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Independents Seek Tete-A-Tete with Salazar on Fracking

Independent oil and natural gas producers Monday called on the Obama administration to meet with them face-to-face to discuss their concerns with the federal government’s proposed rule on hydraulic fracturing (fracking).

September 11, 2012

Shell Begins ‘Limited’ Drilling in Chukchi

The Obama administration last week gave a unit of Royal Dutch Shell plc the green light to begin “limited” drilling in Alaska’s Chukchi Sea.

September 3, 2012

Shell Given OK for Preliminary Work in Chukchi Sea

The Obama administration has given a unit of Royal Dutch Shell plc the green light to begin “limited” drilling in Alaska’s Chukchi Sea, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar said Thursday.

August 31, 2012

Administration’s Alaska Leasing Proposal Blasted

Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, the ranking Republican on the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, has attacked the Obama administration’s proposed plan to manage oil and natural gas development in the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska (NPR-A), saying that its proposal would unilaterally ban exploration in half of the 23 million-acre reserve.

August 27, 2012

Japan, India Said to Urge U.S. to Allow LNG Exports

Two potential beneficiaries of relatively cheap North American natural gas supplies, Japan and India, reportedly both have been urging the Obama administration to open liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports as soon as possible, according to the project manager for one of the export terminal proposals.

August 24, 2012

Murkowski Blasts Administration’s Alaska Leasing Proposal

Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, the ranking Republican on the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, attacked the Obama administration’s proposed plan to manage oil and natural gas development in the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska (NPR-A), saying that its proposal would unilaterally ban exploration in half of the 23 million-acre reserve.

August 14, 2012

Administration Extending Comment Period for BLM’s Fracking Rules

At the request of the oil and natural gas industry, the Obama administration will extend by two months the public comment period on proposed Bureau of Land Management (BLM) rules governing hydraulic fracturing (fracking).

June 25, 2012

Officials: BLM Fracking Rule Comment Period Will Be Extended

At the request of the oil and natural gas industry, the Obama administration will extend the public comment period on proposed Bureau of Land Management (BLM) rules governing hydraulic fracturing (fracking).

June 25, 2012

Sparks Fly at House Hearing on Fracking

State officials squared off with House subcommittee Democrats last Thursday over the role, if any, that the Obama administration should have in regulating hydraulic fracturing (fracking).

June 4, 2012

Sparks Fly at House Hearing on Fracking

State officials squared off with House subcommittee Democrats Thursday over the role, if any, that the Obama administration should have in regulating hydraulic fracturing (fracking).

June 1, 2012