Energy Week in Review

By: Steve Maley (Diary)  |  March 2nd at 01:20 PM  | 

Energy news roundup for the week ending March 1, 2013.

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Cue the Fat Lady

By: Steve Maley (Diary)  |  September 2nd at 07:31 AM  | 

During my company’s eight-year run as an operator in the Gulf of Mexico, we found and produced about one day’s worth of U.S. natural gas consumption and a few hours worth of oil production. That may not sound like much, but the economic activity of independent oil and gas companies sustains much of the Gulf Coast region and provides thousands of jobs. All that is | Read More »

Flashback to 2009: Administration Policies Sought to Discourage ‘Overproduction’ of Oil

By: Steve Maley (Diary)  |  March 18th at 08:30 AM  | 

In May 2009, four months into the Obama presidency, retail gasoline prices averaged $2.32 per gallon. Rep. Charles Boustany (R-LA) wrote Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner to express concern about the impact that the Administration’s budgeted changes in tax policy would have on the oil and gas industry. Secretary Geithner clearly laid out the Administration position in his letter of response (pdf link). That was then, | Read More »