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Energy, Taxes and Exxon

brazil  domestic energy  earnings  energy policy  energy taxes  exxonmobil  gas prices  gulf of mexico  offshore drilling moratorium  oil industry  profits  tax deductions  taxes 

Mark Green
Posted May 10, 2011

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A Year Later

boemre  boemre  bp  deepwater horizon  gulf coast  gulf of mexico  oil spill  macondo oil well  offshore wells  safety regulations 

Jack Gerard
Posted April 20, 2011

As we mark the one-year anniversary of the Macondo oil well spill in the Gulf of Mexico, it is important that we remember the 11 workers who died in that accident, their families and the communities along the Gulf coast that were most affected by this incident.

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Capping Stack: A Positive Outcome from a Tragic Accident

deepwater horizon  domestic energy  energy iq  gulf of mexico  offshore operations  oil spill  safety standards  spill response  technology innovation  department of the interior  oil spill containment 

Jane Van Ryan
Posted April 18, 2011

It looks like a child's toy gyroscope on steroids, and it has the technology necessary to stop the flow from a well blowout on the ocean floor. It's the capping stack developed and built by a consortium of oil companies in response to the unprecedented Deepwater Horizon disaster that occurred in the Gulf of Mexico a year ago. 

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Tracking Oil Spills

bp  domestic energy  gulf of mexico  gulf spill 

Mark Green
Posted April 12, 2011

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On Energy - Sitting Still

deepwater drilling  domestic energy  energy policy  gasoline  gulf of mexico  moratorium  offshore drilling  permitorium 

Jane Van Ryan
Posted April 1, 2011

Energy isn't easy. It isn't easy to produce the affordable, abundant, safe, and secure energy our nation needs today; and it certainly isn't easy to put the policies in place to ensure that we can continue that production in the future. However, there is one thing that is easy; telling everyone what they want to hear, while actually doing nothing. And a review of recent developments indicates that some politicians are trying to protect their jobs by adopting conflicting or incoherent positions that threaten the jobs of others:

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Our Commitment to Safety

boemre  boemre  center for offshore safety  domestic energy  energy policy  gulf of mexico  gulf oil spill  oil spill  technology innovation 

Jack Gerard
Posted March 23, 2011

With more than 60-years operating in the Gulf of Mexico, the oil and natural gas industry has a strong safety record, drilling more than 42,000 wells. Thirty percent of U.S. oil production and 13 percent of natural gas production comes from the Gulf, and these resources are a vital part of our energy security.

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Developing Domestic Energy - What the Issue Is

access  domestic energy  energy policy  government revenue  gulf of mexico  leasing 

John Felmy
Posted March 18, 2011

As a rule of thumb it is generally not a good idea to spend a lot of time arguing against the ridiculous. But when the ridiculous is coming from folks who have the power to implement policies which will harm our economic and energy security an exception to the rule is warranted. Such is the case with the notion that oil and natural gas companies don't want to develop oil and natural gas resources.

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Facts Don't Support Claims on Gulf of Mexico Oil Production

deepwater drilling  deepwater drilling moratorium  domestic energy  energy policy  gulf of mexico  interior department  moratorium  offshore drilling  rhetoric vs reality 

Kyle Isakower
Posted March 10, 2011

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Oil Industry Rocket Science

domestic energy  gasoline  government revenue  hydraulic fracturing  new mexico  new mexico  onshore  permian basin  texas 

Jane Van Ryan
Posted March 8, 2011

A major milestone was reached in the Permian Basin a few days ago. Chevron Corp. produced its 5 billionth barrel of oil from this U.S. formation. Overall, nearly 40 billion barrels of oil equivalent (oil, natural gas and natural gas liquids) have been produced by several companies in the basin since the 1920s, and it's still going strong. 

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Judge Orders Interior to Act on More Drilling Permits

access  boemre  boemre  deepwater drilling  domestic energy  gulf of mexico  interior department  offshore drilling 

Jane Van Ryan
Posted March 2, 2011

The Interior Department isn't off the legal hook yet. Although it finally issued one deepwater drilling permit this week after months of delays, U.S. District Court Judge Martin Feldman has ordered it to act on two more permit applications, raising the total number to seven. 

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