Yearly Archives: 2011

THE BALANCE SHEET for December 22, 2011 
2011-12-22
Our weekly update to unravel the industry and political spin around the energy debate IN CASE YOU MISSED IT WHAT MORATORIUM? GULF LEASE SALE BRINGS IN $337 MILLION Last Wednesday, the Interior Department’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEMRE) continued its work to increase offshore energy development by holding the first gulf-area… Read more »
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Behind the Scenes: American Petroleum Institute’s Commercial Shoot
2011-12-18
Recently, the Checks and Balances Project responded to an open casting call from the American Petroleum Institute (API) to be a part of their multi-million dollar ad campaign targeting the 2012 elections.  API’s Energy Citizens campaign sent an email asking for “all ages and races to express their views in a Commercial Spot on American… Read more »
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THE BALANCE SHEET | December 14, 2011
2011-12-14
Our weekly update to unravel the industry and political spin around the energy debate IN CASE YOU MISSED IT ENERGY INDEPENDENCE AND THE WEST Drilling activity is at its highest level in 24 years, and the U.S. is about to see a full year of net oil exports for the first time in 62 years…. Read more »
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A misrepresentation of our nation’s energy infrastructure
2011-12-7
On November 28, The Wall Street Journal published an editorial that misrepresents facts about our nation’s energy infrastructure. Here’s our response: The Wall Street Journal’s Nov. 28 editorial, “The Non-Green Jobs Boom,” misrepresents the truth about America’s energy industry. The simple fact is that energy development is not a zero sum game between oil and drinking… Read more »
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Energy Independence and the West
2011-12-6
Drilling activity is at its highest level in 24 years, and the U.S. is about to become a net exporter of gasoline for the first time in 62 years. So naturally some energy companies are worried about their government handouts. According to Wyofile, Chesapeake Energy and other oil and gas companies are now talking about their… Read more »
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THE BALANCE SHEET | December 06, 2011
2011-12-6
Our weekly update to unravel the industry and political spin around the energy debate  IN CASE YOU MISSED IT U.S. IS EXPORTING OIL According to The Wall Street Journal, the United States is set to become a “net exporter of petroleum products in 2011 for the first time in 62 years.” The report comes at… Read more »
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THE BALANCE SHEET | November 23, 2011
2011-11-23
Our weekly update to unravel the industry and political spin around the energy debate   IN CASE YOU MISSED IT OIL SHALE PROFESSOR SAYS LAMBORN’S BILL TOO MUCH, TOO SOON Phil Taylor wrote a preview piece about oil shale for E&E News, ahead of Friday’s hearing on Rep. Lamborn’s Black Sunday Bill. In the piece,… Read more »
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Oil Shale Bingo hits DC
2011-11-16
On Friday, Rep. Doug Lamborn’s Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources will again meet to discuss energy’s “fool’s gold,” oil shale. For a century, the oil and gas industry, and the politicians they support, have turned to the rock that burns whenever they want to distract from high oil prices or tout a new “jobs… Read more »
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The Balance Sheet for November 16, 2011
2011-11-16
Our weekly update to unravel the industry and political spin around the energy debate IN CASE YOU MISSED IT TELLING THE REAL STORY ABOUT OIL SHALE Last week, a former elected official and representatives of sportsman and conservation groups flew into Washington, DC. Their mission was to educate members of Congress and the administration about… Read more »
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It’s Déjà vu all over again
2011-11-16
The Public Lands Team at Think Progress posted a great report last night on today’s House Natural Resources Committee meeting today to discuss drilling. It turns out this is the committee’s 20th meeting on this topic. Again they’re ignoring the fact that U.S. drilling activity is higher now under the Obama administration than at any… Read more »
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