Oil

Gulf Oil Leases Spark Outcry But Little Revenue

September 4, 2016 Staff, www.loe.org Resist! Louisiana, Offshore Drilling, Oil

By Staff for Living on Earth. There's no question that the oil industry has some real economic problems facing it. They've got infrastructure out in the gulf that is absolutely falling apart. They are deciding not to repair that infrastructure. They have left, for example, 26,000 wells abandoned in the Gulf of Mexico. So they certainly do have stranded assets, but the only thing that drives this industry is profit. They're not going to do anything because for any other reason there was a rebuttal to our action written by the Louisiana oil and gas industry, and in that rebuttal, they tried to explain how they're helping flood victims and they call us to take for using the flood to attack them, when in fact, when they burn carbon, they melt our planet.

Open Corruption: Pro Dakota Pipeline Senator Invests Bakken Oil

September 2, 2016 Steve Horn, www.desmogblog.com Educate! Dakota Pipeline, Oil, Pipelines

By Steve Horn for Desmog - U.S. Senator John Hoeven (R-ND) has invested in in 68 different oil-producing wells in North Dakota named after an Indigenous tribe that opposes the Dakota pipeline U.S. Senator John Hoeven (R-ND) recently came out in support of the Dakota Access pipeline, the hotly contested Energy Transfer Partners-owned pipeline envisioned to move oil obtained via hydraulic fracturing (“fracking”) from North Dakota's Bakken Shale basin.

As Renewables Soar, Oil Industry Launches New PR Offensive

August 17, 2016 Andy Rowell, www.priceofoil.org Resist! Oil, Renewable Energy

By Andy Rowell for Oil Change International - As the renewable revolution gathers a pace, the oil industry has launched yet another PR offensive trying to rebrand fossil fuels as sustainable. So first the good news. The percentage of electricity generated by renewables in the world’s largest economies has soared by 70 per cent over the last five years, according to new research. Data compiled by the Bloomberg New Energy Finance research group for theFinancial Times reveals that a real “shift away from fossil fuels is starting to take hold in some regions”.

New Oil Train Rules Force Railroad Cos. To Plan For Worst

July 15, 2016 Natasha Geiling, www.thinkprogress.org Create! Oil, Railroads

By Natasha Geiling for Think Progress - A little over a month after a Union Pacific train carrying Bakken crude oil derailed outside of the tiny Oregon known of Mosier, the Department of Transportation has announced new rules aimed at ensuring that communities near oil train routes have adequate information and help in the event of an oil derailment. The new rules would, among other things, require railroad companies that ship oil by rail to come up with response plans in case of a worst-case scenario oil spill — something that most railroad companies are not currently required to do.

Protesters Arrested For Blocking Railroad In Call For Oil-by-Rail Moratorium

June 22, 2016 Phil McKenna, www.insideclimatenews.org Resist! Oil, oil-by-rail, Protesters Arrested, Protests

By Phil McKenna for Inside Climate News - Twenty-one activists were arrested in Vancouver, Wash. on Saturday in a protest calling for a permanent moratorium on shipping oil by rail in Oregon and Washington, to protect people and the environment. Approximately 100 protesters took part in the event, blocking trains along the Columbia River gorge. The protest followed the derailment of an oil train in the gorge on June 3 that erupted in flames, spilled 42,000 gallons of crude oil and forced hundreds of people to evacuate their homes.

Oregon Officials Want Hold On Oil Trains After Fiery Derailment

June 18, 2016 Staff, www.AP.org Resist! Oil, Oregon

By Staff of Associated Press - PORTLAND, Ore. — The fiery derailment of an oil train in Oregon's Columbia River Gorge has state transportation officials asking for a halt to the massive trains because of concerns their heavier weight could be putting extra strain on a certain type of bolt that fastens the rails to the tracks. The Oregon Department of Transportation discussed its concerns about the safety of the so-called "lag bolts" in a presentation Thursday to the Oregon Transportation Commission and made public a letter it mailed to the Federal Railroad Administration on June 8 asking for the moratorium.

Oregon Oil Train Explosion Fuels Growing Opposition Movement

June 15, 2016 Sarah Gilman, www.hcn.org Resist! Fossil Fuels, Oil, Oregon

By Sarah Gilman for High Country News - Tucked against the steep forests and cliffs of the Columbia River Gorge on Oregon’s northern border, the town of Mosier is a modest collection of wooden homes and narrow streets that climb through oaks and droop-topped Douglas fir. From Mosier’s heart, the vast Columbia itself is invisible beyond a screen of trees, Interstate 84, and an increasingly crowded set of railroad tracks. It’s surprisingly quiet here on a sweltering Sunday in June.

