(The Center Square) – One of President Joe Biden’s first executive orders drew concerns from U.S. Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, who said it will cost jobs and hurt the economy.

(The Center Square) – Canadian company TC Energy is suspending work on the Keystone XL oil pipeline as President Joe Biden followed through on his pledge to revoke its federal permit.

HOUSTON, Jan. 8, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Marathon Oil Corporation (NYSE: MRO) announced today that Kimberly Warnica has been appointed senior vice president and general counsel, with an anticipated effective date of January 11, 2021.

HOUSTON, Jan. 6, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- The CITGO Petroleum Corporation Board of Directors announced today that Jose R. Pocaterra has been named to the Board of Directors, replacing Edgar Rincon who remains CITGO's Chief Operating Officer and Executive Vice President.

AUSTIN, Texas, Jan. 6, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Enverus, the leading energy SaaS and data analytics company, is releasing its summary of Q4 and Full Year 2020 U.S. upstream M&A. After an anemic start, 2020 upstream M&A accelerated dramatically in the second half of the year. Activity crested in Q4 with $27 billion, the third most active quarter by value since oil prices lost their footing in late 2014.

(The Center Square) – State lawmakers fear a potential new federal ban on oil and gas leasing, as supported by President-elect Joe Biden, could cost Wyoming thousands of lost jobs and hundreds of millions of dollars in tax revenue.

(The Center Square) – As President -elect Joe Biden prepares to take office, environmental groups are pressuring him to make good on sweeping campaign promises to curb the U.S.’s production of oil.

EL SEGUNDO, Calif., Dec. 30, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Over the past decade, there has been confusion among credible news outlets regarding the differences between drilling and fracking.

NEW YORK, Dec. 14, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Analysts at S&P Global Platts, the leading independent provider of information, analysis and benchmark prices for the commodities and energy markets, today released their 2021 energy outlook. The outlook presumes a recovery in global gross domestic product (GDP), highlighted by an acceleration of growth in the second half of 2021.

(The Center Square) – Louisiana will receive $234.6 million of Deepwater Horizon settlement money for wetlands restoration projects in Plaquemines, Terrebonne and St. Bernard parishes, officials said Monday.

HOUSTON, Nov. 13, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- The Company's third quarter results were driven by the economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, which affected the refining industry as a whole, and were further affected by an eight-week shutdown at the Lake Charles, La. refinery due to Hurricanes Laura and Delta. As a result of these factors, CITGO Petroleum Corporation ("CITGO") reported a net loss of $248 million for the third quarter of 2020 along with EBITDA(1) of $(212) million and adjusted EBITDA of $(183) million.

(The Center Square) – Gov. Gretchen Whitmer announced Friday her plan to revoke and terminate the easement that has allowed Enbridge to transport petroleum products across the Straits of Mackinac since 1953.

HOUSTON, Nov. 10, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- McDermott International, Ltd today announced it has been awarded a contract to provide front end engineering and design (FEED) services for the INPEX-operated Ichthys Liquified Natural Gas Field Development.

OKLAHOMA CITY, Nov. 10, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Continental Resources, Inc. (NYSE: CLR) ("Continental" or the "Company") announced today that, subject to market conditions, it intends to offer a series of senior notes due 2031 in a private placement to eligible purchasers. Continental intends to use the net proceeds from this offering to fund the concurrent tender offers for a portion of the Company's 5.0% senior notes due 2022 and 4.5% senior notes due 2023 and to pay fees and expenses incurred in connection therewith, and the excess, if any, to repay borrowings under our revolving credit facility and for general corporate purposes.

(The Center Square) – The decrease in oil prices in the middle of the global coronavirus pandemic has dealt a significant blow to the Texas oil and gas industry.

HOUSTON, Nov. 5, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- McDermott International, Ltd today announced the second shipment of topside modules for a floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) unit for MODEC, Inc. (MODEC). It comes just weeks after the first shipment of modules sailed away from McDermott's Altamira fabrication facility located in Mexico.

HOUSTON, Nov. 5, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Goodrich Petroleum Corporation (NYSE American: GDP) (the "Company") today announced results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2020.

(The Center Square) – As Election Day draws near, both presidential candidates have spent significant time in the battleground state of Pennsylvania, which has also seen conflict between proponents of unconventional natural gas and clean energy sources.

LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga., Nov. 2, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Majors Management, LLC (together with its affiliates, "Majors"), a rapidly growing leader in the U.S. convenience store industry, announced today its acquisition of 14 convenience stores and numerous dealer supply accounts from Regal Oil, Inc. of San Angelo, TX ("Regal"). The Regal portfolio increases Majors' existing presence in Texas and expands Majors' footprint throughout the central US to Kansas.

(The Center Square) – Activities on federal lands in California contributed $14.2 billion in economic output and supported over 84,000 jobs last year, according to an economic impact study from the U.S. Department of Interior (DOI).

At the quarterly Montana oil and gas lease sale held on September 1, there were 16 tracts totaling 7,071.02 acres that went for auction.

New Locations:

7/20/2020 To 7/24/2020

New Horizontal Well Permits

Environmental activist groups who attacked oil and gas companies for receiving COVID-19 relief accepted millions in paycheck relief loans, according to government documents released earlier this month.

A state mineral lease sale was held on June 2.

The Day of The “Wildcat”

The Department of Energy will rent space to oil producers to store their surplus crude amid a decrease in demand linked to the coronavirus pandemic. 

A federal judge on Friday upheld the Trump administration’s decision to repeal an Obama-era rule that established standards for hydraulic fracking on federal land.

WASHINGTON – The Navajo Generating Station will shut down for good in a matter of days, the plant’s owners announced this week, once the plant burns through its remaining supply of coal.