U.S. Refiners Are Making A Comeback
The pandemic very likely hit the downstream oil even more severely than exploration and production and led to longer suffering. But now, things are finally beginning to look up for Continue Reading
Biden Faces Off With Big Oil Over Drilling Auctions
The ongoing situation for 2021 in the U.S. appears to be Big Oil versus Biden, as once again major U.S. oil industry groups are suing President Biden for halting drilling Continue Reading
Wyoming Refinery to Turn into Renewables Facility
Starwood Energy Group Global has entered into an exclusive agreement with Slate Refining to reconfigure Slate’s refinery located in Douglas, Wyoming, into a renewable fuels production facility. Starwood Energy Group Continue Reading
Climate Change Is Making the U.S. Poorer Than It Realizes
The trillion-dollar spending package that the Senate has passed along to the House is being described as a once-in-a-generation fix for America’s deteriorating infrastructure. It should be viewed as only Continue Reading
U.S. To Review Climate Impact From Coal Leasing Program
The U.S. Bureau of Land Management launched on Thursday a review of the federal coal leasing program and the climate impact of coal production, transportation, and use, in line with Continue Reading
U.S. crude stockpiles fall to January 2020 lows -EIA
U.S. crude oil stockpiles dropped last week to their lowest levels since January 2020, the Energy Information Administration said on Wednesday. Inventories have been declining for several months as U.S. Continue Reading
Summer Road Trips, Falling Crude Prices Pump Up Refiners’ Profits
Summer road trips and a pullback in crude prices have pumped up refineries’ profits, offering brighter prospects for one part of the global oil complex despite rising worries about Covid-19. Continue Reading
Are America’s Electric Vehicle Targets Too Ambitious?
Sales of electric vehicles in the United States more than doubled in the first half of 2021 compared to the same period last year, when lockdowns had hit car sales Continue Reading
California Energy Commission moves to add generation sought by governor
Changes at existing facilities California faces projected shortfall of 3.5 GW in 2021 The California Energy Commission has approved two orders to comply with Governor Gavin Newsom’s emergency proclamation to Continue Reading
U.S. regulator moving to restore federal oil and gas leasing program -official
A U.S. offshore regulator on Wednesday said efforts to resume a federal oil and gas leasing program are underway and would soon bear results following a court decision ending a Continue Reading