Opposition

The place many consider the birthplace of the modern U.S. environmental movement, California’s Santa Barbara County, is considering changing its decades-long opposition to renewed offshore drilling along its stretch of Pacific coast, about 100 miles northwest of Los Angeles. The five-member county Board of Supervisors Tuesday will consider writing Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to ask for a change of state policy against drilling.

Clashing directly with the White House again, California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger wasted no time Wednesday making public his continued opposition to lifting the moratorium on offshore oil/gas drilling along the coast of California and other coastal sates.

A Republican proposal to lift the 27-year-old ban on oil and natural gas leasing on most of the federal Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) was met with a wall of opposition from Democrats last Wednesday.

A Republican proposal to lift the 27-year-old ban on oil and natural gas leasing on most of the federal Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) was met with a wall of opposition from Democrats Wednesday.

Despite his oft-repeated opposition to the measure, President Bush has signed into law legislation (HR 6022) temporarily suspending deliveries of crude oil to the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) in an attempt to ease gasoline prices. The new law will suspend SPR shipments until either the end of the year or when crude oil prices dip below $75/bbl.

While some Republicans continued to voice their opposition to the closed-door talks on the House and Senate energy bills, House leaders said a conference report reconciling the two measures could be completed by as early as mid-November, according to committee aides.

The plan by sponsors of the $1.27 billion, 500-mile long Midcontinent Express system to lease 500,000 Dth/d on the Enogex system in Oklahoma as part of their project has stirred up opposition from current Enogex customers that say the lease is discriminatory since they have been unable to get firm transportation on the intrastate line.

The plan by sponsors of the $1.27 billion, 500-mile long Midcontinent Express system to lease 500,000 Dth/d on the Enogex system in Oklahoma as part of their project has stirred up opposition from current Enogex customers who say the lease is discriminatory since they have been unable to get firm transportation on the intrastate line.

The opposition to the Alberta Royalty Review Panel’s proposal to revise the province’s oil and natural gas royalty regime is growing in solidarity, with another producer announcing its intention to reduce spending next year in the province’s oil patch.