Minister Ali al-Naimi scoffed at U.S. leaders who extol energy independence, especially from the Middle East, as a political goal.
Energy & Mining
Signature collection starts for oil tax referendum
With the signature booklets hot off the printers, opponents of a controversial tax cut for oil companies should be able to start gathering support for their referendum Tuesday.
Stedman: Oil tax break a ‘gift’ to industry
Sen. Bert Stedman calls this year’s rollback of state taxes a “gift” to the oil industry. And while he’s not unhappy with many of the structural changes to the oil tax scheme in Senate Bill 21, he says the numbers just don’t make sense.
Greenpeace searching for Arctic whistleblowers
Greenpeace is trying to coax would-be whistleblowers to come out against the Arctic oil companies they work for.
Shell’s Arctic ‘beer can’ passes federal test in Puget Sound
It took several tries, and neither Shell nor the federal government announced the results. But a contractor successfully deployed Shell’s Arctic oil-spill containment system in Samish Bay in March.
Group files to begin tax repeal process; ConocoPhillips plans additional rig on Kuparuk
A new non-partisan group seeking repeal of an oil tax cut has filed an application with the Division of Elections to begin a petition drive.