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Sunoco Oil CEO Says U.S. Policy Threat to Refiners

November 19th, 2009 · No Comments

In my continuing effort to offer extensive coverage on fossil fuels-related subject matter such as the oil and natural gas industry, climate change and cap-and-trade legislation, including Waxman-Markey and Kerry-Boxer, I point you to the exchange above between Sunoco Inc. CEO Lynn Eisenhan and U.S. Rep. Edward Markey (D-Mass.) at the WSJ’s CEO Council.
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United States Could Be Energy Independent If…

November 4th, 2009 · 1 Comment

The United States could be energy independent if it possessed the collective political will to make it happen.  After all, the country has the largest energy reserves on earth, according to a recently-released Congressional Research Service report.
As shown in the first chart below, the United States’ 1,321 billion barrels of oil equivalent (BOE) tops number [...]

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Did Photo Capture Obama Bowing to Oil Interests?

October 15th, 2009 · No Comments

I was psyched at the prospect of a photo rumored to show President Barack Obama bowing to the interests of the nation’s oil and natural gas industry.  Could it be that the president — yes, the same one who, through his Secretaries of the Interior and Energy, seems bent on breaking the country’s energy backbone [...]

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Obama to Close GITMO, Submerge Prisoners?

September 26th, 2009 · 4 Comments

File this under “never would have guessed it.”
In a piece published today at Right Truth, writer R.J. Godlewski unwittingly provides the evaluatory “tools” needed to connect the future of the Guantanamo Bay Detention Facility with President Barack Obama’s relentless assault of the nation’s oil and natural gas industry.

Before I continue riding this train of thought, [...]

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API, 15 Labor Unions Create Historic Oil and Natural Gas Industry Labor-Management Committee

June 17th, 2009 · 1 Comment

The American Petroleum Institute and 15 labor unions announced today the historic creation of the Oil and Natural Gas Industry Labor-Management Committee, which will work to promote job retention and growth.
In a post yesterday, I reported that a major labor-management announcement would be made during an API-hosted call-in news conference this morning.  That conference call [...]

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