"Investment In Arctic Is Paramount", by Anne Seneca, President, Consumer Energy Alliance-Alaska
Politico: House GOP launches fresh salvo at EPA on endangered species
By Elana Schor
House Natural Resources Committee Republicans say EPA is snubbing their request to testify next week on whether it abided by Endangered Species Act rules that the GOP hopes will provide a new weapon against the Obama administration’s power plant emissions rules.
The House Natural Resources Chairman Rob Bishop’s species protection probe began in the spring, when Fish and Wildlife Service Director Dan Ashe admitted that EPA had not sought FWS input on the upcoming climate regulations despite evidence that the expected retirement of a Florida coal-fired power plant would eliminate a warm water habitat for some manatees.
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Today's relevant energy links from Consumer Energy Alliance:
Norman Transcript: Industry official responds to oil and gas regs *Tommy Foltz Quoted
Consumer Energy Alliance Executive Vice President Tommy Foltz reacted to a decision by the Stillwater City Council this week to pass a new oil and gas ordinance that has been the subject of debate since January.
Tulsa Public Radio: New Stillwater Drilling Rules Also Being Questioned *Tommy Foltz Quoted
Stillwater imposes new rules on oil and gas drilling, but there are those who aren't sure it will meet the legal test under a new state law.
Tulsa Public Radio: Tulsa Morning News *Tommy Foltz Interview
Alaska Dispatch News: Investment in Arctic is paramount *Anne Seneca LTE
Shannyn Moore’s July 19 column on Shell’s offshore program was nonsensical gibberish. As Unalaska Mayor Shirley Marquardt commented to ADN after the incident: “So many things like this happen in the marine industry in Dutch Harbor and people just go, ‘Oh they were lucky.’ But when it’s Shell, people who have no marine experience whatsoever or have never been to Dutch Harbor say, ‘See they don’t know what they were doing.’ ” Moore’s litany was an unnecessary and incomprehensible diversion from a real and meaningful issue: the importance of increasing the nation’s investments in the Arctic.
Consumer Energy Alliance: Consumer Energy Alliance Welcomes New Member: West Virginia Oil and Natural Gas Association
Consumer Energy Alliance (CEA) is pleased to welcome the West Virginia Oil and Natural Gas Association (WVONGA) as its newest affiliate member. Chartered in 1915, WVONGA is one of the oldest trade organizations in the state, and is the only association that serves the entire oil and gas industry. The activities of its members include construction, environmental services, drilling, completion, gathering, transporting, distribution and processing.
Wall Street Journal: Western oil companies will face competition in Iran
European and U.S. oil-and-gas companies drawn to Iran as sanctions ebb can expect to encounter not only opportunities, but also capable Iranian companies offering tough competition or joint ventures.
Washington Times: Nonsensical 'fractivist' pipeline hysteria
The anti-fracking movement has moved beyond the realm of the petty and unseemly into the ridiculous. Led by Yoko Ono, the avant-garde artist and widow of musician John Lennon, fracktivists are trying to stop construction of pipelines that would carry natural gas from the Marcellus Shale region in Pennsylvania and West Virginia, and the Utica Shale region in Ohio to markets in New York and New England.
Washington Examiner: Obama climate pledge on 'very shaky legal ground,' critics say
Republicans and industry officials on Tuesday contended the Obama administration's climate pledge heading into global negotiations was on "very shaky legal ground"
Bloomberg: Oil Drillers Retreat from Shallow U.S. Gulf in Turn to Shale
Energy producers are retreating from the search for oil and natural gas close to shore in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico as drilling budgets shrink and exploration migrates to land-based shale fields.
Bloomberg: Glut of gas heading south as shale boom reaches Florida
A glut of cheap natural gas trapped in the U.S. Northeast will be heading south by the end of the year, radically changing the price differences between the regions.
Bloomberg: Analysts: Gas pipelines to shrink price gap between Northeast, Southeast
New pipeline capacity in the Northeast is expected to bring more natural gas from the Marcellus Shale play to the Southeast, prompting the price difference between the two regions to narrow over the next three years, analysts predict.
The Hill: First attempt to advance Senate highway bill falters
A Senate bill that would sell off a portion of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to fund highway projects failed to advance Tuesday. Another vote is expected today.
Sioux Falls Argus Leader: PUC: No new pipeline testimony on tribal stewardship
South Dakota utility regulators won’t allow testimony on tribal land stewardship next week in the latest round of Keystone XL pipeline hearings.
Aberdeen News: PUC sets final processes for TransCanada hearing
The state Public Utilities Commission on Tuesday rejected most of the limits that TransCanada wanted on opponents for the permit hearing next week on the Keystone XL oil pipeline.
