Oil and gas industry experts described it as a “dry hole” energy bill that “does little to increase oil and natural gas supplies and, in fact, may well result in less domestic production, which would make America more dependent on foreign energy.” Regardless, the Democrat bill that purports to allow more offshore drilling passed by [...]
‘Dry Hole’ Energy Bill Passes Democrat-Led House
September 17th, 2008 · 2 Comments
Tags: · 50-mile buffer, american petroleum institute, api, Bush Administration, Democrat, drilling proposal, dry hole, dry hole energy bill, energy bill, energy production, Foreign Oil, h.r. 6899, high fuel prices, House, House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi, natural gas, new taxes, offshore drilling, oil, Oil and Gas Industry, outer continental shelf, poison pills, Speaker Nancy Pelosi, veto, Wall Street Journal, White House
Readers Urged to Offer Input on Drilling Debate
September 9th, 2008 · 1 Comment
A friend of mine who works in the oil and gas industry sent me the following URGENT PLEA late this afternoon, asking me to pass along important information to my readers — that’s you! — so that you can take immediate action: “You and your readers (could) have a direct impact on the drilling debate [...]
Tags: · 2010-2015 plan, act now, anti-drilling groups, Congress, Democrat-Controlled Congress, drill congress, drilling, drilling debate, increased drilling, minerals management servcie, mms, natural gas, offshore drilling, oil, Oil and Gas Industry, partnership for energy, pro-drilling, secretary of the interior
‘Bought by Big Oil’ Paid for by ‘Big Labor’
September 8th, 2008 · 1 Comment
Editor’s Note: Having been raised in the oil patch, the son of an independent petroleum geologist who could have displayed an “Oil Feeds My Family & Pays My Taxes” bumper sticker on his car but didn’t, I write frequently about gas prices, offshore drilling and other fossil fuels-oriented topics. Today, however, I’m republishing an oil-centric [...]
Tags: · american petroleum institute, api, big labor, bought by big oil, Campaign Contributions, Democrat, democrat senators, democratic senatorial campaign committee, dscc, mark kibbe, michael swartz, monoblogue, offshore drilling, Oil and Gas Industry, Republican, republican senators, Rush Limbaugh, tax breaks, U.S. Senate
World’s Deepest Offshore Drilling Rig Takes Root
August 19th, 2008 · 2 Comments
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi would do Americans a favor by learning more about the Perdido Regional Development Spar and discarding her misguided talking points about how it would take 10 years or more to reap benefits from new offshore drilling efforts Congress might approve. As the son of a now-retired petroleum geologist, I [...]
Tags: · api, Congress, deepest subsea well in the world, Dependence on Foreign Oil, Foreign Oil, gasoline, gulf of mexico, jane van ryan, Nancy Pelosi, natural gas, offshore drilling, Oil and Gas Industry, perdido, perdido regional development spar, shell, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, world's deepest offshore drilling rig
Myanmar Rulers Stubborn Like Democrats
May 8th, 2008 · 2 Comments
News reports during the past 24 hours reveal that a 46-year-old stubborn streak running through the hearts of government leaders in Myanmar closely resembles one that’s been embedded in the bleeding hearts of Congressional Democrats for nearly three decades. Myanmar Rulers Stubborn Members of the ruling junta in Myanmar (a.k.a., Burma) have refused the vast [...]
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