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Democrats’ oil import tax would violate Biden pledge, group says- oil and gas 360

Democrats’ oil import tax would violate Biden pledge, group says

World Oil (Bloomberg) — Democrats’ plan to reinstate a 27-year-old fee on oil imports represents a violation of a pledge by President Joe Biden not to raise taxes on anyone making less than $400,000 per year, according to the conservative Americans for Tax Reform. The proposal to levy a 16.4-cents-per-barrel tax on crude oil and other imported petroleum products is included in

Texas oil & gas industry breaks tax records while grappling with climate change- oil and gas 360

Texas oil & gas industry breaks tax records while grappling with climate change

Houston Chronicle The oil & gas industry broke state tax records in 2019 while grappling with ways to control emissions that are believed to be responsible for climate change. In a report issued on Tuesday morning, the Texas Oil & Gas Association reported that the industry paid $16.3 billion in taxes and royalties to the State of Texas, county governments

Mexico

New Tax Breaks Planned for Mexico’s Indebted Pemex

From Reuters The Mexican government will propose an additional tax reduction for heavily indebted state oil company Pemex [PEMEXF.UL] in the nation’s 2020 budget, President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said Thursday, the latest measure to strengthen the company. Lopez Obrador has pledged to revive Pemex, whose $106 billion debt is the largest for any oil company in the world. In

Big Oil is Investing Billions in Potentially Worthless Projects

From Bloomberg Businessweek By Mathew Carr The top 10 energy companies are planning investments approaching $1 trillion by 2030, in everything from finding and tapping new fields to equipment ranging from drones to drilling rigs. If the oil and gas business rolls along as it has for the past century, those projects will likely pay off in fat profits for

PetroQuest Energy Cuts Loss to $0.02 for Q4

PetroQuest Energy, Inc. (ticker: PQ) reported a net loss to common stockholders for Q4 2017 of $389,000, or $(0.02 per) share. This compares to Q4 2016 net loss to common stockholders of $9,659,000, or $(0.46) per share. For 2017, the company reported a net loss to common stockholders of $11,776,000, or $(0.55) per share, compared to net loss to common

Congress Renews Crude Oil Excise Tax

Ryan, LLC, a global tax service and software provider, reported that the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 (passed on February 9, 2018) contained a number of tax extenders, including a one-year retroactive extension of the Energy Efficient Commercial Building Deduction. The legislation also extends through 2017 a variety of other credits and incentives relating to energy production and conservation: Credit

What’s Worth More to the State of Texas—Land or Oil?

What’s Worth More to the State of Texas—Land or Oil?

Land tax revenues increasing amid the oil downturn Texas is one of the country’s preeminent wealth generators for both agriculture and oil and gas. In fiscal 2016, the two industries contributed a combined $3.4 billion in tax revenues to the state. The downturn in oil and gas activity has had a significant impact on Texas’ tax receipts, however, and land

Colorado: Weld County Just Created its Own Oil & Gas Department Oil & Gas 360

BP Wins in Colorado Courts, but Questions Remain

Colorado Supreme Court decision changes tax burden of oil and gas companies The Colorado Supreme Court found in favor of BP (ticker: BP) in a case that could have major tax ramifications for the state. The court unanimously sided with the company that the State of Colorado incorrectly disallowed tax deductions related to BP’s cost of capital in the transportation,

Alaska Looks to Plug the Fiscal Dam as Oil Prices Remain Low

“This is a major paradigm shift in how the State of Alaska conducts business” – Governor Walker Lower commodity prices have taken a major toll on states like Alaska that depend in large part on the revenue from selling oil and gas to fund the state budget. Because of the drop in oil prices since 2014, Alaska Governor Bill Walker

Russia Decreasing Oil Export Duty by 9% Starting December

The new export duty in Russia will be $88.40 per ton The export duty on oil in Russia will decrease to $88.40 per ton starting December 1, Alexander Sakovich of the Russian Finance Ministry told TASS. The new export duty represents a 9% decrease from the $97.10 per ton being charged in November. Oil and gas export duties represent a

Pennsylvania Receives Less from Oil and Gas Tax Revenue than Texas, Alaska

Via Philadelphia Business Journal Pennsylvania gets smaller share of tax revenue from oil and gas extraction than Texas, Alaska Less than 1 percent of Pennsylvania’s tax revenue comes from taxes and fees generated directly from the extraction of oil and natural gas, according to a new report. The Keystone State is the second-biggest natural gas producer in the U.S. but