A pro-drilling grassroots effort launched Sept. 9 appears to have paid off, according to my friends in the oil and gas industry. This morning, officials with the Interior Department’s Minerals Management Service announced the agency is proposing to open new offshore areas to oil and natural gas development in its next five-year plan. The inclusion [...]
Grassroots Effort Results in Proposal to Open New Offshore Areas to Oil and Natural Gas Development
January 16th, 2009 · No Comments
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Senate Democrats Oppose Energy Independence (Updated)
January 12th, 2009 · No Comments
Thanks to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.), legislation that will further hinder our nation’s ability to become energy independent (i.e., depend less upon foreign sources of oil and natural gas) is one step closer to becoming law. There are at least a couple of provisions — and perhaps more — in the just-passed Omnibus [...]
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Report: Increased Drilling Generates Revenue, Creates Thousands of Jobs, Boosts Energy Security
December 8th, 2008 · No Comments
The development of the United States’ vast domestic oil and natural gas resources that had been kept off limits by Congress for decades could generate more than $1.7 trillion in government revenue, create thousands of new jobs and enhance the nation’s energy security by significantly boosting domestic production, a study released Monday shows. The ICF [...]
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