http://www.theenergydaily.com Energy Portal en-us 2008 Wed, 3 Dec 2008 15:53:03 EST In a big win for a coalition of environmentalists and native hunters, a federal appeals court has ruled that the Interior Department erred in authorizing a Royal Dutch Shell plc affiliate to explore for oil in the Beaufort Sea for three years and ordered the... http://www.theenergydaily.com/oil/1740.html Mon, 24 Nov 2008 0:00:00 EST In one of the stranger 11th-hour energy initiatives by the outgoing Bush administration, the Interior Department last week issued final regulations for commercial oil shale leasing in western states, even though industry officials acknowledge that production... http://www.theenergydaily.com/oil/1743.html Mon, 24 Nov 2008 0:00:00 EST The Interior Department’s Minerals Management Service announced Wednesday plans to initiate oil and gas leasing 50 miles off the Virginia coast near the Chesapeake Bay, saying the agency will publish in the Federal Register today a notice of intent to... http://www.theenergydaily.com/oil/1686.html Thu, 13 Nov 2008 0:00:00 EST Canadian energy company Nexen Inc. announced Wednesday that Charlie Fischer, the company’s president and chief executive officer since 2001, has decided to retire at the end of the year. Fischer, who joined the company in 1994 as senior vice president... http://www.theenergydaily.com/oil/1648.html Tue, 4 Nov 2008 0:00:00 EST In remarks that environmentalists charged were a repudiation of Republican presidential candidate John McCain’s longstanding position in favor of mandatory greenhouse gas controls, Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin said Wednesday that a... http://www.theenergydaily.com/oil/1623.html Thu, 30 Oct 2008 0:00:00 EDT In what appears to be a first, Ormat Technologies Inc. says it has succeeded in co-producing geothermal power at an operating oil well, raising the prospect of free electricity that could enhance the economics and extend the life of existing U.S. oil fields... http://www.theenergydaily.com/oil/1604.html Mon, 27 Oct 2008 0:00:00 EDT Facing a potentially ruinous combination of plummeting oil prices and high production costs, some of Canada’s biggest oil sands producers are scurrying to rein in expansion plans born in boom times, with Suncor Energy Inc. Thursday announcing a notable... http://www.theenergydaily.com/oil/1598.html Fri, 24 Oct 2008 0:00:00 EDT Citing increasing agreement among Republican and Democratic lawmakers on the oil and natural gas industry’s number one issue, Red Cavaney, the retiring head of the American Petroleum Institute, said Tuesday he expects to see increased support from the... http://www.theenergydaily.com/oil/1548.html Wed, 15 Oct 2008 0:00:00 EDT     In a sweeping climate change proposal that could serve as a model for the nation, two California agencies have proposed a comprehensive program for reducing the state’s greenhouse gas emissions that calls for aggressive improvements in... http://www.theenergydaily.com/oil/1491.html Thu, 2 Oct 2008 0:00:00 EDT ConocoPhillips Wednesday named John Carrig, its chief financial officer, as president and chief operating officer and Red Cavaney—the retiring... http://www.theenergydaily.com/oil/1496.html Thu, 2 Oct 2008 0:00:00 EDT