A coalition of more than 400 environmental organizations and individuals planned to formally ask the Obama administration to stop new federal fossil fuel leasing on public lands and oceans in the US. Oil and gas trade associations and other business groups quickly called the idea unrealistic. Source: News

Energy policy helps explain why real estate mogul Donald Trump dominates competition to become the Republican Party’s candidate in the 2016 presidential election. Source: News

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A double-dip in oil prices over the past few months has dashed hopes raised in May that prices would hold steady at $60/bbl. Source: News

Money is the second-best reason for colleges and universities not to shed oil and gas investments. Source: News

Making offshore oil and gas operations safer is never far from some people’s minds. Recent reports and ongoing activities remind the rest of us that it still matters. Source: News

Williams Cos. Inc., Tulsa, reported an expansion of gas-gathering services in growing dry gas production areas of the Utica shale in eastern Ohio. Source: News

The board of Oil Search Ltd. has unanimously rejected Woodside Petroleum Ltd.’s takeover bid for the company, calling Woodside’s move highly opportunistic and one that grossly undervalues Oil Search (OGJ Online, Sept. 8, 2015). Source: News

In its most recent Short-Term Energy Outlook, the US Energy Information Administration reported it expects global oil consumption to increase 1.2 million b/d in 2015 and 1.3 million b/d in 2016. Source: News

Crude oil production in October from seven major US shale plays is expected to drop 80,000 b/d to 5.21 million b/d, according to the US Energy Information Administration’s latest Drilling Productivity Report (DPR). Source: News