NOIA welcomes Energy Permitting Reform Act

In a move applauded by the National Ocean Industry Association, U.S. Senators Joe Manchin (I-W.Va.) and John Barrasso (R-Wyo), respectively Chairman and Ranking Member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, have released the Energy Permitting Reform Act of 2024.

The bipartisan legislation seeks to strengthen American energy security by accelerating the permitting process for critical energy and mineral projects of all types in the United States.

“The United States of America is...

https://www.marinelog.com/offshore/noia-welcomes-energy-permitting-reform-act/

Biden administration pauses new LNG export project permitting

Citing climate crisis concerns, the Biden Administration today announced a temporary pause on pending approvals of liquefied natural gas (LNG) export projects.

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) says that it will initiate a process to update the assessments used to inform whether additional liquefied natural gas (LNG) export authorization requests to non-Free Trade Agreement countries are in the public interest.

“The United States is the global leader in LNG exports with 14 billion cubic feet...

https://www.marinelog.com/news/biden-administration-pauses-new-lng-export-project-permitting/