2018 saw increases in Texas crude oil and natural gas production despite stalled industry job growth, according to a recent report from the Texas Independent Producers & Royalty Owners Association (TIPRO). TIPRO reports that the state’s crude oil...
The Texas oil and natural gas industry appears to be doing more with less. Crude oil and natural gas production continues to rise despite flat job growth, a new report from the Texas Independent Producers & Royalty Owners Association reveals. Tex...
A plan purportedly under consideration by the Trump administration to replace tariffs on steel imported from Canada and Mexico with a quota system would "cripple expansion of U.S. oil and natural gas production because of supply restrictions," accord...
The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative is considering replacing the current 25 percent tariffs on Mexican and Canadian steel imports with restrictive import quotas under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962. Such a move could prospecti...
As the Trump administration prepares to sign the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement — one of its greatest accomplishments to date — the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) is reportedly considering replacing the current 25-percent tariffs on Me...
Houston — The planned signing of a free trade agreement among the US, Canada and Mexico is expected to ease tensions among the three countries, but a proposal reportedly under consideration by US trade officials regarding US steel imports might spel...
The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) is reportedly considering replacing the current 25 percent tariffs on Mexican and Canadian steel imports with restrictive import quotas under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962. Such a mo...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently unveiled new improvements for the 2016 New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) for the oil and gas industry, which seek to align regulatory requirements in keeping with President Donald Trump’s ...
The Interior Department last month unveiled final revisions to an Obama-era rule aimed at curbing methane emissions from oil and natural gas operations on federal lands. The Environmental Protection Agency also recently announced proposed improvement...
Candidates and political pundits often claim each election is the most important one ever . While this has become something of a cliché in politics, this election cycle does seem inimitable in many ways. Regardless of one’s political views, all vote...
WASHINGTON — Ask Rep. Beto O’Rourke what his election to the Senate would mean for Texas’ business community, and he has a long answer. Better workforce training. Universal pre-K. Increased access to higher education. No more government shutdowns. A ...
This month, the U.S. Interior Department unveiled final revisions to an Obama-era rule aimed at curbing methane emissions from oil and natural gas operations on federal lands. The Environmental Protection Agency also recently announced proposed impro...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently unveiled new improvements for the 2016 New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) for the oil and gas industry, which seek to align regulatory requirements in keeping with President Donald Trump’s ...
As the oil and gas industry grapples with tariffs on imported steel and a byzantine process for bypassing them, the Independent Petroleum Association of America (IPAA) urged the Trump administration to "understand and address" the unintended conseque...
Representatives of the oil and gas upstream industry on Thursday praised a move by the Trump administration that would allow companies to seek exemption from quotas on imports of steel and aluminum products from three countries under certain circumst...
The trade war between the United States and China is placing at risk the multibillion-dollar construction market for new liquefied natural gas terminals around the U.S. At one point, American exports of the superchilled natural gas to China were hail...
Canada, the largest oil exporter to the United States, was not included in a bilateral trade announcement from President Trump. Aug. 28 (UPI) -- Industry groups representing the energy sector were upbeat about improved U.S. trade relations with Mexi...
After weeks of arduous renegotiations in an attempt to upend the 1994 North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), which bound together the economies of the United States, Mexico and Canada, President Trump on Monday declared victory and said he had ...
Texas exploration and production companies and Chinese refiners shared a collective sigh of relief following a recent decision to remove U.S. crude oil from the list of goods entangled in the ongoing U.S.-China trade war. Nevertheless, though U.S. cr...
