BAE Systems recently was awarded a $29.4 million U.S. Navy contract to provide maintenance services for the USS Gettysburg (CG 64). Read More »

Peter Langley, formerly deputy chief of staff and legislative director for Michigan state Senate Majority Leader Arlan Meekhof, will be the American Petroleum Institute’s (API) new executive director of API-Michigan. Read More »

CACI International will continue supporting the U.S. Army Intelligence and Information Warfare Directorate (I2WD) through its Development, Engineering and Protection Services (DEPS) project, following a recent multi-million-dollar task order. Read More »

The Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) recently released “Ten Thousand Commandments: An Annual Snapshot of the Federal Regulatory State,” which shows that federal regulations and interventions cost U.S. consumers and the economy $1.885 trillion in 2015. Read More »

Following a Colorado Supreme Court decision that maintains the state’s primacy in oil and natural gas permitting, Colorado Petroleum Council Executive Director Tracee Bentley celebrated the decision, which removes the threat of federal bans on hydraulic fracturing. Read More »

The American Petroleum Institute's (API) New York executive director, Karen Moreau, recently criticized the state's policies regarding hydraulic fracturing and natural gas pipelines. Read More »

Karen Mouritsen, who previously has worked in the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and the Interior Department, will take over as the BLM Eastern States Office director on May 31, succeeding John Ruhs, who became the BLM Nevada state director last year. Read More »

The American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity recently used National Train Day to highlight how environmental regulations are harming the U.S. coal industry and could impact the nation’s rail system, where coal takes up a very large chunk of rail tonnage. Read More »

Quay County, New Mexico, is the site of Duke Energy Renewables' new solar energy project, the Caprock Solar Power Project, on which the company recently began construction. Read More »

The House Energy and Commerce Committee advanced two energy bills this week that aim to help states implement new federal ozone standards and develop advanced nuclear-reactor technology. Read More »

The American Energy Alliance and Concerned Veterans for America recently sent a joint letter to Congress, calling for the legislative body to overrule President Obama's executive orders demanding that the Department of Defense (DoD) take steps to reduce its environmental impact. Read More »

Houston-based oil and gas company EOG Resources recently said it has successfully used natural gas in the hydraulic-fracture drilling of 15 mature horizontal oil wells, a process that could reduce the costs of oil production in the U.S., the American Legislative Exchange Council said. Read More »

The American Petroleum Institute (API) recently spoke out after the Environmental Protection Agency recently unveiled the final version of new methane-emissions regulations for the oil and gas industry, arguing that the regulations are redundant and likely will hinder the ongoing shale boom in natural gas production. Read More »

British Petroleum (BP) recently confirmed that it has increased production at the Nidoco North 1X exploration well and the Nidoco North West 4 development well in the Nooros field in Egypt’s Nile Delta. Read More »

The Arch Coal Foundation recently announced the winners of its 16th Arch Coal Teacher Achievement Awards, an annual recognition of 10 exceptional Wyoming teachers. Read More »

National Iranian Tanker Company (NITC) Managing Director Ali-Akbar Safaei recently told international commodities markets that Iranian oil tankers no longer face any obstacles when travelling to international ports, now that the proper insurance certificates have been issued, with shipping sanctions having already been lifted. Read More »

The Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI) commended the Senate for recently passing the $37.5 billion Energy and Water Development Appropriations bill for fiscal 2017, which includes large nuclear energy investments. Read More »

National Mining Association (NMA) President and CEO Hal Quinn spoke out recently against the Department of the Interior’s moratorium on new coal-lease sales on federal land, calling the move politically motivated. Read More »

The American Energy Alliance (AEA) recently advocated passage of H.R. 4768, the Separation of Powers Restoration Act, which would do away with the "Chevron deference" and require courts to evaluate ambiguous laws, instead of ceding that power to federal agencies. Read More »

British Petroleum (BP) recently doubled its interest in the U.K. Central North Sea’s Cuzlean development, a gas-condensate field discovered in 2008 that is expected to yield enough gas to meet 5 percent of U.K. demand by 2020 or 2021. Read More »