Charles Young | WV News Jan. 20, 2022 https://www.wvnews.com/news/wvnews/west-virginia-sen-shelley-moore-capito-touts-infrastructure-bill-to-go-wv-annual-meeting-cautions/article_9eea2268-7a06-11ec-8ed7-d31f181719aa.html CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., detailed aspects of the federal infrastructure package relevant to industry stakeholders Thursday during the Gas and Oil Association of West Virginia’s annual winter meeting. Capito, who Zoomed into the meeting from her Capitol Hill office, said the ...

Gas and Oil Association of WV Executive Director Charlie Burd begins at approximately 6:20 into the video. https://www.wowktv.com/video/inside-west-virginia-politics-1-16-22/7306245/

Matthew Veazey | Jan. 6, 2022 Natural Gas Intelligence https://www.naturalgasintel.com/appalachian-natural-gas-growth-said-threatened-by-long-term-uncertainties/ Higher natural gas prices were a positive for natural gas producers in the Appalachian Basin in 2021, but ongoing “uncertainties” threaten the industry’s long-term growth prospects. “These include a number of challenges at the federal level being pushed by the Biden administration and some ...

GO-WV Executive Director Charlie Burd released the following statement regarding Senator Joe Manchin’s tireless advocacy for West Virginia jobs and his leadership in Washington: “Senator Joe Manchin has always vowed to protect the values of his constituents – the great people of West Virginia – while representing us in Washington, D.C., including the energy ...

Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s latest attempt to “turn up the heat” on the energy sector sparked a backlash from industry leaders who say the real problem comes from policies the Massachusetts’ Democrat has endorsed. In recent letters to natural gas producers, Warren blasted what she called their “corporate greed” and demanded an explanation for the record ...

INDUSTRY PUSHES BACK: The oil and gas industry is bobbing and weaving as the Biden administration and congressional Democrats punch at domestic producers over high energy prices. https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/energy-environment/daily-on-energy-oil-and-gas-industry-tries-to-avoid-democratic-scapegoating President Joe Biden has found himself in the position of trying to address voter worries over rising prices — particularly gas prices — while pursuing the goal of reducing ...

By Charlie Burd November 22, 2021 Consumers across the world are expecting to potentially pay more for energy this winter, and while many factors are contributing to global price fluctuations, America’s position as the world’s largest energy producer should be leveraged to ease — and avoid — this situation both at home and abroad. ...

Environmental activists call it a “methane fee.” The energy industry calls it a “natural gas tax.” Either way, Pennsylvania consumers are likely to feel the effects in their pocketbooks. The U.S. House of Representatives is expected to vote this week on its version of the budget reconciliation bill — also known as the “Build ...

Despite repeated pledges from President Joe Biden not to increase taxes on working class families, Congress is weighing new energy tax provisions that would be shouldered by all Americans, harm energy job creators, and discourage innovation in the technologies needed to achieve broad climate objectives. Make no mistake, the natural gas tax buried in ...

The United States Department of Energy’s National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) has just awarded a dozen separate contracts to various entities totaling $45 million for work toward carbon capture utilization and sequestration (CCUS). This wise investment is especially relevant when coupled with the fact that in the PJM Interconnection (the part of the electric ...