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BP Discovers Huge Oil Store in Gulf of Mexico

Firm drills world's deepest oil well, finds 3B barrels

Sep 2, 09 2:59 PM CDT
(Newser) - BP discovered a massive oil cache under the Gulf of Mexico after drilling the world’s deepest exploration well, Bloomberg reports. The discovery at Tiber Prospect may hold reserves equivalent to 3 billion barrels. In order to find it, BP engineers drilled to a total depth of 35,055 feet—... More »

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Gulf of Mexico • oil field • oil drilling • oil industry • offshore drilling • British Petroleum • BP Plc

(Newser) - The Peruvian Army has imposed a curfew and set up checkpoints following deadly clashes with indigenous tribes protesting plans to drill for oil and gas in ancestral homelands in the Amazon region, reports the BBC. Dozens of people, both police and protesters, were killed in the clashes that mark the... More »

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ecology • Peru • protests • Lima • Indian Tribes • Shining Path • green • oil drilling • protesters • Amazon rainforest • Amazon • Indians

(Newser) - Oil trapped deep in the Gulf of Mexico could help ease the US-Cuba trade ban and decades of strained relations, the Washington Post reports. With 5 billion to 20 billion barrels of crude lying untapped in Cuba's territorial waters, some experts argue it's time for US companies to help drill... More »

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Fidel Castro • Cuba • Raul Castro • Gulf of Mexico • oil exploration • oil drilling

(Newser) - It doesn't pay to drill, baby, drill anymore. Falling world prices have brought an end to the boom in domestic drilling for oil and natural gas, the New York Times reports. Last summer, 2,400 gas and oil rigs were deployed in the hunt for energy. Today, that figure is... More »

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recession • gas prices • natural gas • oil drilling • oil prices • domestic oil production • lay-offs

(Newser) - Interior chief Ken Salazar isn't quite ready to drill, baby, drill. Salazar said today that a last-minute Bush initiative opening up millions of offshore acres to oil drilling would be shelved pending a 6-month review, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. The policy affects much of the East and West... More »

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Bush administration • Barack Obama • environment • Ken Salazar • moratorium • oil drilling • Obama administration • offshore drilling

Bush Policies Will Blow Through Nat'l Parks for Years

Putting commerce over conservation, White House stifled scientists' protests

Jan 25, 09 1:40 PM CST
(Newser) - Views of spacious skies and purple mountain majesties in US national parks may soon be interrupted by industrial roads and power lines, after years of Bush policies that pushed commerce over conservation, reports the Los Angeles Times. And unlike the many decisions that President Obama can quickly reverse, the changes... More »

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Bush administration • conservation • Department of the Interior • natural resources • oil drilling • national park • National Park Service • Bureau of Land Management

Student May Face Fed Charges for Fake Drilling Bids

Activist infiltrated auction, won 22,000 acres
of federal land at auction in protest

Jan 12, 09 4:40 AM CST
(Newser) - A Utah college activist may face federal charges and jail for making bids he can't afford on scenic tracts in a federal drilling auction last month, the Washington Post reports. Economics student Tim DeChristopher wielded his red auction paddle 13 times to snag $1.8 million in property before federal... More »

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Bush administration • auction • Utah • activist • oil drilling • national park • environmentalists • domestic oil production

 Greenland Votes for Self-Rule 

Danish territory wants to control own police force, oil fields

Nov 26, 08 10:52 AM CST
(Newser) - Three-fourths of the Greenlanders who voted in yesterday’s referendum on self-rule want more autonomy from Denmark, Time reports. The historic vote—which must still be adopted by parliaments in Copenhagen and Nuuk—puts the world’s largest island on the path to becoming the first independent Inuit state. But... More »

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independence • Greenland • Denmark • oil drilling • Inuit • autonomy

Texas Energy Boom Goes Bust

High oil, gas prices insulated state from economic turmoil,
but no longer

Nov 5, 08 10:28 AM CST
(Newser) - Oil’s tumbling price is causing the Texas economy to slip, narrowing the economic gap between it and the rest of the US as unemployment flares and tax revenues and housing prices slide, reports the Wall Street Journal. “Until 30 days ago, there was no feeling at all that... More »

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Texas • gas prices • oil drilling • oil prices • financial crisis

 Dems Ditch Ban on 
 Offshore Drilling 

Current moratorium expires Oct. 1, GOP hails victory

Sep 24, 08 2:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - Democrats are removing a ban on offshore drilling from the budget resolution to avoid a White House veto, Politico reports. The move aims "to take a budget standoff of the table so we can address the larger Bush financial crisis," said a spokesman for House Speaker Nancy Pelos.... More »

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Nancy Pelosi • oil • congressional Democrats • House Democrats • Roy Blunt • budget dispute • oil drilling • bailout • offshore oil

OPINION

Why McCain Longs for 19th Century Fuels

He's making every debate, even energy, a 'cultural wedge issue'

