March 2011
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RT @baseballcrank: Unlike his State Senate papers & college transcript, Obama’s unable to keep actual national security secrets a secret …
BOEMRE permits an actual brand-new well! http://bit.ly/e1A9fO [] …on a lease that’s been producing since 1994. Huzzah. #rsrh
Lies, Damned Lies and DOI Press Releases
In an effort to deflect blame for high gasoline prices away from the Obama Administration, the Department of the Interior today released a report which purports to show that the oil and gas industry, not DOI or BOEMRE, is guilty of dragging its feet on offshore energy exploration and development. This, in spite of a 10 month regulatory moratorium/permitorium that has brought new well drilling to a...
Deepwater Lease Map
Shallow water lease map
Green dots = oil wells; Red ‘spiders’ = gas wells
Squares = platforms; ‘Crosshairs’ = dry holes
Unable to pull off “presidential”, Obama seems content to be “presidentish”.
Seahawk Drilling CEO: How the President Killed My Company http://wapo.st/h04Jis
My latest @RedState: Obama/Salazar Moratorium Has Crippled Domestic Oil. http://bit.ly/cE3HRK [] 10% of U.S. prod. in ‘12!
More AGW Hockey Stick monkey business http://bit.ly/et5oYl #rsrh
Michael Williams of TX RRC: EPA has “built in bias” against #oilandgas. http://on.wsj.com/hYZcUF [] #rsrh
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Obama/Salazar Moratorium Has Crippled Domestic Oil...
In 2011, Gulf of Mexico oil production will under-perform the government’s pre-Macondo forecasts by 355,000 barrels per day — almost 130 million barrels for the year. In 2012, the shortfall rises to 550,000 barrels per day — 200 million barrels. That’s fully one-third of the Gulf’s oil producing capability, and over 10% of total domestic oil production.
These are...
BOEMRE issues permit for first new deepwater well to XOM. http://bit.ly/hucnRi [] Huzzah! #rsrh
#ObamaMissionNames Operation It’s Only a Cold Sore
Obama’s Fuzzy Oil Production Math http://bit.ly/feFHZv
LA Rep. challenges Obama to hoops for energy answers. #rsrh http://bit.ly/gwptja \ 5’8” Scalise: “I’ve seen him throw a baseball.”
LA Dept Nat Res Chief Scott Angelle testifies to House @NatResources Cmte on Obamatorium. http://bit.ly/flyaLY #rsrh @TheHayride
President Obama on strike against energy. #rsrh #latcot http://bit.ly/frO5X1
Say Yes to the Burqa #JihadiRealityShows
Japanese nuke plant update; link to video of explosion: http://bit.ly/gUhkhq #rsrh
Clinton: Drilling delays ‘ridiculous’. Bush: DC’s anti-oil sentiment ‘dangerous’. http://politi.co/e6Rcra #rsrh #CERAweek #grownups
Once again, Obama utters The Big Energy Lie. http://bit.ly/6eMK2z #rsrh
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Shameless White House Takes Credit For Oil...
The White House Blog, in a post entitled “Expanding Safe and Responsible Energy Production”, lays out the case for the Obama Administration as a long-time supporter of domestic oil and gas:
One area where we have focused our efforts since the start of the administration – long before this current spike – is increasing responsible domestic energy production – including oil and gas....
#RandPaul: My 1.6 gpf toilet takes (at least) 3.2 gallons to do its job. http://bit.ly/gCf24r
BOEMRE to issue ‘Handful’ of Drlg Permits http://bit.ly/ecoYjW | Mr Salazar, a loss of 500K bbls per day is not a ‘blip’. #rsrh
House Energy & Commerce Cmte bill would block EPA from sneaking Cap & Trade in the back door. #rsrh http://bit.ly/gbFI9P
Production down, imports up. @NatResources http://bit.ly/el20iM #rsrh
Happy Fat Tuesday, y’all! #rsrh (via Amplify) http://amplify.com/u/btkja
BOEMRE investigation finds #BP Atlantis whistleblower claims largely unfounded. #rsrh http://bit.ly/ef4bcg
Obama Admin appeals judge’s order, may reject drilling permit applications. http://bit.ly/fGlYw7 #rsrh
Salazar to @NatResources: GoM production is at “all-time high.” http://bit.ly/hc7pI0 | …Not! #rsrh #latcot
Rep. Jeff Landry (R-LA) scolds Interior Sec. Salazar over pace of drilling permits | http://t.co/Gg4r70V #rsrh
Nobel Prize Winner Krugman pwned by non-Nobel Prize Winner Iowahawk http://bit.ly/h2CoGq
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Barbour on Energy (and Salazar's Puzzling...
On Wednesday, Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour spoke to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce on energy policy:
Link: Barbour says Obama cheers for higher gas price
“This administration’s policies have been designed to drive up the cost of energy in the name of reducing pollution, in the name of making very expensive alternative fuels more economically competitive,” Barbour...
Salazar to comply with court’s ordered timing on drlg permits, but may appeal the Judge’s ruling. #rsrh http://amplify.com/u/bshc2
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Salazar to comply with court's ordered timing on... →
Clipped from rigzone.comUS Interior to Act on Permits by March DeadlineA U.S. official said Wednesday that the Interior Department will meet a court-imposed deadline to act on five deep-water drilling permit applications before the end of this month.Interior Secretary Ken Salazar also said more permits approvals are coming.“There are other [permits] that will be issued in the days ahead that...
N.Dakota record 113 M barrels oil in 2010, currently 169 rigs drlg, 3% unemployment. #rsrh http://amplify.com/u/bs99v