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In these times of budget cutting and reducing the size of government, every federal program has its share of critics, but few have been so universally attacked as the helium […]

Byline: Keith Crain When Ed Cole was president of General Motors, he promised that the automaker would voluntarily raise the average fuel economy of its cars from 12 mpg to [...]

Byline: Clifford Marks There is never a good time for an oil-price shock. Spikes put pressure on consumer prices and slow economic growth. But with global oil prices now about [...]

Byline: Pramod Kulkarni Combative versus collaborative atmosphere Vol. 231 No.8 PRAMOD KULKARNI, EDITOR Combative versus collaborative atmosphere As this editorial comment was being written during the last week of July, [...]

Byline: James A. Barnes and Peter Bell Q: Do you think it is in your party's interest for Congress to pass energy legislation this year? Democrats (100 votes) Yes 60% [...]

Most recent federal oil and gas initiatives are designed to improve recovery from aging fields or delay abandonment of marginal wells, rather than to open new areas for leasing and drilling. For example, both the House and the Senate have passed omnibus energy bills that include amendments banning most US offshore lease sales. Interior Department and Energy Department plans are also discussed., Little on the U.S. political front holds out hope for a strong boost in exploration and development activity. Most imminent government assistance to U.S. E&D focuses on improving recovery rates [...]

Editor's note Chances are the Congress will soon consider some sort of legislation that can masquerade as a national energy policy. The most likely legislative vehicle will be the massive [...]

Frac furor attracts unlikely bedfellows Vol. 230 No. 10 JIM REDDEN, CONTRIBUTING EDITOR Frac furor attracts unlikely bedfellows I concluded long ago that your average politician is orally ambidextrous. That [...]

July may be a critical month for omnibus energy bills in Congress. The Senate energy committee has finished work on the most comprehensive energy legislation Congress has seen in a [...]

Congress is likely to continue moratoriums against U.S. Outer Continental Shelf lease sales despite a new law that gives states more input in leasing decisions. Congressional staff members told the [...]

A key question these days for Washington oil lobbyists is whether the recent Middle East war will prompt Congress to do more to encourage domestic oil and gas production. At [...]

NES draft at least focuses the debate on energy Daryl H. Owen, Washington Correspondent Democracy is a unique institution. It functions best, and sometimes only, in the face of a [...]

CONGRESS It is always interesting, at the end of even-numbered years, to review the accomplishments of the recently adjourned U.S. Congress. Despite the often-held public view that Congress is a [...]

A comprehensive US energy policy is at the top of the agenda for the American Chemistry Council in 2009 'We hope for quick action from Congress' Cal Dooley, president, American [...]

US President Donald Trump on 13 October refused to certify the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) with Iran. The JCPOA was signed in July 2015 by Iran and the [...]

CLEAN AIR BILLS FAVOR ETHANOL, CNG; GAS RECIPE, ETHANOL SUBSIDY CRITICIZED Although squabbles on cost-sharing issues will likely ensue during the clean air conference, some predict the biggest battle will [...]

A bipartisan US congressional group has launched a daring bid to end the quarter-century bar to offshore energy development by linking natural gas to renewable energy - and calling on [...]

You can't turn an economic ugly duckling into an economic swan Bush plan pointless - but passable THE ENERGY policy goals set by President George W. Bush in his State [...]

CORN SHORTAGE FUELS US RETHINK The newly installed 110th Congress launched into biofuels legislation with initiatives in both the Senate and the House of Representatives to raise production of US [...]

U.S. Congressman Devin Nunes (R-Cal), introduced a bill in the U.S. House that would provide for a coal-to-liquids (CTL) fuel tax credit paid for by lease and royalties revenues generated [...]

Gasoline didn't get to more than $3 a gallon overnight. This dilemma has been brewing since 1973. Our outrage should focus on this: our politicians, our automobile companies and our [...]

Congress has passed and the president recently signed two pieces of legislation, the 'Energy Policy Act of 2005' and the 'Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act of 2005,' which [...]