The American Petroleum Institute (API) recently reiterated its position on the benefits of increased domestic national gas production following a report from the Energy Information Administration (EIA) that shows consumers are paying less for electricity due to natural gas abundance. Read More »

The American Energy Alliance (AEA) recently announced the recipients of its inaugural American Energy Champion awards, which recognize senators and representatives who earned a 90 percent score or higher on the alliance’s American Energy Scorecard. Read More »

The American Petroleum Institute (API) recently showcased new data from Energy Information Administration (EIA), showing that the first half of 2016 saw carbon dioxide emissions from energy use drop to their lowest levels in 25 years. Read More »

General Dynamics Mission Systems recently won a $125.6 million follow-on contract to provide the Coast Guard Command, Control, and Communications Engineering Center with Rescue 21 program management, system support and maintenance and sustainment engineering support. Read More »

Experian recently launched a Military Lending Act (MLA) site to assist financial institutions wishing to provide lending services to active duty military members and their dependents and ensure that they operate in compliance with the new act. Read More »

Lockheed Martin recently celebrated the accomplishments of two of its executives and two executives from Sandia National Laboratories who won awards at the annual Hispanic Engineer National Achievement Awards Conference (HENAAC) in California. Read More »

To improve cooperation on environmental matters stemming from offshore hydrocarbon activities in the Gulf of Mexico, officials from the United States and Mexico recently signed a letter of intent on coordination and information sharing. Read More »

National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA) Industry Director Bill Hoyt was the co-chair at Impact Energy’s recent 2016 International Motor Summit for Energy Efficiency in Zurich, Switzerland. Read More »

Lockheed Martin recently won a contract bearing an initial value of $148.9 million from the U.S. Navy for the production of Surface Electronic Warfare Improvement Program (SEWIP) Block 2 systems to upgrade the fleet’s electronic warfare capabilities. Read More »

The American Petroleum Institute (API) is working to maintain the utility of its Weekly Statistical Bulletin (WSB) in light of a U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) decision to remove crude oil lease stocks from its total commercial crude inventory data. Read More »

At its recent annual corporate meeting, the American Gas Association elected Pierce Norton II, president and CEO of Oklahoma’s ONE Gas Inc., as the 2017 chair of its board of directors. Read More »

U.S. Sen. Dean Heller (R-NV) recently requested updates on veterans wait times and the disability claims backlog from U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Acting Under Secretary for Benefits Thomas Murphy. Read More »

With authorization from the U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), the Army Corps of Engineers and Horry County, South Carolina, will use sand from federal waters to restore the Garden City and Surfside Beach areas. Read More »

U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS) and Thad Cochran (R-MS) recently said two U.S. Navy contracts with Northrop Grumman that will increase production at the firm's Moss Point facility in Mississippi. Read More »

The Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI) applauded a recent decision by Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Executive Director of Operations Victor McCree to grant an appeal from Exelon Corp., finding that a new interpretation of existing regulations by NRC staff did not meet the standard to impose changes at two of the company’s power plants. Read More »

The National Mining Association recently awarded Vindex Energy’s Wolf Den Run mine, an Arch Coal Inc. mine in Maryland, with its Sentinels of Safety award for small-scale surface coal mines based on its 2015 safety performance. Read More »

Lockheed Martin recently delivered the first modernized Tactical Missile System (TACMS) missile to the U.S. Army as part of the Army’s inventory refurbishment effort under its TACMS Service Life Extension Program. Read More »

Vectrus subsidiary Vectrus Systems Corp. is one of five companies to recently win a position in the U.S. Navy’s Global Contingency Services (GCS) Multiple Award Contract (MAC) II, which will see the company assist in facility support and incidental construction. Read More »

Advanced IT Concepts (AITC) recently won a Medical Simulation Support Services (MS3) contract from the U.S. Army Product Manager for Medical Simulation (PM MedSim), which, if all options are exercised, carries a value of nearly $70 million. Read More »

The American Petroleum Institute (API) recently said the Environmental Protection Agency’s new ozone regulation does not accurately attribute ozone precursor emissions. Read More »