On March 17, 2022, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Forced Arbitration Injustice Repeal (FAIR) Act, H.R. 963. The bill, if enacted into law, would void all pre-dispute mandatory arbitration agreements in employment, antitrust, consumer, and civil rights matters. The FAIR Act also purports to eliminate pre-dispute class...
What You Should Know About Oil and Gas Today
The State of Play
As we start another week in what has become the most destructive year for the oil and gas business in modern times, here are the basics of where the domestic U.S. industry stands:
The Baker Hughes rig count hit...
Here are the Top Dozen Oil & Gas stories for August 23, 2017, taken directly from the @GDBlackmon Twitter Feed:
Life is too short to play that game.: Cabot Oil And Gas Declines To Play Sue And Settle via @forbes
FANTASTIC!: Builder of Dakota Access Pipeline accuses environmental groups of inciting...
Desperate to shift blame for the rising gasoline prices his policies have caused, Joe Biden ordered the Federal Trade Commission on Tuesday to investigate specious claims that gas marketers and refiners have engaged in anti-competitive practices. Tim Stewart, President of the U.S. Oil & Gas Association, issued the following...
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WEN South Texas Hosts: From the Wellhead to the Water More than 75 people attended the Feb. 27 luncheon featuring Sean Strawbridge, CEO, Port Corpus Christi, and he had a lot to say. As the keynote speaker of the event, Sean Strawbridge mentioned the upcoming elections and the concern over the...
The Massachusetts legislature is considering passing a bill allowing its utility companies to purchase energy created through geothermal means rather than natural gas. HEET (Home Energy Efficiency Team), a non-profit group based in Boston, is working with Massachusetts utilities to look into the possibility of setting up what they...
Here are the Top Dozen Oil & Gas stories for February 17, 2017, taken directly from the @GDBlackmon Twitter Feed (that’s me):
Probably not, no. The Permian's returns and economics are just superior to any other basin in the country, and economics drive budgets at oil and gas operating companies....
The Dakota Access Pipeline
The Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) project is serious business, for both sides. From the arguments about the criticality of the environment to economic necessity, to the myriad involved groups; the players — regardless of the side of the proverbial field they are on — are part...
NEPA Reforms and Their Impact on Shale
Environmental activists who have been critical of President Trump’s proposed regulatory reforms have engaged in abusive litigation practices that delay vital infrastructure projects making it necessary to revisit the federal rulemaking process, according to congressional figures and energy policy analysts.
In January, Trump detailed...
The events of the last several months have been unprecedented. A global pandemic and oil price war unfolding at precisely the same time.
Rewind to 2019. Production was at an all-time high in the United States, but signs of a weakening global economy and demand and looming downward pressure on...
