Regulatory
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August 20, 2025
The Railroad Commission of Texas assessed over $3.5 million in enforcement docket fines against oil and gas operators and businesses at the Commissioners’ open meeting on Tuesday.
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August 20, 2025
The U.S. Interior Department on Tuesday released its offshore leasing schedule under Trump's One Big Beautiful Bill, garnering support from several energy sector agencies.
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August 18, 2025
Brazilian oil company Prio said Monday that the local regulator, ANP, has mandated a production halt at the Peregrino FPSO due to necessary improvements in risk management documentation and adjustments to the deluge system, according to a Reuters report.
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August 14, 2025
A South African court has overturned a decision granting TotalEnergies environmental authorization for an oil exploration block offshore the country’s west coast, ruling that the environmental impact assessment for the block was “deeply flawed."
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August 13, 2025
Brazil’s state-controlled oil company received permission from regulators to perform emergency response drills near the mouth of the Amazon River, a crucial step toward winning approval to explore in a region the company has been pushing to access for years.
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August 04, 2025
OPEC+ closed a two-year chapter in its oil strategy on Sunday with the last in a series of bumper oil production increases. But it left crude traders with a cliffhanger, as delegates emphasized privately that the next move could just as easily be a cut as a hike.
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August 01, 2025
Partners in Kazakhstan’s second-largest oil field won a case in a local court over environmental fine that could have exceeded $4 billion, the venture said.
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July 31, 2025
The review comes as Namibia pursues first oil production from its Orange Basin discoveries by 2029 and is geared towards strengthening the competitiveness of investing in the country’s upstream petroleum sector.
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July 30, 2025
A new venue, a record number of exhibitors and more than 80 breakout sessions were all part of a new-look package for the more than 1,000 people – including oil and gas and pipeline operators and industry representatives – who attended the Railroad Commission of Texas’ 2025 Regulatory Conference.
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July 29, 2025
The Trump administration and EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin have reversed the 2009 ‘endangerment finding’, which made greenhouse gases, including CO₂, subject to agency regulation. Texas Railroad Commissioner Wayne Christian voiced his support of the ruling.
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July 25, 2025
House Republicans are moving forward with plans to pull U.S. funding for the International Energy Agency, saying the group has abandoned objectivity when it comes to projecting the growth of clean energy.
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July 2025
A recent court decision highlights the responsibility that operator leadership has to maintain worker safety in the field and how the industry must strive to maintain a culture of incident prevention.
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July 2025
Pragmatism can be found throughout a recent decision of the Texas Supreme Court that has significant repercussions for oil and gas activity throughout the state.
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July 22, 2025
A group of eight oil and natural gas trade associations are calling on lawmakers in the U.S. House of Representatives to “take swift action on permitting reform,” in a letter to Chairman Bruce Westerman ahead of an oversight hearing tomorrow in the House Natural Resources Committee.
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July 18, 2025
California Governor Gavin Newsom is proposing a bill to streamline permitting for new oil wells that environmental groups say would wipe out scrutiny of the industry.
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July 17, 2025
"The revisions announced will do much to streamline the program and ensure taxpayer funds are used efficiently to plug as many orphaned wells as possible," wrote Railroad Commission of Texas Chairman Jim Wright.
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July 17, 2025
Wind and solar projects being constructed on federal land will be required to undergo a new review process at the U.S. Interior Department, under a new Trump administration directive that could slow the approval of projects.
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July 15, 2025
Argent LNG has initiated a comprehensive EPC partner review in preparation for entering the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) pre-filing and permitting process for its 25 MMtpa LNG export project in Port Fourchon, Louisiana.
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July 11, 2025
Saudi Arabia raised crude output far above its OPEC+ quota last month, joining other producers in a rush to export oil out of the Persian Gulf as Israel went to war with Iran, according to the International Energy Agency.
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July 10, 2025
With OPEC+ nearing the end of a first phase of major output hikes, the market’s attention is turning to what will come after, say Goldman Sachs analysts. The organization and its allies have been voluntarily holding back a second, smaller tranche of supply, propping up oil prices.
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July 09, 2025
Kuwait Petroleum Corp., Kuwait’s state oil company, said OPEC+’s latest super-sized supply hike and recent interactions with customers suggest persistent demand growth beyond the summer driving season.
