Preventing

The only things preventing a continued increase in North American natural gas and oil resources will be regulations and a lack of ingenuity, executives said Tuesday in Houston.

A standoff between the city of San Francisco and its major private-sector utility, Pacific Gas and Electric Co. (PG&E), that is preventing the last few miles of outdated cast iron gas pipelines in the city from being replaced has caused state regulators to enter the dispute.

A standoff between the city of San Francisco and its major private-sector utility, Pacific Gas and Electric Co. (PG&E), which is preventing the last few miles of outdated cast iron natural gas pipelines in the city from being replaced, has caused state regulators to enter the dispute.

IHS CERA chairman Daniel Yergin, whose expertise about all things energy has made him a go-to authority, said Tuesday the world’s energy supply and demand picture is less clear today than it was a year ago.

The Department of Interior considered preventing BP plc from bidding in the Gulf of Mexico (GOM) oil and gas lease sale slated for December but in the end decided against it, Michael Bromwich, head of the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement, said at a House hearing on Thursday.

The Department of Interior considered preventing BP plc from bidding in the Gulf of Mexico (GOM) oil and gas lease sale slated for December but in the end decided against it, Michael Bromwich, head of the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement, said at a House hearing on Thursday.

Sen. Murkowski (R-AK) Thursday introduced legislation aimed at preventing offshore Alaska oil and gas projects from being held up or killed in the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) internal appeals process.

The federal agency overseeing offshore drilling activities announced a new policy Tuesday aimed at preventing undue influence by the oil and natural gas industry on agency employees and averting conflicts of interest.

A federal judge in Anchorage Wednesday dismissed a lawsuit aimed at preventing Royal Dutch Shell plc and BP plc from conducting seismic exploration for oil in Alaska’s Arctic waters.