Oil Drilling News

OIL DRILLING REGULATION

Chevron CEO Praises US Oil Drilling Agency, A Frequent Target Of Criticism

http://www.foxbusiness.com/markets/2011/10/19/chevron-ceo-praises-us-oil-drilling-agency-frequent-target-criticism/

""I think we have civil servants that are working very hard to process the permits," Watson said to reporters following a speech at the Peterson Institute for International Politics. [...] "I don't believe that Director Bromwich and others are slow-walking permits," Watson said."

ALASKA

Why Arctic Ocean oil drilling is a risky choice

http://www.theecologist.org/blogs_and_comments/commentators/other_comments/1096998/why_arctic_ocean_oil_drilling_is_a_risky_choice.html

"It's not a question of 'if' a major spill will occur in the Arctic, but 'when and where', says conservation biologist and oil industry expert Rick Steiner."

CUBA

US admits limits in monitoring Cuba's offshore oil drilling

http://www.sacbee.com/2011/10/18/3987568/us-admits-limits-in-monitoring.html

ALTERNATIVES TO OIL

Fat Replaces Oil for F-16s as Biofuels Head to War

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-10-18/animal-fat-replaces-crude-oil-in-f16s-as-biofuels-head-to-war-commodities.html

"Reliance on fossil fuels is simply too much of a vulnerability for a military organization to have," U.S. Navy Secretary Raymond Mabus said in an interview. "We've been certifying aircraft on biofuels. We're doing solar and wind, geothermal, hydrothermal, wave, things like that on our bases." 

German State Minister: We Can Decarbonize With Renewables Because "We Don't Have the … Koch Brothers"

http://thinkprogress.org/romm/2011/10/04/335769/german-state-minister-dont-have-the-koch-brothers/