The Colorado Oil & Gas Association (COGA) and the American Petroleum Institute’s Colorado Petroleum Council (CPC) jointly sued the City of Thornton on Oct. 10 over new regulations that the trade associations said could hurt jobs, raise energy costs to Colorado consumers, and hurt the state’s economy. Source: News

The light, sweet crude oil price rose slightly on the New York market Oct. 20 but settled below $52/bbl. The Brent December crude oil in London rose modestly to settle at $57.75/bbl, which analysts said stemmed from disruptions to production from northern Iraq. Source: News

Proposed US House legislation to extend federal offshore oil and gas revenue sharing to four Mid-Atlantic coastal states and Alaska drew strong fire from a House Natural Resources subcommittee’s Democrats because it also would let the US Interior secretary schedule Outer Continental Shelf lease sales that are not part of an existing 5-year management program. […]

Governments should refrain from making energy choices because they make poor energy choices. History is clear about this. Yet the Trump administration is repeating errors of its predecessors. Source: News

Despite the low oil-price environment that industry finds itself in as of late, examples of the educational and entrepreneurial spirit abound. Source: News

Venezuelans know they would not be confronting only the authoritarian regime of President Nicolas Maduro if they resumed protests after yet another political failure. Source: News