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By Vorys On January 29, 2009

Leaner Times in the Oil Patch

Annual oil company profits soared due to triple-digit commodity prices through most of 2008, but the price crash in the last...


Tags: Energy

From the NYT - geography may impact climate legislation: "'There’s a bias in our Congress and government against manufacturing,...


Tags: Energy, Environment

By Vorys On January 28, 2009

Offshore Drilling

Not surprising that the new Administration might reconsider the issue.  According to this article from the AP, Interior Department...


Tags: Offshore Drilling, Offshore, Energy, Drilling

By Vorys On January 28, 2009

LNG and Energy Security

We noted recently the energy security issues highlighted by Russia's restrictions of natural gas supplies to the Ukraine. One...


Tags: LNG, Energy Security, Energy

The Act proposes, among other things, to increase the percentage depletion rate for marginal wells from 15 percent to 27.5...


Tags: Marginal Well, Well, Marginal, Energy

By Vorys On January 26, 2009

New Acting Chairman

At the FERC:  "President Barack Obama has named Jon Wellinghoff Acting Chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission."


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By Vorys On January 26, 2009

PA Water Well Contamination

The PA Department of Environmental Protection has concluded that several wells near gas-drilling operations in Susquehanna County...


Tags: Energy, Environment

Ohio Advanced Energy Job Stimulus Program

In late 2008, Ohio Governor Ted Strickland announced the establishment of the Advanced Energy Job Stimulus Program, which will...


Tags: Alternative Energy, Energy

By Vorys On January 21, 2009

Utah Oil and Gas Leases Blocked

The leases on tens of thousands of acres of federal land in Utah have been blocked by a federal judge because the Interior...


Tags: Energy

By Vorys On January 18, 2009

MMS Cape Wind EIS Issued

Another obstacle overcome.  According to this article from EnergyCurrent, the Minerals Management Service (MMS) has issued a final...


Tags: Alternative Energy, Energy

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