watch this short video about that discovery and more.
The energy business – particularly the oil & gas sector – is one of the most global industries by virtue of the need to go where the resources are located. This makes national borders arbitrary and leads companies to invest billions of dollars in jurisdictions with high levels of above-ground risk. In their 2013 Fraud… Keep reading →
Experts Endorse US LNG Exports In response to a recent House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee hearing on the economic and geopolitical opportunities of natural gas exports, Bill Cooper, president of the Center for Liquefied Natural Gas issued the following statement: “Thursday’s hearing adds to the growing understanding that LNG exports are a huge opportunity for the… Keep reading →
Lower medium-term crude oil prices could act as a tax cut on US consumers The North American energy world has been turned on its ear in recent years – a pressing need to build natural gas import facilities has become an export discussion, as gas and oil output significantly increased taking most industry observers by… Keep reading →
