A $369 billion climate and energy spending package unveiled by Senate Democrats last week could impact the oil and gas industry on multiple fronts, namely with regard to leasing, royalty rates and methane emissions. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and fellow Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin announced an agreement late Wednesday to add the energy and…
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James Danly Confirmed to FERC; Democrats Call for More Nominations from White House
The Senate voted 52-40 Thursday to confirm James Danly to be a member of the chronically short-handed FERC.
Senate Confirms James Danly to FERC; Democrats Call for More Nominations
The Senate voted 52-40 Thursday to confirm James Danly to be a member of the chronically short-handed FERC.
Binz’s Nomination at FERC in Trouble
Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) Thursday said he would join Republicans in voting against former Colorado regulator Ron Binz for FERC chairman, which would sink the nomination if the rest of the votes in the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee split along party lines.
Interior to Call for Disclosure of Frack Chemicals on Public Lands
The U.S. Department of Interior’s Bureau of Land Management (BLM) would require companies drilling on public lands to disclose the chemicals used in their hydraulic fracturing (fracking) operations, according to a draft of proposed BLM regulations acquired by NGI’s Shale Daily.