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Trump, Congress can advance American energy, says Western Energy Alliance

November 7, 2024

(World Oil) – Western Energy Alliance today congratulated the newly re-elected president Donald J. Trump. The association of western oil and natural gas exploration and production companies also recognized Senator Steve Daines (MT) for his successful chairmanship of the National Republican Senate Committee flipping the U.S. Senate. “Staring down the barrel of another four years of the hostile Biden/Harris Administration’s anti-oil-and

Oil and gas trade groups sue BLM over “deficient” final leasing rule

May 20, 2024

World Oil (WO) – The Western Energy Alliance, the Independent Petroleum Association of New Mexico, New Mexico Oil and Gas Association, North Dakota Petroleum Council, Petroleum Association of Wyoming, and Utah Petroleum Association filed a lawsuit challenging the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) Fluid Mineral Leases and Leasing Process rule in the U.S. District Court for the District of Wyoming.

Energy trade groups urge Congress to counter Biden’s LNG ban with new legislation

February 1, 2024

World Oil (WO) – Energy Workforce & Technology Council (EWTC) joined the Independent Petroleum Association of America (IPAA), US Oil and Gas Association (USOGA), National Ocean Industries Association (NOIA), Texas Alliance of Energy Producers and Gulf Energy Alliance today in urging Congress to take immediate legislative action to counter the Biden administrations’ recent decision to halt LNG permits. The legislation,

Exclusive: Western Energy Alliance at The Oil & Gas Conference

September 30, 2021

Western Energy Alliance represents 200 companies engaged in all aspects of environmentally responsible exploration and production of oil and natural gas in the West. Alliance members are independents, the majority of which are small businesses with an average of fourteen employees. Download Slide Deck-Western Energy Alliance About EnerCom, Inc. Founded in 1994, EnerCom, Inc. is an internationally recognized management consultancy

Biden plans September restart of oil leases, per court ruling

August 25, 2021

World Oil WASHINGTON (Bloomberg) –The Biden administration moved Tuesday to resume selling oil and gas drilling rights in the Gulf of Mexico and throughout the western U.S., after a judge ruled the president’s leasing pause was unlawful. The Interior Department said it planned to issue a formal notice in September to reschedule a Gulf lease auction and would take steps

Sierra Club protests energy group’s event by conducting flyover with gas-powered airplane

June 10, 2021

Daily Caller Editor’s Note: Kathleen Sgamma will be presenting at EnerCom’s The Oil & Gas Conference in August. Environmental group Sierra Club’s Colorado chapter protested an event by an oil and natural gas advocacy organization by flying a gas-powered airplane over it. Colorado Sierra Club used a gas-powered plane to conduct a flyover of a golf outing hosted by the

New Mexico asks Biden administration to resolve drilling policy ‘confusion’

February 11, 2021

Reuters New Mexico officials are asking the Biden administration to resolve confusion in the state’s oil and gas industry over a 60-day pause on allowing state-level staff to issue approvals for new federal lands drilling. In a letter dated Feb. 9 but seen by Reuters on Wednesday, Sarah Cottrell Propst, secretary of New Mexico’s Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources Department,

Biden’s leasing ban on public lands challenged by Western Energy Alliance in federal court

January 28, 2021

Western Energy Alliance Publisher’s Note: The Western Energy Alliance oil industry group on Wednesday filed a lawsuit challenging U.S. President Joe Biden’s executive order temporarily suspending oil and gas leasing on federal lands. Suit argues the Executive Order conflicts with existing laws Biden’s ban would result in $33.5 billion in lost GDP in his first term President’s

A new University of Wyoming study details the economic effects of a Biden-Harris Administration leasing and drilling ban on Federal lands

December 18, 2020

Oil and Gas 360 Publisher’s Note: A New University of Wyoming Study Details the Economic Effects of a Biden-Harris Administration Leasing and Drilling Ban on Federal Lands. Authored by Dr. Timothy Considine, a Professor of Energy Economics with the School of Energy Resources and the Department of Economics at the University of Wyoming, the study meticulously lays out the

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