Joseph
Markman
HartEnergy.com
Energy Policy Watch: Rep. Lizzie Fletcher Outlines the Importance of Sound Oil and Gas Policy
The second-term representative from west Houston talked to Cornerstone Government Affairs’ Jack Belcher about the complexities and opportunities of energy policy in today’s world.
Want to Monetize Your Energy Transition Efforts? Here’s How
Experts discuss how emissions factor into profitability in the era of energy transition and the need for standardization in how to measure them.
Biden’s First 100 Days of Oil and Gas Action: He’s Just Getting Started
Baker Botts attorneys scrutinize the president’s agenda and its centrality of energy regulation.
US Senate OKs Measure to Reverse Methane Rule Rollbacks
The resolution will clear the way for the Biden administration to slash U.S. greenhouse gas emissions.
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Public Capital
BP Sticks with API after Climate Shift by US Oil Lobby Group
BP, which plans to sharply cut its oil output and boost its renewable energy capacity over the next decade, said in a report that despite “uneven progress,” the API was “heading in the right direction.”
May 10, 2021
Exploration & Production
Mexican Judge Orders Partial Freeze of New Hydrocarbons Law
The decision suspended certain parts of the law that strengthens state oil company Pemex, which Congress approved in April, the document showed.
May 10, 2021
Exploration & Production
US Interior Stops Trump-era Effort to Loosen Arctic Drilling Regulations
The rollback effort made by the administration of former President Donald Trump was among a string of eleventh-hour proposals aimed at maximizing energy development on public lands and waters.
May 7, 2021
Policy & Regulations
Enbridge to Defy Looming Michigan Shudown Order of Line 5
Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer last year revoked the easement for Enbridge’s Line 5 pipeline, or permission to operate, and ordered it to shut down no later than May 12.
May 7, 2021
Policy & Regulations
Top US Oil Lobby Slams Mexico Energy Policies as Undermining USMCA, Discriminatory
The American Petroleum Institute criticized recent amendments to the power industry and hydrocarbons laws that favor of Mexican state energy companies at the expense of others
May 7, 2021
Public Capital
Texas Governor Greg Abbott Backs Exxon Mobil Petition in Climate Case
Texas Governor Greg Abbott urged the state justices to accept Exxon Mobil’s petition in a case with “major implications for the energy industry in Texas.”
May 7, 2021
Investment
Biden’s Energy Policy Will Benefit Middle East, Says Wyoming Governor
Mark Gordon, Wyoming’s governor, said the U.S. Interior Department’s moratorium on issuing new permits to drill for oil and gas on public land under its control would “send capital elsewhere.”
May 7, 2021
Legislation
Texas RRC Lauds Passage of Fossil Fuel Bills
Bills target ESG, local restrictions on fossil fuel use.
May 6, 2021
Crude Oil
Saudi Arabia Cuts Oil Prices for Asia, Sources Say
Top oil exporter Saudi Arabia has cut the June official selling prices (OSPs) of all crude grades it sells to Asia, sources say.
May 6, 2021
Infrastructure
Mountain Valley Pipeline Start Delayed, Cost Rises to $6.2 Billion
The natural gas pipe’s delay to summer 2022 is due to regulators’ request for time to review certification applications.
May 5, 2021