Oregon DOT seeks federal suspension of oil-bearing trains in state

Oregon’s Department of Transportation (ODOT) asked its federal counterpart to temporarily halt movement of trains carrying crude oil in the state until ways are found to prevent a track bolt failure that led to a June 3 derailment and 1,100-bbl oil spill on a Union Pacific track near the town of Mosier (OGJ Online, June […]


Associations, others ask BOEM to keep Arctic in 2017-22 OCS plan

Oil and gas trade associations and other groups urged the US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management to not remove or modify offshore Alaska lease sales that are now part of the draft proposed 2017-22 US Outer Continental Shelf program. Their June 16 requests came as the comment period for the next 5-year plan closed. Source: […]


Associations, others ask BOEM to keep Arctic in 2017-22 OCS plan

Oil and gas trade associations and other groups urged the US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management to not remove or modify offshore Alaska lease sales that are now part of the draft proposed 2017-22 US Outer Continental Shelf program. Their June 16 requests came as the comment period for the next 5-year plan closed. Source: […]


Group launches legal battle against Australian’s CSG well approval

A Queensland group known as the Western Downs Alliance (WDA) has begun legal proceedings to challenge the approval of Australian Environment Minister Greg Hunt of Santos Group’s plan to drill 6,100 coal seam gas (CSG) wells to support the Gladstone LNG (GLNG) plant on Curtis Island. Source: News


Group launches legal battle against Australian’s CSG well approval

A Queensland group known as the Western Downs Alliance (WDA) has begun legal proceedings to challenge the approval of Australian Environment Minister Greg Hunt of Santos Group’s plan to drill 6,100 coal seam gas (CSG) wells to support the Gladstone LNG (GLNG) plant on Curtis Island. Source: News