- Los Angeles Times: Kern County declares a fiscal emergency amid plunging oil prices
- FuelFix.com: Obama administration unveils changes to offshore oil, gas leasing
Reuters: U.S. to see “fairly flat” shale oil output in 2015 - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Drones seen as cost-effective solution for oil, gas hazard surveys
- Orlando Sentinel: Obama should reverse veto threat, approve Keystone XL bill
- Forbes: Federal offshore drilling policies reflect Obama’s “do no harm” strategy
- The Hill: McConnell calls on Senate Dems to reconsider opposition to Keystone XL
- FuelFix.com:Refining execs express concern over lifting crude export ban
- Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: M&A surge, drilling reduction expected this year amid price slump, observers say
Today’s Washington Brief:
- Obama’s plan to allow drilling in the Atlantic but restrict it in parts of the Arctic is sending mixed signals to the oil and gas industry. More from National Journal.
- Amidst buzz that the Republican Congress will consider across-the-board energy legislation, new polling figures reveal that they’ll have strong public support for the effort. Read the story from Morning Consult.
- “I’m not a scientist,” isn’t cutting it any more for some Republicans, who are trying to craft a new conservative environmental platform. Reuters reports.
