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Jul 20

New rules for oil and gas leasing raise rates energy companies must pay to drill on public lands

By Matthew Daly, Associated Press

The Biden administration is proposing new rules for the nation's oil and gas leasing program to raise costs for energy companies to drill on public lands and strengthen requirements to clean up old wells where drilling is completed or abandoned.

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May 06

Officials investigate Texas petrochemical plant fire that sent 9 workers to hospital

By Juan A. Lozano, Acacia Coronado, Associated Press

Fire erupted at a petrochemical plant in the Houston area Friday, sending nine workers to a hospital and causing a huge plume of smoke visible for miles. Emergency responders were called to help around 3 p.m. at the Shell facility…

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Apr 02

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Biden’s complex relationship with oil and gas, despite campaign promises

By John Yang, Winston Wilde, Kaisha Young

In 2020, Joe Biden promised to move the U.S. away from fossil fuels. But the Biden administration has a complicated relationship with the oil and gas industry — it has moved forward on plans to drill federally owned lands, auctioned…

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Mar 30

House Republicans pass energy bill to roll back regulation of fossil fuel production

By Matthew Daly, Associated Press

The legislation would sharply increase domestic production of oil, natural gas and coal, and ease permitting restrictions that delay pipelines, refineries and other projects.

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Mar 13

Biden administration approves controversial Willow oil drilling project in Alaska

By Matthew Daly, Chris Megerian, Associated Press

Climate activists say allowing oil company ConocoPhillips to move forward with the drilling plan would break Biden’s campaign promise to stop new oil drilling on public lands.

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Oct 23

Unidentified drones over Norway’s offshore platforms fuel fears of Russian threat

By Mark Lewis, Associated Press

With Norway replacing Russia as Europe's main source of natural gas, military experts suspect the unmanned aircraft are Moscow's doings.

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Oct 19

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Biden releases more oil from strategic reserve to help lower gas prices

By Geoff Bennett

President Biden announced the release of an additional 15 million barrels of oil from the U.S. strategic reserve. The president insisted the move is not politically motivated ahead of the midterms and criticized oil companies for not doing more to…

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Oct 05

OPEC+ makes sharp production cut to boost prices; gasoline costs may rise

By David McHugh, Associated Press

The OPEC+ alliance of oil-exporting countries has decided to sharply cut production to support sagging oil prices.

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Jul 13

In Louisiana, orphan wells seen as an ‘accident waiting to happen’

By Roby Chavez

There are thousands of orphaned wells in Louisiana that pose a threat to residents and the environment. New federal funding will help the state plug many abandoned wells, but some question if that's enough.

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Apr 14

Oklahoma has only slightly increased oil and gas production during the Ukraine war. Here’s why

By Adam Kemp

President Joe Biden has been calling on U.S. oil and gas companies to drill more. In Oklahoma, one of the nation's most productive oil regions, producers say there are hurdles to meet that demand, even though they want the president…

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