http://www.theenergydaily.com Energy Portal en-us 2010 Sat, 31 Jul 2010 13:29:31 EDT In the face of possible action by Congress to bar the company from acquiring new offshore oil leases, the new head of BP plc Tuesday suggested the company has “a lot to offer in the United States to the oil and gas industry” given the... http://www.theenergydaily.com/hottopics/offshore_drilling/4764.html Wed, 28 Jul 2010 0:00:00 EDT Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, intent on avoiding any politically controversial proposals, Tuesday unveiled a modest package of draft energy legislation that would toughen regulation of offshore drilling, lift limits on oil spill liability, provide... http://www.theenergydaily.com/hottopics/offshore_drilling/4765.html Wed, 28 Jul 2010 0:00:00 EDT Giving up for now on climate change legislation after months of fruitless efforts to build support among Republicans and conservative Democrats, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid announced Thursday he will bring to the Senate floor next week a scaled-down... http://www.theenergydaily.com/hottopics/offshore_drilling/4740.html Fri, 23 Jul 2010 0:00:00 EDT A federal judge in Alaska this week ordered the Interior Department to conduct additional environmental review before allowing any exploratory drilling on leases in Alaska’s Chukchi Sea, but stopped short of green groups’ request that he cancel... http://www.theenergydaily.com/hottopics/offshore_drilling/4742.html Fri, 23 Jul 2010 0:00:00 EDT Facing Democratic allegations that they wrongly relaxed offshore drilling safety regulations, the two Interior Department secretaries under the Bush administration Tuesday acknowledged pushing new incentives and royalty programs to encourage new offshore... http://www.theenergydaily.com/hottopics/offshore_drilling/4730.html Wed, 21 Jul 2010 0:00:00 EDT In an unusual display of bipartisan cooperation on major legislation, the House Energy and Commerce Committee Thursday unanimously approved sweeping legislation aimed at tightening safety standards and procedures for oil and gas drilling in the wake of the... http://www.theenergydaily.com/hottopics/offshore_drilling/4702.html Fri, 16 Jul 2010 0:00:00 EDT Senate Democrats this week began the end game on their efforts to move clean energy legislation, with senators unveiling bills Wednesday to provide incentives to utilities to deploy carbon capture and storage technology, to establish a tough renewable energy... http://www.theenergydaily.com/hottopics/offshore_drilling/4697.html Thu, 15 Jul 2010 0:00:00 EDT In a day-long markup marred by partisan discord, the House Committee on Natural Resources Wednesday put the finishing touches on comprehensive energy legislation designed to overhaul rules on oil and natural gas leasing on federal lands and offshore areas... http://www.theenergydaily.com/hottopics/offshore_drilling/4698.html Thu, 15 Jul 2010 0:00:00 EDT Less than a week after a federal appeals court blocked the government’s effort to restore its initial moratorium on offshore deepwater drilling, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar late Monday directed an Interior agency to issue new... http://www.theenergydaily.com/hottopics/offshore_drilling/4678.html Tue, 13 Jul 2010 0:00:00 EDT While federal legislation boosting safety standards for U.S. deepwater oil and gas drillers would likely shift higher production costs onto consumers, projected price impacts on oil and gasoline would be marginal and the resulting reductions in U.S. oil... http://www.theenergydaily.com/hottopics/offshore_drilling/4679.html Tue, 13 Jul 2010 0:00:00 EDT