By Bojan Lepic In a last-ditch effort to open up more acreage for offshore drilling, the Trump administration proposed to loosen Obama-era safety regulations for the oil industry in the Arctic Ocean off… … Read Full Article Here For more great articles: Offshore Energy Today
By Offshore Energy Today Ten environmental groups on Tuesday sued the Trump administration over recent changes in the Obama-era offshore safety rules put in place in 2016, in the aftermath of the 2010 Deepwater Horizon… … Read Full Article Here For more great articles: Offshore Energy Today
By Offshore Energy Today U.S. president Trump’s executive order from 2017 overturning his predecessor’s Barack Obama’s ban of oil & gas activity in certain areas in the U.S. Arctic waters has been deemed illegal and… … Read Full Article Here For more great articles: Offshore Energy Today
By Offshore Energy Today Trump’s Executive Order is revoking Obama’s 2010 National Ocean Policy. … Read Full Article Here For more great articles: Offshore Energy Today
By LNG World News The Industrial Energy Consumers of America have urged the U.S. Department of Energy to place a moratorium on LNG export approvals for non-free trade agreement (non-FTA) countries. In a letter submitted to the U.S. energy secretary Rick Perry, IECA said it is “alarmed at the volume of LNG exports that have…
By Offshore Energy Today The U.S. Department of the Interior is repealing an Obama-era rule for the evaluation of oil, gas, and coal fees extraction companies need to pay and report on. According to the DOI, the rule named the Consolidated Federal Oil and Gas and Federal and Indian Coal Valuation Reform Rule had created…
By Offshore Energy Today Following last week’s move by the Department of Interior to rescind the previous administration’s ban on seismic survey applications in the Atlantic, seismic surveyors have reportedly notched another win. To remind, the Obama administration had ordered the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) to deny the six seismic surveyors’ permit applications….
President Donald J. Trump has signed The America-First Offshore Energy Strategy, an executive order to examine new opportunities for domestic energy production and remove barriers to development that were imposed by the Obama administration. Read Full Article Here For more great articles: Offshore RSS Feed
By Offshore Energy Today Alaska-based senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan have introduced an act aimed at repealing offshore drilling bans the Obama administration put in place in its final days at the White House. The two senators’ act named the Offshore Production and Energizing National Security Alaska Act of 2017 (OPENS Alaska Act), aims,…
By LNG World News San Diego-based energy company and LNG operator Sempra Energy appointed Maria Contreras-Sweet to the board of directors. Contreras-Sweet, recently served as the administrator for the U.S. Small Business Administration and a member of former president Obama’s cabinet from 2014 until the end of Obama’s term in January. Prior to serving as…