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 [...]
Obama to Close GITMO, Submerge Prisoners?
September 26th, 2009 · 4 Comments
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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 [...]
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API: More Federal Regulations Will Cause U.S. Oil and Natural Gas Produciton to Drop Significantly
June 9th, 2009 · No Comments
When I visited sites in Western Colorado’s Piceance (pronounced “pee-ahnce,” not “Pic-ee-ahnce”) Basin in April, I was able to take an up-close look at natural gas facilities there and learned a lot about the care and concern employees of companies like Tulsa, Okla.-based Wiliams demonstrate for the environment: They reuse and recycle almost all of [...]
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Cap-and-Trade Proposal Carries Adverse Impact
May 21st, 2009 · 1 Comment
American Petroleum Institute President Jack Gerard issued the following statement today regarding the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s approval of the Waxman-Markey cap-and-trade proposal in a 33-25 vote largely along party lines: “While the bill has laudable environmental and economic goals, its inequitable system of allocations remains intact and if enacted would have a disproportionate [...]
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Obama Budget Risks Nation’s Energy Security
May 11th, 2009 · 2 Comments
President Barack Obama’s 2010 budget proposal makes it appear he’s ready, willing and able to bury Americans in new taxes, place the nation’s energy security in peril and put six-million American jobs at risk. In a statement Friday regarding his proposed 2010 budget for the nation, the president had this to say about energy: Specifically, [...]
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Florida House Votes in Favor of Offshore Drilling, But Measure Runs Out of Time Before Senate Vote
April 28th, 2009 · No Comments
Though the Florida House of Representatives voted in favor of it yesterday, a move to open state waters to offshore oil drilling appears to have run out of time in the legislative session, according to a Miami Herald report via Upstream Online.com. American Petroleum Institute President Jack Gerard today issued the following statement today about [...]
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BMW Visiting Western Colorado’s Piceance Basin
April 13th, 2009 · 1 Comment
In a post ten days ago, I wrote about the U.S. Geological Survey’s announcement that oil shale resources in Western Colorado’s Piceance Basin are more than 50 percent larger today than they were in 1989. Today and tomorrow On Tuesday and Wednesday, I’ll be visiting The Williams Companies’ operations there — in picturesque Colorado towns [...]
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