The Balance Sheet

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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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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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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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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THE BALANCE SHEET | November 08, 2011
2011-11-8
Our weekly update to unravel the industry and political spin around the energy debate   IN CASE YOU MISSED IT HUNTSMAN GETS IT HALF RIGHT During a stump speech on the campaign trail, former governor and current Republican presidential candidate Jon Huntsman failed to address the facts of domestic oil and gas production. Huntsman didn’t… Read more »
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THE BALANCE SHEET | Oct 25, 2011
2011-10-25
Our weekly update to unravel the industry and political spin around the energy debate   IN CASE YOU MISSED IT NEXT API AND EXXONMOBIL WILL BE COUNTING LEMONADE STANDS The Washington Post’s Steven Mufson and Jia Lynn Yang looked at API’s questionable use of “induced” jobs in their claims of job creation. For instance, API… Read more »
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THE BALANCE SHEET | Oct 12, 2011
2011-10-12
Our weekly update to unravel the industry and political spin around the energy debate   IN CASE YOU MISSED IT DISCLOSING THE ‘TRUE TIES’ OF OP-ED WRITERS Fifty current and former journalists, media professors and media professionals joined The Checks and Balances Project to ask The New York Times to end the pervasive practice of… Read more »
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THE BALANCE SHEET for Oct 4, 2011
2011-10-4
Our weekly update to unravel the industry and political spin around the energy debate IN CASE YOU MISSED IT FUNNY NUMBERS FROM WESTERN ENERGY ALLIANCE The Western Energy Alliance chose to ignore market forces in its analysis of public lands leasing data. According to the EIA, the wellhead price of natural gas has been fluctuating… Read more »
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THE BALANCE SHEET | Sept 28, 2011
2011-09-28
Our weekly update to unravel the industry and political spin around the energy debate IN CASE YOU MISSED IT WHITE HOUSE CONTINUES PUSH FOR BIG OIL TO PAY FAIR SHARE On Monday, the White House unveiled the “President’s Plan for Economic Growth and Deficit Reduction” which included cutting billions in wasteful taxpayer-funded subsidies to the… Read more »
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