Donald Trump’s transition team is putting together a wide-ranging energy package to roll out within days of his taking office that would approve export permits for new liquefied natural gas (LNG) projects and increase oil drilling off the U.S. coast and on federal lands, according to two sources...
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Trump’s ‘Drill, Baby, Drill’ Pledge Unlikely to Boost Production, Exxon Exec Says
By Mitchell Ferman (Bloomberg) — Oil and gas producers in the US will not raise output significantly in the coming years despite calls from President-Elect Donald Trump to “drill, baby, drill,”…
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Biden-Harris vs. Trump: Who Boosted U.S. Oil and Gas Exports More?
by Valerie Thomas (Georgia Institute of Technology) The United States is producing more oil and natural gas today than ever before, and far more than any other country. So, what…
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Biden Administration Tightens Obama-Era Offshore Drilling Safety Rules Relaxed by Trump
The U.S. Department of the Interior has announced new measures to enhance worker safety and ensure offshore oil and gas operations in federal waters are conducted safely and with the…
Senators Introduce Bill to Ban Offshore Drilling Off Florida Coasts
United States Senators Marco Rubio (R-FL) and Rick Scott (R-FL) have introduced legislation to make permanent a federal ban on oil and gas drilling off Florida’s coasts. The current offshore…
U.S. Appeals Court Affirms Offshore Oil and Gas Leasing Ban in Arctic, Atlantic
By Yereth Rosen ANCHORAGE, Alaska, April 13 (Reuters) – A federal appeals court on Tuesday confirmed bans on offshore oil leasing in most federal Arctic waters and in the Atlantic after…
Trump Charts Sale of Offshore Drilling Rights From California to Gulf
By Jennifer A. Dlouhy (Bloomberg) — The Trump administration is preparing to issue a broad plan that keeps the door open for expanded oil drilling off the U.S. coast, including near…
Trump Extends Drilling Ban Off North Carolina, Virginia Until 2032
NEWPORT NEWS, Va., Sept 25 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday he had extended a ban until 2032 on oil drilling off the coast of North Carolina and Virginia, weeks after a similar extension affecting offshore drilling in the waters off Florida, Georgia and South Carolina. “I’m...
Trump Likely to Back Extended Offshore Drilling Ban Off Florida’s Gulf Coast
By Jennifer A. Dlouhy and Jennifer Jacobs (Bloomberg) –President Donald Trump is set to endorse an extended ban on offshore oil development on Florida’s western coast as he courts voters worried that drilling imperils the state’s beaches and tourism-based economy. At issue is a moratorium on...
Trump Drive to Boost Fossil Fuels Hits a Wall in Federal Courts
By Jennifer A. Dlouhy (Bloomberg) — From easing regulations on coal mining to opening more federal land to oil drillers, President Donald Trump has kept a laser focus on bolstering the U.S. fossil fuel industry to achieve what he calls “energy dominance.” Time and time again, federal judges have...