The Arctic Oil Boom Is Over As Oil Companies Agree

June 11, 2016 Jason Schwartz, www.greenpeace.org Educate! Arctic drilling, Drilling, Oil

By Jason Schwartz for Green Peace - Now that Spanish oil company Repsol has relinquished the last of its 93 leases in the Chukchi Sea, only one leaseholder is left — Shell. Why the company is holding onto a single lease after losing billions of dollars and any reputation for competence it might have had is anybody’s guess. But the fact remains: drilling in the Arctic is dangerous and expensive for oil companies, catastrophic for the environment, and unwelcome by the communities who live there.

Oil Train Derails Near Mosier In Oregon’s Columbia River Gorge

June 4, 2016 Tony Hernandez, www.oregonlive.com Educate! Oil, Oregon

By Tony Hernandez for The Oregonian - A multi-car oil train derailment Friday in the Columbia River Gorge near Mosier sent up a massive plume of black smoke and stoked long-standing fears about the risks of hauling crude oil through one of the Pacific Northwest's most renowned landscapes. Eleven cars from a 96-car Union Pacific train derailed west of the small city about 12:20 p.m., adjacent to a creek that feeds the Columbia River. Several cars caught on fire and at least one released oil, but it's not clear how much or where the oil went, railroad officials said.

Big Oil’s “Long Twilight”

June 1, 2016 Andy Rowell, www.priceofoil.org Educate! Oil

By Andy Rowell for Oil Change International - All eyes this morning will be on the half-yearly OPEC meeting in Vienna. Although pundits are not expecting a production freeze, the oil price is creeping towards $50, up 80 per cent since its slump of $30 in January. As the press pack hunt the OPEC oilmen round Vienna searching for clues on any cutbacks, commentators have noted that the recent oil price increase has meant the “feel-good” factor is returning to the industry and investors.

‘Stockbroker’s Bible’ Just Told Oil Industry To Accept Its Demise

May 30, 2016 Alexander C. Kaufman, www.huffingtonpost.com Educate! Finance and the Economy, Oil

By Alexander C. Kaufman for The Huffington Post - The editorial board of the Financial Times isn’t exactly stacked with bleeding-hearted environmentalists. Just a month ago, the British paper defendedExxonMobil’s right to question climate change amid legal probes into whether the oil giant covered up evidence of global warming. But in an editorial published Saturday, the FT urged the oil industry to “face a future of slow and steady decline.”

Strike Hits French Oil Refineries, Police Break Up Picket

May 25, 2016 Angelique Chrisafis, www.theguardian.com Resist! France, Oil, Strikes

By Angelique Chrisafis for The Guardian - French riot police have used water cannon and teargas to break up a strike picket blocking access to a large oil refinery near Marseille in an attempt by trade unions to paralyse the country’s fuel supply network in protest at changes to employment laws. The pre-dawn police raids to force down a picket line at the Exxon Mobil Fos-sur-Mer refinery marked an escalation in the standoff between the French president,François Hollande, and protesters led by the CGT union.

Big Oil’s Democratic Primary Favorite In California

May 23, 2016 Steve Early, www.counterpunch.org Educate! California, Democracy, Oil

By Steve Early for Counter Punch - Residents of Richmond and other California refinery towns have learned, over time, to be wary of state and local officials too closely tied to companies like Chevron. Politicians who benefit from “independent expenditures” on their behalf or direct campaign donations from oil producers or, their lobbying group, the Western States Petroleum Association (WSPA) tend to be less enthusiastic about protecting the environment by reducing fossil fuel dependence.

Big Oil Plots To Keep Public Out Of Public Land Bidding

May 19, 2016 Steve Horn, www.desmogblog.com Resist! Corporations, Land, Oil, Public

By Steve Horn for Desmog - At the Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Commission (IOGCC)'s 2016 meeting in Denver, Colorado this week, a representative from a prominent oil and gas lobbying group advocated that auctions of federal lands should happen online “eBay”-style — a clear attempt to shut the public out of the bidding process for fossil fuel leases on public lands. Speaking on public lands issues in front of IOGCC's public lands committee, Kathleen Sgamma — Western Energy Alliance's (WEA) vice president of governmental affairs — compared environmental groups' Keep It In The Ground campaign actions

Albany Protest: Five Arrested After Oil Train Delayed

May 15, 2016 Lindsay Ellis, www.timesunion.com Resist! Blockade, Oil, Oil Trains

By Lindsay Ellis for the Albany Times Union. A daylong effort to block crude oil trains brought hundreds of people near the Port of Albany, where they sat on train tracks and listened to speeches, sang and discussed nationwide and local environmental issues. The Albany event on Saturday, organized by the coalition Break Free From Fossil Fuels, was one of several around the country and world this month. More than 400 of the 1,500 people registered said they would be willing to be arrested for physically blocking the trains. At about 1 p.m., activists Marissa Shea and Maeve McBride delayed an oil train coming from North Dakota into the Port of Albany by rappelling off a railroad bridge that crosses the reservoir. They were arrested with three others and released on their personal recognizance.

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