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Federal offshore areas withdrawn from oil and gas leasing. The United States offshore drilling debate is an ongoing debate in the United States about whether, the extent to which, in which areas, and under what conditions, further offshore drilling should be allowed in U.S.-administered waters.
Projected levels of increased oil production from ANWR to mean Alaskan production volumes [54]. In 1998, the USGS estimated that between 5.7 and 16.0 billion barrels (2.54 × 10 9 m 3) of technically recoverable crude oil and natural gas liquids are in the coastal plain area of ANWR, with a mean estimate of 10.4 billion barrels (1.65 × 10 9 m 3), of which 7.7 billion barrels (1.22 × 10 9 m 3 ...
The oil and gas industry, Alaska’s elected officials — including Democratic Rep. Mary Peltola — and some building trade unions, all of whom see it as beneficial to the local economy and ...
Unlike power stations relying on uranium and recycled plutonium for fuel, they are not subject to the volatility of global fuel markets. [24] Renewable power decentralises electricity supply and so minimises the need to produce, transport and store hazardous fuels; reliability of power generation is improved by producing power close to the ...
Jan. 25—A bill that would make the most significant changes in decades to a nearly 90-year-old state fossil fuel law stirred a lengthy and heated discussion among lawmakers about increasing ...
Coal exportation has been going on for years, and natural gas export approvals picked up steam in 2013. Now, oil producers want in on the international action as well.
Some proponents of US energy independence promote wider use of alternatives such as ethanol fuel, methanol, biodiesel, plug-in hybrids and other alternative propulsion.A 2013 report published by the Fuel Freedom Foundation said that without a shift to domestic feedstocks for fuel, such as natural gas and biomass, the US would not be able to achieve energy independence. [18]
California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) on Monday signed into law a controversial slate of plans to tighten fuel refinery storage rules in an effort to prevent future fuel shortages and price spikes at ...