When Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Sitt signed an order this week forcing the closure of all “non-essential” businesses in many counties, it left some puzzled as to the definition of what’s considered “essential.” Energy operations are considered essential and that includes oil and gas operations as well as those maintaining the state’s extensive system of wind …
Not only is the energy industry dealing with the impacts of the coronavirus pandemic—so are environmentalists fighting some of the oil and gas projects in the U.S. And it’s helping energy companies who have to deal with the environmentalists. They’re facing new challenges as well—mostly because the pandemic has stalled or stopped their efforts …
Oilfield services firm Halliburton and Russia’s Gazprom Neft have signed an outline agreement on technological cooperation to construct wells at the Achimov oil formation in Siberia, Gazprom Neft said on Thursday. Cooperation between Western and Russian oil and gas producers has been curtailed by the sanctions imposed on Russia by the United States and Europe …
A federal judge on Wednesday ordered the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to conduct a full environmental review of the Dakota Access pipeline, nearly three years after it began carrying oil despite protests by people who gathered in North Dakota for more than a year. U.S. District Judge James Boasberg wrote that the easement approval …
California-based Chevron Corp. , whose upstream arm is based in Houston, has joined a growing list of oil and gas producers that have announced multibillion-dollar cuts for the year. Chevron is shedding 20 percent of its capital expenditure budget for 2020, landing at $16 billion for the year, according to a March 24 press release. …
The $2 trillion plan to help the ailing U.S. economy because of the coronavirus pandemic did not include help for the oil industry. But it could be included in future help offered by Congress. Specifically, the plan to purchase 77 million barrels of crude oil for the nation’s Strategic Petroleum Reserve was removed from …
