Legislation

Oil, Natural Gas Industry Reaction Mixed as Blockbuster Climate, Spending Bill Heads to Biden’s Desk

Oil, Natural Gas Industry Reaction Mixed as Blockbuster Climate, Spending Bill Heads to Biden’s Desk

The House on Friday passed the Senate-approved Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (IRA) by a margin of 220-207, clearing the way for President Biden to sign the landmark climate and energy bill into law.  The legislation includes investing an estimated $370 billion to decarbonize domestic energy and transport sectors, and it targets a roughly 40%…

August 15, 2022
Why Is Inflation Reduction Act a Big Deal for Natural Gas, Oil Industries?

Why Is Inflation Reduction Act a Big Deal for Natural Gas, Oil Industries?

The U.S. Senate on Sunday passed a massive spending bill that would invest hundreds of billions of dollars to reshape the energy sector and try to slow climate change, creating far-reaching implications for oil and natural gas, as well as the economy broadly. The Inflation Reduction Act includes an estimated $370 billion over 10 years…

August 8, 2022
California Blueprint Looking to Forge ‘Oil-Free Future,’ Lead Nation in Climate Change Fight

California Blueprint Looking to Forge ‘Oil-Free Future,’ Lead Nation in Climate Change Fight

California Gov. Gavin Newsom unveiled his proposed 2022-2023 budget proposal to continue confronting the state’s “greatest existential threats” – the pandemic and climate change – while bolstering economic growth. Specifically for energy, Newsom’s ambition under his California Blueprint is to create “an oil-free future” for California by reducing the state’s reliance on fossil fuels while…

January 12, 2022
House Democrats’ FRAC Act Taking Aim Once Again to Boost Unconventional Drilling Oversight

House Democrats’ FRAC Act Taking Aim Once Again to Boost Unconventional Drilling Oversight

A group of House Democrats is making another attempt to increase oversight of the oil and gas industry with a package of legislation that was introduced Monday. The legislation, including House Resolution (HR) 4014, takes aim at among other things hydraulic fracturing (fracking), which is used in unconventional drilling to complete wells. The Fracturing Responsibility…

March 23, 2021
North Dakota Examining Potential for Bakken Natural Gas, Liquids Storage

North Dakota Examining Potential for Bakken Natural Gas, Liquids Storage

North Dakota’s Industrial Commission (IC) has asked the state legislature to authorize pursuing options to add oil and natural gas storage for the Bakken Shale. The governor-led commission “pre-filed a bill for next year’s legislature to take on permitting of oil, gas and natural gas liquids storage,” said Department of Mineral Resources director Lynn Helms.…

December 17, 2020
SoCalGas Unleashes California-Produced RNG Fueling

SoCalGas Unleashes California-Produced RNG Fueling

Southern California Gas Co. (SoCalGas) said renewable natural gas (RNG) supply now is flowing at most of the natural gas vehicle fueling stations it operates. The Sempra Energy utility recently began purchasing RNG from multi-dairy connected Calgren Dairy Fuels in the state. Calgren produces RNG as part of a rapidly growing biomethane industry. Eventually, 18…

November 4, 2020
Colorado Governor’s Call for Energy Industry Collaboration Praised by PDC

Colorado Governor’s Call for Energy Industry Collaboration Praised by PDC

Colorado’s natural gas and oil industry has faced pressure from all sides in recent years, reviled by landowners and litigated by environmental groups, but Gov. Jared Polis has shown he can compromise, PDC Energy Inc. executives said last week. CEO Bart Brookman discussed second quarter results in a wide ranging conference call that hit on…

August 10, 2020

Canada Energy Industry Slams new Regulatory Regime as ‘No More Pipelines Bill’

Raised regulatory hurdles and expanded roles for critics confront the Canadian fossil fuel industry under hotly contested legislation that the national Liberal government passed in the final hours of the 2019 session of Parliament.

June 24, 2019

Natural Gas, Nuclear Interests Again Clashing Over Pennsylvania Power Subsidies

The natural gas industry went before Pennsylvania lawmakers to again spar with representatives of the nuclear power sector, who pushed in recent testimony before the state Senate’s consumer protection committee for passage of a bill requiring electric distribution companies and suppliers to purchase credits from nuclear plants.

April 12, 2019

Proposed Colorado Ballot Measure Designed to Repeal Expected Oil, Gas Reform Bill

Officials in two of Colorado’s largest oil and natural gas producing counties are pushing a ballot measure that would repeal reform legislation on the fast track to the governor’s desk.

March 27, 2019
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