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By Vorys On November 18, 2008

E&P Stormwater Exemption

In the Energy Policy Act of 2005, Congress clarified that storm water discharges from field activities associated with E&P...


Tags: Environment

By Vorys On November 17, 2008

Alternative Energy and Batteries

According to this article in the WSJ, the market for batteries is potentially huge due to the push to use alternative energy and...


Tags: Alternative Energy, Alternative, Energy

It appears that the Bradford County commissioners received favorable bonus payment and royalty terms following weeks of...


Tags: Energy

By Vorys On November 16, 2008

Drilling Offshore VA

MMS has announced that it would begin the process to issue more leases at a site at least 50 miles off the coast of Virginia,...


Tags: Energy, Environment

By Vorys On November 14, 2008

Groppe on Oil Prices

According to this article in Globe and Mail, although Henry Groppe may skeptical that worldwide oil consumption in transportation...


Tags: Alternative Energy, Energy

A new U.S. Geological Survey study released by the Interior Department estimates that there is 85.4 trillion cubic feet of...


Tags: Natural Gas, Energy

According to this article in the NYT, President-elect Barack Obama choice of Rahm Emanuel to be his chief of staff may be good...


Tags: Natural Gas, Energy

From the WSJ: Statoil has agreed to pay Chesapeake $1.25 billion in cash for a 32.5% interest in its assets in the Marcellus...


Tags: Natural Gas, Energy

From the National Regulatory Research Institute: "Speculation in itself is not a bad thing. Good speculation provides a valuable...


Tags: Oil, Natural Gas, Speculation, Energy

By Vorys On November 11, 2008

Texas Forced Pooling Decision

The Texas Railroad Commission has held that more than two dozen east Fort Worth landowners who didn’t sign a mineral-rights lease...


Tags: Energy, Environment

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