Oil & Gas Journal: Study examines methane emissions from gas facilities
Natural gas transmission and storage facilities in the U.S. released 1,503 gigagrams per year of methane emissions, according to a Colorado State University study. The figure is 27% lower than a government estimate but statistically similar, according to the study.
Huffington Post: Dear Mr. President: Prove Your Climate Rhetoric and Stop Arctic Drilling
Dear Mr. President: I've often been struck by your soaring rhetoric on combating climate change, transitioning to clean energy sources, and protecting the natural environment. Clearly on some level you get it, as you've demonstrated in speech after speech. That's why I don't understand how you could even consider approving Shell's dangerous plan to drill for oil in the Arctic Ocean this summer — and why I'm imploring you to stop this reckless and short-sighted project.
E&E News: Crude exports not in House energy proposal
The House Energy and Commerce Committee on Monday introduced a bipartisan energy bill that did not include a repeal of the ban on crude exports. A subcommittee markup is planned for today.
Associated Press: Wilmington the latest to oppose offshore drilling
Wilmington has become the latest city in the Carolinas to oppose offshore drilling for oil.
Wilmington City Council voted unanimously on Tuesday to oppose both seismic testing to find oil and natural gas, and the actual drilling for oil off the North Carolina coast.
The Roanoke Times: Cutler: Industry attempting to bypass review procedures
“Now, think what might happen if (a) legislation under active consideration now by the U.S. Congress (H.R. 2295, S. 411, S. 1196) were to pass that gives the secretary of the Interior (instead of the Congress, as is currently the case) the power to issue oil and gas pipeline rights of way through national parks and (b) another person with Jim Watt’s world view were to be appointed secretary of the Interior?”
Akron Beacon Journal: Oil company mergers are down, federal agency reports – Drilling – Ohio
The second quarter of 2015 exhibited the largest amount of oil companies' merger and acquisition (M&A) activity by value since fourth-quarter 2012. The announced merger between Royal Dutch Shell and BG Group in early April accounted for $84 billion of the $115 billion quarterly total.
Oil & Gas Journal: Comment period on Colo. gas proposal extended
The Bureau of Land Management has given the public until Aug. 4 to submit comments on a preliminary environmental assessment of Gunnison Energy and SG Interests' proposed natural gas project in Colorado. The project would entail up to 25 gas wells on five well pads.
Durango Herald: Colorado faces clean-air rule from EPA
A final rule from the Environmental Protection Agency is expected in the coming days, aimed at a 30-percent reduction in carbon-dioxide emissions nationwide by 2030. The proposal is state-based, with a target of 35 percent proposed for Colorado.
San Antonio Express-News: HF, HB 40, and concerns about liability
In late 2014 the citizens of Denton voted to ban fracking in the city and its extraterritorial jurisdiction. The proponents felt that fracking was a dangerous and polluting practice that does not belong in their community. Many other cities in the nation have passed similar ordinances.
San Antonio Express News: Engineering to the rescue in the Eagle Ford
Engineering and innovation can save the Eagle Ford Shale amid six-year low oil prices, participants at the Unconventional Resources Technology Conference said Tuesday. More than 3,000 oil industry professionals are at the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center in downtown San Antonio for the conference until Wednesday. And with oil prices hovering around six-year lows, many of the conference's panels are focused on technology to improve productivity and efficiency.
Akron Beacon Journal: New power plant seen as game-changer in Ohio
A big change is coming to Ohio: Coal is on the way out and cleaner-burning natural gas is moving in. That switch was behind the ceremonial groundbreaking Tuesday southeast of Canton in tiny Carroll County, where a new, $899 million natural gas-fired power plant is being built in the heart of Ohio’s Utica Shale.
Times Leader: New Ohio well rules in place
Ohio Rep. Jack Cera believes new state Department of Natural Resources rules will help prevent accidents at Marcellus and Utica shale drilling pads, such as those in Monroe County that displaced residents and killed thousands of fish last year.
Columbus CEO: Anxiety hits Ohio’s industry. Columbus CEO. First was the shale oil and gas boom
Eastern and southeastern Ohio saw a surge in lease activity, pipeline projects and hiring. New wealth trickled through the economy to car dealers, hotel operators and restaurants. Now, Ohio’s shale country is an uncomfortable place, with elements of the boom still in place, and some companies facing what can only be described as a bust.
NorthCentralPa.com: Even Higher Energy Taxes Threaten Pa. Jobs
Shale development in the Commonwealth continues to benefit our economy and environment. From providing regional building trades unions with thousands of good-paying jobs to delivering consumer savings for families and improving air quality, these clear benefits touch all corners of Pennsylvania.
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