In a time when malware attacks against the oil and gas industry are on the rise, two similar spear-phishing campaigns aimed at the oil and gas industry have been launched within the past month. Amid a time of international uncertainty, the oil and gas industry has seen a lot of the worst treatment. In January, strategic moves from Saudi Arabia and Russia threatened domestic oil dominance. Then, the unexpected happened. The outbreak of COVID-19 saw
As the novel coronavirus outbreak continues to ravage the United States, the nation’s oil and gas industry is caught in a tough position. Squabbling on an international level is prompting some oil producers to consider a slow-down in oil and gas extraction, even as it becomes apparent that a thriving oil and gas industry is crucial to the rehabilitation of the country. Take, for instance, the ongoing situation in Colorado. An Industry ‘In Free Fall’
As the United States appears to be on the precipice of a staggering recession thanks to the outbreak of the novel coronavirus, a group of Illinois-based activists is looking out for the country’s disenfranchised. A movement spearheaded by Reverend Jesse Jackson aims to bring a new natural gas pipeline to the people of Pembroke Township. Languishing in Poverty In the United States, the poverty threshold for a family of four is just north of $24,000.
It is a grim time in the United States and the world abroad. Economies are struggling. Some estimates indicate that unemployment numbers in the US have reached the same level as the Great Depression. Every industry is currently experiencing a downturn because of the COVID-19 pandemic, but few sectors have been hit as hard as oil and gas. Before the novel coronavirus, US oil and gas producers were already looking at a tough year. A
On Thursday, the Environmental Protection Agency invoke the wrath of anti-energy advocates across the United States when they chose to relax a handful of regulations regarding oil and gas emissions. Here’s What Happened In the wake of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, the EPA’s top compliance official, Susan P. Bodine, issued a temporary halt on punishments surround certain regulatory infractions. According to the order issued: “In general, the EPA does not expect to seek penalties for violations