Sep 14, 08 3:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Why are Republicans chanting "drill, baby, drill," a call for an outdated, 19th-century technology like fossil fuels? Because they are turning every political debate into a cultural "wedge Issue," Thomas Friedman writes in the New York Times—"including even energy policy, no matter how stupid... More »

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energy • John McCain • oil • politics • Thomas Friedman • oil drilling • campaign issues

Democrats Switch Policy to Back Offshore Drilling

GOP pressure, $4 gas behind sea change on energy position

Sep 12, 08 2:04 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Democrats are tossing a big part of their environmental policy overboard to reach a compromise on offshore drilling, reports the New York Times. A shift in public opinion, coupled with Republican pressure on the issue, has convinced the party to reverse its long-held opposition to back a deal allowing... More »

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Nancy Pelosi • oil • congressional Democrats • House Democrats • energy bill • oil drilling • offshore oil • energy policy

OPINION

 Palin Perfect on 
 Energy: 'Drill, Drill, Drill' 

Alaskan gov's call to 'drill, drill, drill' will resonate

Sep 3, 08 12:20 PM CDT
(Newser) - Sarah Palin’s Alaska experience gives her just the right expertise for a year when the price of gasoline is going to be the hot-button issue, writes Larry Kudlow in National Review. Her energy policy? “I call it drill, drill, drill,” says Kudlow approvingly. "Our abundant country... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • oil drilling • Sarah Palin • ANWR

OPINION

Palin Pick Completes De-Greening of McCain

Green voters left with one choice after McCain ceases being a maverick

Sep 3, 08 2:46 AM CDT
(Newser) - John McCain's choice of Sarah Palin completes his transformation from the most green-leaning GOP candidate for years into just another mouthpiece for Big Oil, Thomas L. Friedman writes in the New York Times. Palin backs drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, and she does not believe humans play any... More »

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climate change • John McCain • environment • environmentalism • oil drilling • Sarah Palin • energy policy

 Bush to Tour Post-Gustav La. 

President will visit tomorrow

Sep 2, 08 4:02 PM CDT
(AP) - President Bush will travel to Louisiana tomorrow to survey the damage caused by Hurricane Gustav. He met today with Dick Cheney, several Cabinet secretaries, and about 20 other advisers to assess the damage the hurricane caused to Gulf Coast oil drilling and refining operations. He said it's too early to... More »

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Louisiana • tropical storms • oil drilling • George W. Bush • property damage • offshore oil • Hurricane Gustav

ANALYSIS

Palin All for Drilling—and Has Been Tough on Big Oil

Positions put McCain's running mate in good stead with more than just conservatives

Aug 29, 08 4:50 PM CDT
(Newser) - Gov. Sarah Palin wants the US to drill for oil, offshore or in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in her home state. Not only does recent drilling convert John McCain get backup, Andrew Leonard writes in Salon, but Dems will have a hard time branding Palin a pawn of Big... More »

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John McCain • Alaska • oil drilling • Election 2008 • oil crisis • Sarah Palin • offshore oil

 GOP Leaves
 Alaska Drilling
 Off Platform

Policy committee shelves difference with McCain—for now, at least

Aug 27, 08 1:37 PM CDT
(Newser) - The committee assembling the Republican Party’s election platform has officially taken drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge off the table, in an effort to help John McCain’s presidential campaign, the AP reports. McCain doesn’t support tapping the protected lands, and committee members say they’d rather... More »

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John McCain • environment • oil drilling • Arctic National Wildlife Refuge • energy policy • Republican platform

GOP Energy-Bill Protest Could Overlap With Dem Convention

Letter turns up heat on Pelosi to reconvene

Aug 7, 08 3:29 PM CDT
(Newser) - Republicans say their measures to suspend the House’s August recess and force a vote on a national energy bill could continue until just before the Democratic National Convention—or beyond, the Hill reports. “Republicans will not rest until we have an honest, up-or-down vote on the American Energy... More »

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Nancy Pelosi • Congress • Republican • Democratic National Convention • John Boehner • oil drilling • House Republicans

Opinion

 Oil Rhetoric Gets Silly

Promises get bigger, and policy gets dumber

Aug 6, 08 10:31 AM CDT
(Newser) - It might as well be a mathematical formula: High gas prices + oncoming election = stupid policy, writes Ruth Marcus in the Washington Post. John McCain, once the possessor of a sensible energy plan, now screeches incessantly about outer-continental shelf drilling, as though this would instantly solve the energy... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • Obama 2008 • gas prices • oil drilling • McCain 2008 • strategic petroleum reserve • energy policy

GOP Boosts Effort to Force Oil-Drilling Vote

House protest will last 'as long as it takes' to get Dems back to DC

Aug 4, 08 3:47 PM CDT
(Newser) - House Republicans said today reinforcements are on the way in their attempt to force the Democratic majority to interrupt the August recess and vote on domestic oil drilling. “There are plans underway to be here into next week,” Rep. Mike Pence told Politico. “We will be here... More »

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Mike Pence • oil drilling • House Republicans • National Lampoon's Vacation

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