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Prairie chicken habitat has been decimated by drought and energy development. Clay Nichols, an FWS lesser prairie chicken biologist, said existing conservation programs would continue to provide Endangered Species Act “coverage” permits for landowners and energy companies if the listing decision is finalized. “Infrastructure to support urban development or energy development, if those things are placed adequately, you can avoid impacts to lesser prairie chicken,” Nichols said. “But if they’re placed in lesser prairie chicken habitat, there is potential for impacts there.” The ag...

Pfluger, Cuellar introduce bill to expand liquified natural gas exports Special to the Bulletin WASHINGTON, D.C. — Representatives August Pfluger (TX-11) and Henry Cuellar (TX-28) introduced Tuesday the Natural Gas Export Expansion Act, a bipartisan bill to expand expedited approval of all liquified natural gas (LNG) export permit applications to any country except those subject to sanctions or trade restrictions imposed by the United States, or those excluded by the President for Congress for reasons of national security.  The Senate version of the bill has been introduced by Senator T...

U.S. crude oil production dropped by more than 1 million barrels per day last week during Texas’s deep freeze, equalling the largest weekly fall ever, and refining runs tumbled to levels not seen since 2008, the Energy Information Administration said on Wednesday. Source: Reuters Overall output fell by 1.1 million bpd to 9.7 million bpd in the week to Feb. 19, the EIA said, as the brutal cold forced most of the state’s power grid offline, and oil operators and refiners were forced to shut as components and pipelines froze. Some analysts had estimated far higher figures for production decl...

The Globe and Mail David Gaffen Bookmark Please log in to listen to this story. Also available in French and Mandarin. Log In Create Free Account Getting audio file ... This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy. Full Disclaimer U.S. crude oil production dropped by more than 1 million barrels per day last week during Texas’s deep freeze, equalling the largest weekly fall ever, and refining runs tumbled to levels not seen since 2008, the Energy Information Administration said on Wednesday. Overall output fell by 1.1 million bpd to 9.7 mil...

A group of organizations linked to the Texas oil and gas industry aims to end routine natural gas flaring in the state by 2030. A group of organizations linked to the Texas oil and gas industry on Wednesday reported that they aim to end routine natural gas flaring in the state by 2030. The announcement from the Texas Methane and Flaring Coalition follows a decision Tuesday by the state’s energy regulator to defer flaring requests from various operating companies. A Bloomberg article posted to Rigzone deems the stance taken by the Railroad Commission of Texas (RRC) “uncharacteristically c...