Petroleum Independent articles from January 1995

Petroleum Independent archives from January 1995

Producers reject Clinton's do-nothing strategy. (independent petroleum producers)
January 1, 1995... Independent producers are stunned and disappointed by President Clinton's Feb. 16 response to a Commerce Department finding that oil imports threaten to impair national security. "The good news is the president agreed that oil imports pose a...

Legislation promises help. (bills affecting the petroleum and natural gas industries)
January 1, 1995... U.S. congressmen have introduced a slew of bills affecting the oil and natural gas industry the first weeks of the new Congress - and more legislation is expected. Some key bills introduced so far include: HR. 70, S.70 - These bills, sponsored...

Price predictions vary. (natural gas)
January 1, 1995... Some natural gas producers are cutting production in response to the lowest prices in three years. Analyst Vinod K. Dar, senior advisor, RCG/Hagler, Bailly Inc., believes deliverability, capital spending and gas consumption suggest that between...

NAPE '95. (North American Prospect Expo 1995)
January 1, 1995... Independent oil and natural gas producer Robert Garst can't say enough good things about this year's North American Prospect Expo. That's not surprising. What normally might have taken up to six months to accomplish finding a partner to buy a...

Senate Committee on Finance. (The 104th Congress: Key Committees Will Guide Energy Issues)
January 1, 1995... Party Ratio: R 11 - D 9 Telephone: 202/224-4515 Minority: 202/224-5315 Room Number: 205 Dirksen 203 Hart Jurisdiction: Revenue measures generally; bonded debt of the United States; customs, collection districts, and ports of entry and delivery;...

Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (The 104th Congress: Key Committees Will Guide Energy Issues)
January 1, 1995... Party Ratio: R 10 - D 8 Telephone: 202/224-4971 Minority: 202/224-4971 Room Number: 364 Dirksen 312 Dirksen Jurisdiction: National Energy Policy, including international energy affairs and emergency preparedness; strategic petroleum reserves;...

Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works. (The 104th Congress: Key Committees Will Guide Energy Issues)
January 1, 1995... Party Ratio: R 9- D 7 Telephone: 202/224-6176 Minority 202/224-8832 Room Number: 410 Dirksen 456 Dirksen Jurisdiction: Environmental policy, research and development; air, water and noise pollution; construction and maintenance of highways;...

House Committee on Ways and Means. (The 104th Congress: Key Committees Will Guide Energy Issues)
January 1, 1995... Party Ratio: R 21 - D 15 Telephone: 202/225-3625 Minority: 202/225-4021 Room Number: 1102 Longworth 1106 Longworth Jurisdiction: Customs, collection districts, and ports of entry and delivery; reciprocal trade agreements; revenue measures...

House Committee on Resources. (The 104th Congress: Key Committees Will Guide Energy Issues)
January 1, 1995... Party Ratio: R 25 - D 20 Telephone: 202/225-2761 Minority: 202/225-6065 Room Number: 1324 Longworth 1329 Longworth Jurisdiction: Fisheries and wildlife, including research, restoration, refuges, and conservation; forest reserves and national...

Energy and minerals resources subcommittee of the House Resources Committee. (The 104th Congress: Key Committees Will Guide Energy Issues)
January 1, 1995... Telephone: 202/226-7393 Room Number: 1324 Longworth Ken Calvert (Calif.), chairman Republicans John J. "Jimmy" Duncan Jr. (Tenn.) Joel Hefley (Colo.) J.D. Hayworth (Ariz.) Frank A. Cremeans (Ohio) Barbara Cubin (Wyo.) Helen Chenoweth...

House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. (The 104th Congress: Key Committees Will Guide Energy Issues)
January 1, 1995... Party Ratio: R 33 - D 28 Telephone: 202/225-9446 Minority: 202/225-4472 Room Number: 2165 Rayburn 2163 Rayburn Jurisdiction: Coast Guard, including lifesaving service, lighthouses, lightships, ocean derelicts, and the Coast Guard Academy;...

