One Big Beautiful Bill Act Promotes Oil and Gas Drilling on Onshore Federal Lands

The One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) includes many provisions intended to expand onshore oil and gas leasing and drilling on federal lands, including requirements for extensive federal lease sales, lower oil... Read more »

One Big Beautiful Bill Act Boosts Offshore Oil and Gas Industry

The One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) advances a pro-industry framework for offshore oil and gas development, mandating more oil and gas lease sales, larger acreage offerings, lower minimum royalty rates, and... Read more »

Congress Raises 45Q Tax Credit Amounts for Enhanced Oil Recovery Projects that Sequester Carbon Dioxide

In the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), Congress raised the dollar amount of 45Q tax credits available for enhanced oil recovery (EOR) projects that sequester carbon dioxide (CO2). Source link Read more »

Congress Delays Methane Waste Emission Charges for Oil and Gas Industry

In the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), Congress amended the Clean Air Act (CAA) to delay implementation of waste emissions charges (WECs) for oil and gas industry methane emissions until 2034.... Read more »

President Trump Issues Day One Executive Orders to Promote Oil and Gas Development

President Trump issued multiple executive orders on January 20, 2025 affecting the oil and gas industry, including oil and gas development on federal lands and in federal waters, environmental review of energy... Read more »

President Biden Issues Offshore Oil and Gas Drilling Ban

President Biden banned offshore oil and gas leasing on over 625 million acres of submerged lands on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS). Source link Read more »

EPA Adopts Methane Waste Emissions Charge Regulations for the Oil and Gas Industry

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) adopted a final rule to implement the Inflation Reduction Act’s (IRA) waste emissions charge (WEC) provisions for excess methane emissions from the oil and natural gas industry.... Read more »

11 Arrested in Spain, Italy for Transnational Adulterated Olive Oil Scheme

Police in Spain and Italy have arrested 11 people and seized more than 5,000 liters of adulterated olive oil after breaking up an international gang that allegedly sought to profit by passing... Read more »
US prosecutors connect Venezuela military and oil company to drug trafficking in federal trial – JURIST

US prosecutors connect Venezuela military and oil company to drug trafficking in federal trial – JURIST

The federal trial of Carlos Orense Azocar (Orense) began this week, where he faces accusations of shipping tens of thousands of kilograms of cocaine into the United States with suspected ties between Venezuelan... Read more »
Canada Energy Regulator orders Trans Mountain Corporation to cease oil pipeline expansion – JURIST

Canada Energy Regulator orders Trans Mountain Corporation to cease oil pipeline expansion – JURIST

The Canada Energy Regulator (CER) ordered Trans Mountain Corporation to cease its Trans Mountain oil pipeline expansion work in a wetland area near Abbotsford, British Columbia, on Thursday. This comes after CER... Read more »
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