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Biden’s pause on new LNG export permits could last for months- oil and gas 360

Biden’s pause on new LNG export permits could last for months

Oil Price The U.S. Administration’s pause on approvals of new LNG export projects could last for several months until the U.S. Department of Energy reviews the grounds for authorizations, a DOE official told Bloomberg in an interview on Friday. At the end of January, the Biden Administration said it was pausing all pending decisions on U.S. LNG export projects until the Department of Energy

Biden's scaled-back power rule raises doubts over US climate target- oil and gas 360

Biden’s scaled-back power rule raises doubts over US climate target

Nasdaq The Biden administration’s decision to exclude the existing U.S. fleet of natural gas power plants from upcoming carbon emissions regulations raises questions over the nation’s ability to meet its climate goals, according to researchers. Cleaning up the U.S. power industry, source of about a quarter of the nation’s greenhouse gas emissions, has been a central plank of President Joe

API: Biden’s tailpipe emissions ban “out of step” with American people- oil and gas 360

API: Biden’s tailpipe emissions ban “out of step” with American people

World Oil (WO) — The American Petroleum Institute (API) issued a statement from President and CEO Mike Sommers in response to reports that the Biden administration is considering changing the implementation timeline for its proposed tailpipe emissions standards: “Reports that the EPA is moving forward with a de facto ban on new gasoline-powered cars shows the Biden administration is significantly

IPAA joins 25 oil and gas associations urging action on “unfair, unworkable, uneconomic” methane regulations- oil and gas 360

IPAA joins 25 oil and gas associations urging action on “unfair, unworkable, uneconomic” methane regulations

World Oil (WO) – On Friday, the Independent Petroleum Association (IPAA) and 25 other state, regional and national oil and gas associations wrote to congressional leadership urging action on methane regulations that could have a detrimental impact on our nation’s energy supply. In their letter, the groups express “serious concerns regarding the impact of the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) new

Chesapeake Energy CEO: Biden’s LNG ban to hurt consumers, environment, U.S. allies- oil and gas 360

Chesapeake Energy CEO: Biden’s LNG ban to hurt consumers, environment, U.S. allies

World Oil (Bloomberg) – The Biden administration’s pause on new licenses to export liquefied natural gas (LNG) will hurt consumers, the environment and U.S. allies, according to the head of one of the country’s top gas producers. “It works counter to a number of things that the administration says they would like to accomplish,” Chesapeake Energy Corp. Chief Executive Officer

Senator Joe Manchin vows to investigate Biden's LNG export license plan- oil and gas

Senator Joe Manchin vows to investigate Biden’s LNG export license plan

World Oil (Bloomberg) – Senator Joe Manchin blasted the Biden administration’s move to halt the approval of new licenses to export U.S. liquefied natural gas (LNG) and vowed to use his power as the chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee to investigate. “If the Administration has the facts to prove that additional LNG export capacity would hurt

Biden pauses approval of LNG projects after pressure from climate activists- oil and gas 360

Biden pauses approval of LNG projects after pressure from climate activists

Nasdaq WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden paused approvals for pending and future applications to export liquefied natural gas from new projects on Friday, a move cheered by climate activists that could delay decisions on new plants until after the Nov. 5 election. The Department of Energy (DOE) will conduct a review during the pause that will look at the economic

Oil lobby warns Biden about anti-oil policies- oil and gas 360

Oil lobby warns Biden about anti-oil policies

Oil Price “American voters are watching.” This is what the president of the American Petroleum Institute had to tell the federal government at an API event this week. Voters are watching, and they are less than thrilled with the current administration’s energy policies. The American Petroleum Institute is not known to sit back and shut up when the federal government

Biden gives Louisiana power to approve carbon capture projects- oil and gas 360

Biden gives Louisiana power to approve carbon capture projects

Oil Price The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has formally granted Louisiana state primacy in the permitting and regulation of carbon capture projects, in a setback for environmentalists who claim these projects are an excuse to approve more operations that emit more greenhouse gases. In most other U.S. states, EPA has the permitting authority for carbon capture wells and projects. Louisiana has

EXCLUSIVE-Biden poised to deliver win for ethanol makers on SAF credits- oil and gas 360

EXCLUSIVE-Biden poised to deliver win for ethanol makers on SAF credits

Nasdaq NEW YORK – The Biden administration is expected this week to recognize a soon-to-be-updated methodology favored by the ethanol industry in guidance to companies looking to claim tax credits for sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), three people familiar with the matter told Reuters. For months the administration has been divided over whether to recognize the Department of Energy’s Greenhouse Gases,