Water resources and environment subcommittee of the house transportation and infrastructure committee. (The 104th Congress: Key Committees Will Guide Energy Issues)
January 1, 1995... Telephone: 202/225-4360 Room: B376 Rayburn Sherwood Boehlert (N.Y.), chairman; Zach Wamp (Tenn.), vice chairman Republicans Don Young (Alaska) Tom Petri (Wis.) Herbert H. Bateman (Va.) Bill Emerson (Mo.) Bill Zeliff (N.H.) Thomas W. Ewing...

House Committee on Commerce. (The 104th Congress: Key Committees Will Guide Energy Issues)
January 1, 1995... Party Ratio: R 25 - D 21 Telephone: 202/225-2927 Minority: 202/225-3641 Room Number: 2125 Rayburn 2322 Rayburn Jurisdiction: Biomedical research and development; consumer affairs and consumer protection; health and health facilities, except...

Commerce, trade and hazardous materials subcommittee of the house commerce committee. (The 104th Congress: Key Committees Will Guide Energy Issues)
January 1, 1995... Telephone: 202/225-2927 Room: 2125 Rayburn Jurisdiction: Solid waste, hazardous waste and toxic substances, including Superfund and RCRA, excluding mining, oil and gas, and coal combustion wastes (Bevill wastes); noise pollution control;...

Energy and power subcommittee of the house commerce committee. (The 104th Congress: Key Committees Will Guide Energy Issues)
January 1, 1995... Telephone: 202/225-2927 Room: 2125 Rayburn Jurisdiction: National energy policy generally; fossil energy, renewable energy resources and synthetic fuels, energy conservation, energy regulation, and utilization; utility issues and regulation of...

Executive office of the president. (The 104th Congress: Key Committees Will Guide Energy Issues)
January 1, 1995... The executive branch includes, along with the departments, the executive office of the president and various agencies, commissions and corporations. The primary agency through which the president manages the executive branch is the Office of...

The push is on: IPAA leadership takes message to Capitol Hill. (Independent Petroleum Association of America) (Cover Story)
January 1, 1995... Cloudy skies and cold temperatures did not discourage more than 130 independent producers from visiting congressional and regulatory offices in the nation's capital Feb. 7. About 150 senators, representatives and their aides heard from members of...

Rep. Archer sees tough choices ahead. (House Representative Bill Archer) (Cover Story)
January 1, 1995... "I'm sure you sense a change in the environment here in Washington, and to me, it is exceedingly exciting," said the new chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee to the Feb. 8 gathering of independent producers in Washington. However,...

Bracing words for independents. (independent petroleum producers) (Cover Story)
January 1, 1995... Independents can look to the new Republican leadership in Congress for concrete improvements in the way they do business, especially in the area of regulatory reform, according to Republican National Committee Chairman Haley Barbour. Barbour,...

Door-to-door lobbying for regulatory change. (petroleum industry) (Cover Story)
January 1, 1995... Each year independents spend billions of dollars complying with burdensome environmental regulations and legislation. Earl Sims, Vastar Resources, Houston, is determined to do something about it. On Feb. 7, as part of the IPAA Executive...

IPAA leadership approves 1995 initiatives. (Independent Petroleum Producers of America)
January 1, 1995... A new Independent Producer Agenda, the document that lays out the legislative goals agreed upon by the Independent Petroleum Association of America and cooperating associations, was approved by the Executive Committee during its Feb. 8 business...

Regulatory reform gains new momentum. (petroleum industry)
January 1, 1995... There is a tremendous amount of activity in Congress concerning regulatory reform in general and environmental regulatory reform specifically, according to Senior Vice President and General Counsel Barry Russell. "Since we believe none of our...

An advocate for producers. (interview with Senator Frank Murkowski) (Interview)
January 1, 1995... Q & A with Sen. Frank Murkowski Editor's Note - Sen. Frank Murkowski (R-Alaska) is chairman of the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. In the 104th Congress, he has introduced legislation calling for repeal of the ban on export of...