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BOE was a fan of Chris Wright long before he became Energy Secretary

Posted in climate, energy policy, tagged , , , on February 6, 2025| Leave a Comment »

Thanks to the Colorado Oil & Gas Association’s tongue-in-cheek “Customer Appreciation Award,” which rivals the Not My Job Award as a means of recognizing extraordinary individual and organizational chutzpah, Chris Wright was on our radar long before he became Secretary of Energy.

He continues to impress:

https://twitter.com/UpdateNews724/status/1887199688409161875

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Thoughts on the appointment of Doug Burgum as Secretary of the Interior

Posted in CCS, energy policy, Offshore Energy - General, Regulation, tagged , , , , , , , , on November 19, 2024| Leave a Comment »

  • The Secretary of the Interior is the most important energy production position in the US govt, particularly for the offshore sector.
  • In recent years energy policy has been increasingly influenced (if not directed) by White House staff, most notably the White House Climate Office. Given that Burgum will also lead the new created National Energy Council, direction from White House staffers or other departments should not be an issue.
  • Burgum should work effectively with Dept. of Energy appointee Chris Wright, an engineer who understands energy production.
  • There is no apparent Republican dissent, so Burgum should have no problem being confirmed.
  • All of the offshore policy forecasts in the post-election post still stand.
  • Burgum is currently the Governor of North Dakota. Some energy production stats for the state:
    • 2023 oil production: 435,080,323 bbls. ND is the 3rd leading oil production state behind TX and NM. Most ND production is from the Bakken formation (shale).
    • ND ranks 4th if the OCS, for which Bergum will soon be responsible, is included. The OCS ranked 2nd in oil production, behind only TX, despite seemingly being managed to fail.
    • 2023 gas production: 1.2 tcf. ND ranks 10th in natural gas production.
    • Current number of active drilling rigs: 39
    • Wind: In 2023, wind was the second-largest electricity generating source in ND behind coal. At the beginning of 2024, ND had about 4,000 megawatts of installed wind power generating capacity.
  • What about carbon sequestration (disposal)?
    • As Governor, Burgum supported CCS projects that could be lucrative for North Dakota.
    • As Interior Secretary and Energy Czar, he will have to consider the high Federal subsidy costs, efficacy, and net environmental benefits.
    • Companies looking to benefit from publicly financed CCS projects will lobby hard for Federal support. Budget hawks and most environmental activists will be strongly opposed. It will be interesting to see who prevails.
    • This blog has consistently opposed offshore carbon disposal.

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Chris Wright: “Thank you, North Face”

Posted in energy policy, tagged , , , on November 18, 2024| Leave a Comment »

Three years ago, the Colorado Oil and Gas Association brought smiles to our faces by recognizing North Face for their hypocrisy in refusing to sell jackets to an oil industry service company.

North Face, whose products are dependent on oil and gas, was given the Association’s first ever Customer Appreciation Award to draw attention to the company’s hypocrisy and chutzpah.

Fast forward three years and Chris Wright, the man behind the North Face award, has been nominated to be Secretary of Energy! BOE enthusiastically endorses this nomination!

Chris Wright’s bio: MIT engineer, shale gas innovator, entrepreneur, and more

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