Tag: Oil

While the near-term demand picture is highly uncertain, as people re-consider their travel and work habits, this latest bust is unlikely to hasten the demise of oil.

New Mexico makes hostile environment for oil, gas producers: Energy organizaiton

Washington Examiner · December 29, 2020 4:00 pm

Energy and Environment

Here’s what Biden is promising to do to curb emissions in his first days in office

Abby Smith · December 26, 2020 11:38 am

Keep calm, and keep drilling for oil and gas

Washington Examiner · December 26, 2020 5:00 am

In this Friday March 16, 2012 photo, made available March 26, 2012, oil rigs belonging to PetroChina are seen near the banks of a snow covered lake in Daqing in northeastern China's Heilongjiang province. The price of oil rose slightly Monday Dec. 3, 2012, as a strong manufacturing report from China countered a weak one in the U.S. An index measuring manufacturing in China showed expansion in November for the first time in 13 months. China is the world's second-largest economy and a huge consumer of oil. A better economy there suggests that energy consumption is likely to grow, pushing oil prices higher. (AP Photo) CHINA OUT

Federal oil and gas leasing system needs reform

Steve Ellis · December 22, 2020 5:00 am

This April 29, 2014 photo shows an Exxon sign at a Exxon gas station in Carnegie, Pa. Exxon Mobil Corp. reports quarterly financial results before the market opens on Thursday, July 31, 2014. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

Trial lawyers chasing jackpots with climate lawsuits

Curt Levey · December 15, 2020 5:09 am

ExxonMobil late last year made new commitments setting short-term targets for reducing emissions and beginning to publish data on the use of its products, and also back-tracked on a plan to substantially increase spending on oil and gas production.

Energy and Environment

Oil giant Exxon commits to emissions reductions in line with Paris Agreement

Josh Siegel · December 14, 2020 3:13 pm

A gas station pump with various grades of fuel, including E15, which contains 5 percent more ethanol than the current 10 percent norm sold at most U.S. gas stations. (AP/Renewable Fuels Association)

Energy and Environment

After spending Trump years fighting Big Oil, biofuels industry rallies against electric car mandates under Biden

Abby Smith · December 9, 2020 11:30 am

Green No Deal

Varad Mehta · December 4, 2020 4:00 am

New Mexico oil and gas workers worry about Biden presidency

Washington Examiner · December 2, 2020 3:00 pm

In this July 8, 2018, photo, 2018 Model 3 sedan sits next to a Model X on display outside a Tesla showroom in Littleton, Colo. Board members at Tesla are evaluating CEO and Chairman Elon Muskâs $72 billion proposal to take the electric car and solar panel maker private. Six of nine members say in a statement Wednesday, Aug. 8, that Musk began talking with the board about the move last week.

Energy and Environment

Electric car advocates woo Republicans to back more tax credits

Abby Smith · November 27, 2020 12:07 pm

FILE - This Dec. 22, 2018, file photo shows a pump jack over an oil well along Interstate 25 near Dacono, Colo.

Colorado oil and gas regulators overhaul rules amid mission change

Washington Examiner · November 25, 2020 1:30 pm

Joe Biden has consistently pledged to ban new federal oil and gas leasing and development on public lands and waters.

Energy and Environment

Trump administration seeks to prevent big banks from dropping fossil fuel companies

Abby Smith · November 20, 2020 4:15 pm