The permitting process for oil and gas pipelines is getting longer, which could harm other sectors of the economy, such as manufacturing, according to testimony before the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on Tuesday.
Tag / Compensation
SubscribeCompensation
Articles from Compensation
BP Shareholders Reject Dudley’s Pay Raise; Chairman Says, ‘We Hear You’
BP plc shareholders staged a rare protest at the usually sedate annual meeting in London Thursday, roundly rejecting a decision to increase CEO Bob Dudley’s 2015 compensation by 20%, despite massive job cuts and record losses.
BP Shareholders Reject Dudley’s Pay Raise; Chairman Says, ‘We Hear You’
BP plc shareholders staged a rare protest at the usually sedate annual meeting in London Thursday, roundly rejecting a decision to increase CEO Bob Dudley’s 2015 compensation by 20%, despite massive job cuts and record losses.
Court Again Rules in Favor of BP in Macondo Settlement
BP plc may be spared from paying hundreds of millions in compensation payments related to the 2010 Macondo well blowout in the Gulf of Mexico following an appeals court ruling late Monday.
Marcellus Lease Involving Freshwater Impoundment Upheld
Chevron U.S.A. Inc.’s lease with a Marcellus Shale landowner in Fayette County, PA, allows the producer to construct an 11-acre freshwater impoundment to assist in drilling for natural gas, the Pennsylvania Superior Court has ruled.
New York Fund Urges Chesapeake Shake-Up Following Icahn Letter
Chesapeake Energy Corp.’s shareholders gave a modest thumb’s up Tuesday to the news that Carl Icahn is now the company’s third largest shareholder, and another large shareholder group urged a board shake-up to extract value.
New York Official Floats Drilling Clean-Up Fund
Proposed legislation to require natural gas operators to pay for the costs to remediate contamination caused by drilling wells is being floated by New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli.
West Virginia Continues Quest for Ethane Cracker
As West Virginia takes up the issue of Marcellus Shale regulatory reform, officials are also continuing their efforts to attract at least one thermal cracker facility to the state.
Pennsylvania Think Tank: Tax Marcellus 30-35 Cents/Mcf
A severance tax on Marcellus Shale gas production in Pennsylvania is only fair compensation for extraction of the resource, and the revenue would be a bulwark against recession, according to an analyst’s recent paper. However, a gas industry organization blasted the paper as coming from a left-leaning, union-backed source with questionable credibility.
Maritimes & Northeast Seeking Producer Compensation
Compensation from producers of C$30.4 million (US$29.2 million) is being sought for natural gas reserves and drilling disappointments offshore Nova Scotia by Maritimes & Northeast Pipeline (MNP).