Policy

The Canadian government is being pressed by its own National Energy Board (NEB) to heal political sore spots that have slowed the regulatory process to a crawl through barrages of environmental, community and native protests.

Analysts with Evercore ISI said they expect the oilfield services (OFS) sector will enjoy a “vigorous recovery” under a future Trump administration, complete with increasing rig and well counts and a recovery in commodity prices.

The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) is restarting a process to improve statewide consistency in the way it conducts inspections of regulated entities, ensures compliance with state and federal laws, and handles enforcement cases, the agency said Tuesday.

The sales outlook for natural gas in Canada’s chief producing province brightened Sunday when the Alberta government unveiled a new carbon emissions-reduction policy hitting coal-burning power plants and using a light hand on gas-burning oilsands production.

Certain capital expenditures made to modernize natural gas pipeline system infrastructure to enhance reliability, safety and regulatory compliance can be recovered through surcharge or tracker mechanisms, according to a policy statement approved Thursday by FERC.

Certain capital expenditures made to modernize natural gas pipeline system infrastructure to enhance reliability, safety and regulatory compliance can be recovered through surcharge or tracker mechanisms, according to a policy statement approved Thursday by FERC.

In response to FERC actions attempting to improve coordination between the electric and natural gas grids, the California grid operator has proposed some changes for this winter that will be discussed in a stakeholder conference call Tuesday.

The lack of an energy policy isn’t keeping the United States from reaching its full potential, and implementing one today isn’t as big a concern as before, energy experts said Wednesday in Houston.

President Obama, in the State of the Union (SOTU) speech Tuesday night before Congress, praised natural gas and oil development in the United States, as well as its importance in fueling energy independence and creating jobs, but said $4 billion in fossil fuel subsidies could be better deployed elsewhere.