PennEnergy's Top Oil & Gas News 11/21

Top Oil & Gas News

US Senate rejects Keystone XL oil pipeline Republicans, fresh from sweeping midterm election victories, vowed resurrect the controversial issue next year, when they will control both chambers of the new Congress that takes office in January. That would potentially spark a veto confrontation with President Barack Obama, who opposes the bill. …more>>

PennEnergy Video News Update From the latest vote on Keystone XL, to the purchase of Baker Hughes, to the fracking in George Washington National Forest, all of the week's biggest headlines are in the PennEnergy Video News Update. …more>>

This Week's Most Popular Oil & Gas News Halliburton buying Baker Hughes in $34.6B deal Hydraulic fracturing to be permitted in GW National Forest Hydraulic fracturing accident kills 1, injures 2 in Colorado ND mulls rules to make crude oil transportation safer Keystone XL oil pipeline work already completed in Oklahoma Chevron confirms first oil production from Tubular Bells deepwater project Statoil CEO: Oil and gas investments needed to meet future demand Eni and Sonangol sign strategic agreement on Angolan gas development CNPC contracts Pristec AG to use new patented oil production technology Indonesia attracts foreign investments for liquefied natural gas project Central Illinois county turns away oil drilling Brazil judge releases 11 pending Petrobras trial Deloitte survey: US will become oil and gas self sufficient

Energy Insights

All Energy, All the Time: So close, so far away When I wake in the morning to headlines that say no progress is made, I am not surprised. Progress itself seems antithetical at this point. Only headlines and pay stubs seem to matter. …more>>

More Than Weather Talk: Turkey, pumpkin pie and snow storms? This week alone, more than 50 percent of the country was blanketed in snow while each of the 50 states in the Union experienced freezing temperatures – some record-breaking. It’s technically still fall, yet we are seeing temperatures drop to deep winter season levels already. …more>>