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Solyndra Fingerpointing Diminishes Green Jobs Enthusiasm
With Solyndra executives take the Fifth Amendment to escape scrutiny form Congressional investigators, the ‘open’ season on Federal loan guarantees means any credible push for green jobs has run its course. That said, any continued finger-pointing holds opportunities and risks for both Democrats and the GOP. 'Jobs yes but leaving the... [read more]
ExxonMobil Says No to Subsidies
Earlier this week I participated in a conference call with ExxonMobil that was hosted by the American Petroleum Institute (API). It is the first API blogger call I have joined in a very long time, but my schedule was open and I was interested in the subject matter. ExxonMobil would be talking about proposed tax policy changes and how... [read more]
BP Station Boycotts: Who Gets Hurt?
Anti-oil activists have found an outlet for their frustration over the Gulf oil spill. In several states this week, they are protesting, holding vigils, and calling for boycotts against BP. The demonstrations are likely to be similar to the protest held in Washington last Friday where Public Citizen and seven other activist... [read more]
The Need for Reliable Energy Data
I'm back at my desk after some business travel, and the item in this morning's batch of news that caught my eye concerns the reliability of the oil industry data collected by the Energy Information Agency of the US Department of Energy. The article in today's Wall St. Journal (subscription may be required) described EIA's methods for... [read more]
American Petroleum Institute Chief Economist On Marcellus Shale Opportunities
On September 23, 2009, John Felmy, the chief economist of the American Petroleum Institute (API) spoke at the Pennsylvania College of Technology in Williamsport, PA about the vast opportunities that the API sees for developing the shale gas that is buried about 6,000 feet below the surface. Warning: Felmy is a self-admitted boring... [read more]
Shale Gas and Drinking Water
Life is full of unintended consequences, and the energy industry is currently dealing with a significant one related to the step-change in US natural gas reserves and production made possible by exploiting gas resources locked up in deposits of a sedimentary rock called shale. The very success of these efforts has placed a decades-old,... [read more]
Should Americans Be Rooting For More Oil and Natural Gas Consumption?
The coal industry is not the only one that has decided that it is worthwhile to spend serious money on focused advertising that plays on the patriotic feelings that Americans have while watching its athletes compete against those from other countries. I have also noticed a series of well produced ads talking about the benefits that can... [read more]
Americans Want Jobs and Affordable Energy
Wednesday afternoon, API's President and CEO Jack Gerard delivered a speech focused on the reality of America's energy policy. Speaking at the Annual State of the Energy Industry conference sponsored by the United States Energy Association, Jack laid out the facts about the U.S. oil and natural industry and its contributions to the... [read more]
"Remarkable" Natural Gas
"Remarkable" was the word used by Energy Information Administrator Richard Newell last week to describe the sharp rise in U.S. natural gas reserves. In a report issued by his agency last week, Newell noted that U.S. proven natural gas reserves rose 3 percent in 2008. The report... [read more]
The API on Cap and Trade
Yesterday the American Petroleum Institute conducted a blogger's conference call to talk about various energy issues that they are focused on. I used to regularly attend these calls, but things have been quite busy and it has been a while since I participated. But I thought it would be worthwhile to check in and find out which issues... [read more]
Overproducing US Oil?
Tuesday morning I dialed into an API media teleconference concerning the administration's latest proposals on energy taxation and access. During the call API's President, Jack Gerard, mentioned the recent Congressional testimony of a Treasury Dept. official who suggested that current policies were promoting "overproduction of US oil... [read more]
The California Lab
If you're looking for a laboratory where environmental and energy policy is being tested, look west toward California. Over the past several years, California's elected officials have enacted some of the strongest requirements to curb air pollution, create its own recipe for... [read more]
Leaked memo: Big Oil manufacturing ‘Energy Citizen’ rallies to oppose clean energy reform.
Here’s a follow up to “Coal lobby hires top GOP voter-fraud company to run massive ‘grassroots’ efforts to undermine climate and clean energy action.” This post was first published by ThinkProgress here. See also this UK Guardian story — “Oil lobby to fund campaign against Obama’s climate change strategy.” The American oil... [read more]
Harvesting Oil Sands
The following post is part of a series detailing my experiences on a recent tour of Alberta's oil sands. API hosted the tour at ConocoPhillips and Syncrude facilities for several bloggers and a news crew. Day one of the oil sands tour, Aug. 6 - We're standing in a quarry where a steady stream of 380-ton to... [read more]
A Green Refinery? - Bloggers Go to Billings
I was just sent the following link, which was of great personal interest to me:A Green Refinery?The gist is that last year the American Petroleum Institute flew a group of bloggers up to the ConocoPhillips refinery in Billings, Montana where I used to work to give them a perspective of life in a refinery. A video diary of the trip was... [read more]
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