IEA Statistics Annuals : Renewables Information, Coal Information, Electricity Information, Nuclear Energy Information, Natural Gas Information 2009

International Energy Agency
(RFFers will need to access the SourceOECD username and password on the library’s welcome page top left frame under “databases by title”.)
Renewables Information 2009
Coal Information 2009
Electricity Information 2009
Nuclear Energy Information 2009
Natural Gas Information 2009
[Abstract for Renewables Information] Part I of the publication provides an overview of the development of renewables and waste [...]

Offshore Oil and Gas Development : Legal Framework

Congressional Research Service
http://opencrs.com/document/RL33404
[From summary]  In 2008, both the President and the 110th Congress removed previously existing moratoria on offshore leasing on most areas of the outer continental shelf. The 111th Congress will likely have to address this issue soon after it commences, as the continuing resolution that is currently funding the Minerals Management Service (MMS) [...]

Emerging State Centralism in the Russian Energy Sector : Precedents from the Gulf?

Belfer Center, Kennedy School, Harvard University / by Justin Dargin
http://belfercenter.ksg.harvard.edu/files/xstandard/Chapter%20Russia%20and%20GCC%20Dargin.pdf
[Website] In his contribution to the recent book Russian and CIS Relations with the Gulf Region, DI Fellow Justin Dargin discusses Russia’s energy relationship with the GCC.

Energy Policy Act of 2005 : Summary and Analysis of Enacted Provisions

Congressional Research Service
http://opencrs.com/document/RL33302
[Abstract.]  The Energy Policy Act of 2005 (P.L. 109-58), signed by President Bush August 8, 2005, was the first omnibus energy legislation enacted in more than a decade. Major provisions include tax incentives for domestic energy production and energy efficiency, a mandate to double the nation’s use of biofuels, repeal of restrictions on [...]

Energy and Economic Impacts of a Proposed Windfall Profits Tax on Producers of Oil and Refined Products in the United States

CRA International
http://www.api.org/Newsroom/upload/CRA_WPT_Study_1_30_2009.pdf
[From executive summary] IMPACTS ON ENERGY SECTOR
Specific impacts of the legislation on domestic energy markets include the following:
• A windfall profits tax on the oil and natural gas industry could result in an estimated average decline in domestic crude oil production of approximately 21-26% from baseline levels or between 1.5 to 1.9 million barrels [...]

Natural Gas : Major Legislative and Regulatory Actions (1935 – 2008)

US DOE, EIA
http://www.eia.doe.gov/oil_gas/natural_gas/analysis_publications/ngmajorleg/ngmajorleg.html
[Website]  This special Web-based report presents a chronology of some of the key Federal legislative and regulatory actions that have helped shape the natural gas market, with particular emphasis on policy directives from 1978 to October 2008. Separate reports provide brief descriptions of specific legislation, regulations, or policies, and their impacts on [...]

Natural Gas Annual 2007

US DOE, EIA
http://www.eia.doe.gov/oil_gas/natural_gas/data_publications/natural_gas_annual/nga.html
The Natural Gas Annual, 2007 provides information on the supply and disposition of natural gas in the United States. Production, transmission, storage, deliveries, and price data are published by State for 2007. Summary data are presented for each State for 2003 to 2007.

Impact of the 2008 Hurricanes on the Natural Gas Industry

US DOE, EIA
http://www.eia.doe.gov/pub/oil_gas/natural_gas/feature_articles/2009/nghurricanes08/nghurricanes08.pdf
[Overview] Hurricanes Gustav and Ike inflicted significant damage to the nation’s oil and natural gas infrastructure, causing devastating impacts on offshore natural gas production, shutting in production facilities and the pipelines that move the natural gas to processors along the Gulf coast. As a result of the two storms, almost all of the [...]

Rapid Photochemical Production of Ozone at high Concentrations in a Rural Site During Winter

Nature Geosciences (Published online: 18 January 2009 | doi:10.1038/ngeo415) / by Russell C. Schnell, Samuel J. Oltmans, Ryan R. Neely, Maggie S. Endres, John V. Molenar and Allen B. White
http://www.nature.com/ngeo/journal/vaop/ncurrent/abs/ngeo415.html
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A surprising discovery by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration scientists shows high levels of ozone pollution developing around remote natural gas fields in wintertime, a [...]

Research and Development : DOE Could Enhance the Project Selection Process for Government Oil and Natural Gas Research

Government Accountability Office
http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d09186.pdf
The Energy Department may be wasting research and development funding on oil and gas projects that industry may have undertaken on its own, the Government Accountability Office said in a report today.
The report says DOE project reviews assess only the industry’s R&D needs and not whether the projects in question would be conducted [...]