Morgan Evans

After the city moved last month to ban new oil and natural gas drilling within its borders, the Los Angeles County board has followed suit, banning new drilling activity beginning this month.  County officials unanimously voted to adopt an ordinance amending the zoning law, banning any new oil and gas wells or production facilities in…

The American Petroleum Institute (API) called on the White House’s Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) to rescind its proposal to mitigate both upstream and downstream greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA).  Directed by President Biden’s Executive Order 13990, NEPA reviews for oil and natural gas projects “should quantify proposed GHG…

After the city moved last month to ban new oil and natural gas drilling within its borders, the Los Angeles County board has followed suit, banning new drilling activity beginning next month.  County officials earlier this week unanimously voted to adopt an ordinance amending the zoning law, banning any new oil and gas wells or…

Natural gas is officially labeled “green” in Ohio after Gov. Mike DeWine earlier this month signed House Bill (HB) 507 into law, though the green stamp may not carry much legislative weight for funding or regulations, according to the governor’s office.  HB 507 passed the Ohio Senate last month, with the primary goal of ensuring…

The American Petroleum Institute (API) emphasized the U.S. role as an energy leader as it outlined steps lawmakers should take to “make, move and improve” the oil and gas industry at a recent event.  “In the past year, the global energy crisis, driven by surging post-pandemic demand outstripping supply and exacerbated by Russia’s invasion of…

Matador Resources Co. has bolted on its largest deal yet in the Permian Basin in an agreement to acquire Advance Energy Partners Holdings LLC, with assets in New Mexico and West Texas.  The independent is providing an initial cash payment of  $1.6 billion, with an additional $7.5 million total paid monthly in 2023 if the…

Minnesota’s state legislature has ramped up the clean energy targets for electric utilities with a bill that would ensure utility customers would receive 100% of their energy from only carbon-free resources 10 years sooner than many utilities had initially planned. A 35-member group of Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor (DFL) Party House members introduced House File (HF) 7…

Private exploration and production (E&P) operator Poco Holdco LLC received Project Canary’s highest possible environmental assessment rating for most of its Denver-Julesburg (DJ) Basin operations in Colorado.  The E&P, a branch of private energy investment and management company Providence Energy Ltd., clinched Denver-based Project Canary’s “Platinum” certification for 22 operated horizontal wells at two wellsites. …

While solar and wind capacity are on the rise in the United States, natural gas-fired generation remains far and away the main source of power for electric operators across the nation, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA).*  The agency said in a recent report that 2023 may continue the trend of “one of…