Sentences with phrase «offshore oil policy»

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But if the government and citizens rely on them to know how much pollution is caused by offshore oil and gas production, our drilling policy is based on fundamentally inaccurate data.»

IUCN has also learned that the Government of Belize is engaged in the formulation of an offshore oil exploration and exploitation policy that would be in line with its commitment to protect the OUV of the Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System.

Rather than wholeheartedly support the kind of energy policy, civic infrastructure and lifestyle changes that will allow the United States to prosper in a post-carbon, green economy — and build a clean energy independence — the focus is on populist false promises that developing oil shale or lifting bans on offshore oil drilling will reduce short term energy costs.

Obama took a beating by environmentalists for pushing to open up offshore oil and gas production, and this disaster just exacerbates it; I wonder if the loss in credibility with environmentalists because of this spill is enough to substantially undermine future energy policy initiatives.

At the same time, he gained credibility with oil and gas, and by not giving up on his pledges for offshore production, is increasing his industrial credibility, which might enhance his ability to enact future energy policy initiatives because he'll get less opposition from them downstream.

«Thinking that there is more oil to be drilled offshore gives people a false sense of hope that there's actually enough oil out there to make us energy independent,» says Jonathan Dorn, staff researcher at the Earth Policy Institute.

Obama's recent opening of new offshore areas for oil and gas exploration, the recent Gulf oil spill, and the approval of a wind farm offshore from Cape Cod, Mass., bring energy to the forefront once again, and motivate us to consider carefully where government policies are taking American citizens and the world.

Supply, cost, environmental consequences - these are among the central features of debate over energy policy in the U.S. Those who want to open up more areas to drilling - on land and offshore - and expand the use of fracking to extract natural gas from deep underground argue that we must reduce our dependence on foreign oil.

In our projections to 2040, the amount of energy - related offshore activity is poised to increase in both scenarios, although the fortunes of oil, gas and wind power vary depending on the policies in place.

Andy Radford, API upstream senior policy advisor, noted during a recent press call that «Advances in seismic imaging technology and data processing over the last decade have dramatically improved the industry's ability to locate oil and natural gas offshore.

She has prepared Environmental Impacts Statements, Operations Plans, Monitoring and Mitigation Plans, and Deep Water Port Applications and is very familiar with the requirements of and compliance with federal, state, and local laws, regulations, and guidelines for projects related to offshore energy development including National / State Environmental Policy Acts (Environmental Assessment / Environmental Impact Statements), Marine Protection Research and Sanctuaries Act, Clean Water Act (including National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System), Coastal Zone Management Act, Water Resources Development Act, Endangered Species Act, Magnuson - Stevens Act, Rivers and Harbors Act, and the Oil Pollution Act.

The right energy policy path is for BOEM to produce a robust offshore leasing program that fits with the United States» rise to world leadership in oil and natural gas production.

At a current oil price of about $ 46 per barrel, there's little chance that there will be a big push toward development, but as soon as prices range upward of $ 80 per barrel, that could change — plus, some of the policy barriers may be coming down, Zukunft said, referring to the Trump administration's moves to enable offshore Arctic drilling.

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Dan Simmons, vice president for policy at the Institute for Energy Research, says the rules are not really aimed at offshore oil production.

As a candidate, President - Elect Trump pledged to pursue an energy approach that would include «opening federal lands for oil and gas production, opening offshore areas, and revoking policies that are imposing unnecessary restrictions on innovative and new exploration technologies.»

• The shale revolution has created a new competitive environment for investment in offshore oil and gas • Policy support and technology developments promise major cost reductions for the next wave of offshore wind projects

IER (7/15/13) reports: «The Institute for Energy Research compared the impacts of hurricane activity and the Obama Administration's oil policies on production in the offshore Gulf of Mexico to see which has the larger and more lasting -LSB-...]

Next week the House Natural Resources Committee will hold the first in a series of scheduled hearings on offshore oil drilling, the policies on which Salazar has said he intends to revamp in consultation with Congress.

In addition she has handled: • Corporate governance policies including indigenous community relations, social and training programmes; • Company secretarial: drafting board documentation, running board meetings, and incorporating subsidiaries; • Investor relations including the delisting of company from AIM, warrant and option issue; performance bonds, preparation of annual reports; • Government relations; • Supplier contracts, PSC's, JOA's, joint venture agreements, farm out agreements, employment; • Equipment licensing including offshore drilling rigs and an FPSO; • Defending an arbitration claim; • Crisis management when her company's oil rig workers were kidnapped three times.