Pro and con on the proposed northern segment of the Keystone XL oil pipeline from Canada to the Gulf of Mexico (GOM) rachetted up their campaigns this week in anticipation of a U.S. State Department hearing on the project Thursday in Grand Island, NE.
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Marcellus Coalition Regrets Pennsylvania Inaction on Gas Tax
With a proposed natural gas severance tax for Marcellus Shale production apparently not forthcoming from the Pennsylvania General Assembly before the Nov. 2 election, one group representing the industry said it is “regretful that…common sense legislative initiatives” have not been adopted by the state.
GasMart 2010: Climate Change Bill ‘D-E-A-D,’ Says Lobbyist
Two major pieces of legislation are likely to become law before members of this Congress go home for the closing rounds of their reelection campaigns, and neither of them is climate change. “DEAD, that’s D-E-A-D,” is how a veteran lobbyist described the legislation to a Process Gas Consumers (PGC) post-GasMart luncheon in Chicago Wednesday at the same time the latest climate change version was being introduced in the Senate (see related story).
Climate Change Bill ‘D-E-A-D,’ Says Lobbyist
Two major pieces of legislation are likely to become law before members of this Congress go home for the closing rounds of their re-election campaigns, and neither of them is climate change. “DEAD, that’s D-E-A-D,” is how a veteran lobbyist described the legislation to a Process Gas Consumers (PGC) post-GasMart luncheon in Chicago Wednesday at the same time the latest climate change version was being introduced in the Senate.
Obama Signals Willingness to Compromise on Offshore Drilling
Energy, often a back-burner issue in presidential campaigns, took center stage last week. Democratic presidential contender Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois lit the fire when he signaled that he would be open to allowing drilling off certain coastal states as part of a larger compromise on energy policy. This marked a sea change in his position on oil and natural gas production in the federal Outer Continental Shelf (OCS).
Gas-Rich BC Immune to Drilling Slump
As construction begins on Alliance Pipeline, Canadiannatural-gas producers are mounting aggressive northern drillingcampaigns to fill up the added export capacity when it goes intoservice in October of 2000. Northeastern British Columbia, thestarting point for Alliance’s 2,320-mile route to Chicago, hasemerged as an E&P hot spot.