Spill

Companies drilling in the Canadian Arctic Offshore must abide by the country’s policy requiring capability to stop a spill quickly by drilling a relief well in the same season that a blowout occurs, or demonstrate how they would meet or exceed the intended outcome of that policy, according to filing requirements issued Thursday by the National Energy Board (NEB).

Proposed legislation to require natural gas operators to pay for the costs to remediate contamination caused by drilling wells is being floated by New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli.

More than two-thirds (68%) of energy executives recently surveyed said the regulatory restrictions following the Gulf of Mexico oil spill last year have had no impact on their companies’ offshore exploration and production (E&P) efforts, according to the results of the Ninth Annual Energy Survey conducted by the KPMG Global Energy Institute.

More than two-thirds (68%) of energy executives recently surveyed said the regulatory restrictions following the Gulf of Mexico oil spill last year have had no impact on their companies’ offshore exploration and production (E&P) efforts, according to the results of the Ninth Annual Energy Survey conducted by the KPMG Global Energy Institute.

As the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) seeks answers, Chesapeake Energy Corp. said the blowout of one of its Marcellus Shale wells in northeast Pennsylvania is now under control.

Chesapeake Energy Corp. said a Marcellus Shale well that blew out late last Tuesday is “stable,” but the company must now manage the public and regulatory fallout of the incident in northeast Pennsylvania.

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) has signaled that a vote on energy legislation — largely focused on oil spill safety, natural gas vehicles, home energy retrofits and possibly a renewable electricity standard (RES) — will be delayed until after the November elections, but energy officials don’t expect to see an energy bill out of Congress this year and maybe not even next year.

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) has signaled that a vote on energy legislation — largely focused on oil spill safety, natural gas vehicles, home energy retrofits and possibly a renewable electricity standard (RES) — will be delayed until after the November elections, but energy officials don’t expect to see an energy bill out of Congress this year and maybe not even next year.

With the entire oil and gas industry under increased scrutiny because of the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, regulators in Pennsylvania and West Virginia last week were quick to shut down the drilling operations of some companies after a pair of unrelated accidents at two wells in the Marcellus Shale.