Issac is expected to hit Louisiana as a Category 2 hurricane
As offshore oil lags, so does the economy
Opinion |
The Obama administration is hurting the economy by holding back the oil industry.
Russian oil rig sinking casts doubt on Arctic plan - AP
Business |
Only four months ago, Gazprom sent Russia’s first oil platform to the environmentally sensitive region
BP cited for 5 more alleged violations - AP
Business |
Regulators in October cited BP PLC for seven violations and contractors Transocean Ltd. and Halliburton
Caught with their BPants down? Oil found near site of Horizon spill - TheDC
US |
Reporters load into boat, observe ‘blobs of oil rise to the surface and bloom into iridescent yellow patches’
BP probes Gulf sheen, denies being source - AP
Business |
A new oil sheen has been spotted in the Gulf of Mexico, although energy company BP said Thursday the discovery had nothing to do with its operations and was far from the site of its disaster-hit Macondo well
BOEMRE official lashes out at 'sniping' over oil drilling permit delays - TheDC
Politics |
‘What was destructive, corrosive and not done in good faith was the sniping from certain public officials’
Poll: Majority of Americans support increased offshore drilling - TheDC
Politics |
One year after a BP well gushed oil into the Gulf of Mexico, Americans want more offshore drilling
Obama to lay out energy security plan - TheDC
Politics |
President Obama will give a speech at Georgetown University, Wednesday, and lay out four-state plan
Offshore drilling is a moral imperative
Opinion |
Our dependence on Middle Eastern oil makes it hard for us to intervene in Middle Eastern conflicts for humanitarian reasons without raising suspicions.
Court rules feds can stall on drilling permit approvals - TheDC
Politics |
A federal appellate court has said Interior Secretary does not have to comply with a previous court order to act on drilling permits in 30 days
Oil companies caught up in Interior Dept regulatory nightmare - TheDC
Politics |
Almost a year after the BP oil spill, oil companies are still waiting for due diligence from the Department of Interior
Obama's energy agenda: a 1970s repeat? - TheDC
Politics |
The unrest in the Mid-East combined with Obama’s energy agenda are causing some to question whether the U.S. is heading toward another crisis
Congress launches counteroffensive to Obama's war on fossil fuels - TheDC Opinion
Opinion |
A bipartisan coalition in Congress is finally pushing back against the president’s progressive energy agenda.
Salazar appeals to court in attempt to delay movement on Gulf drilling permits - TheDC
Politics |
The Interior Secretary is fighting back against a court order to act on permitting oil drilling in the Gulf of Mexico
Sen. Mary Landrieu confronts Interior Secretary Salazar on drilling - TheDC
Politics |
The frustrated Louisiana senator grilled Salazar face to face Wednesday on his agency’s position on deep-water drilling
Salazar in deep water with both sides of drilling debate - TheDC
US |
Interior Secretary Ken Salazar feels heat from both drilling advocates and environmentalists after issuing the first deep-water permit since last April
Deep drilling resumes... finally - TheDC
US |
Cracking under political pressure, Salazar issues first deep-water permits in Gulf
Offshore drilling companies launch campaign against 'de facto moratorium' - TheDC
Politics |
Offshore Marine Service Association calls on Obama to ‘stop destroying jobs in the Gulf’
Obama drilling moratorium bankrupts Gulf oil company - TheDC
Politics |
Seahawk Drilling CEO: forced to file bankruptcy because of ‘unprecedented decline in the issuance of offshore drilling permits’
