OIL AND GAS INDUSTRIALIZATION OF IDAHO
Risks vs. Rewards
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Despite the Trump administration's proposed rollback of methane regs, to please midsized petro companies, the big guys are -wanting- good EPA regulations, "to level the playing field." - and besides being better for the air, any capturing rather than leaking of methane is money in the bank after the capture equipment is paid for. https://ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/big-oil-backing-methane-regulation-220000746.html
Big Oil Is Backing Methane Regulation
ca.finance.yahoo.com
The oil industry appears to be on board with federal regulations on methane, even if the current administration is rolling back current methane limits
"By the end of this year, a cumulative 270,000 barrels a day of diesel demand will have been displaced by electric buses, most of it in China... That’s more than 3X the displacement by all the world’s passenger electric vehicles... By 2040, electric vehicles could displace [as] much as 6.4 million barrels a day of demand, while fuel efficiency improvements will erase another 7.5 million barrels a day..." = continuing depressed gas/oil prices... https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-03-19/forget-tesla-it-s-china-s-e-buses-that-are-denting-oil-demand
Forget Tesla, It's China's E-Buses That Are Denting Oil Demand
bloomberg.com
The oil industry needn’t be too concerned -- for now -- about how Tesla Inc.’s electric cars are denting demand. China and its bus fleet could be more of a worry.
"A class action suit filed in Payette County challenges gas producer Alta Mesa’s methods for figuring royalty payments. The lawsuit, brought by 9 local people who leased their mineral rights to Alta Mesa, alleges 'willful underpayment or non-payment of royalties on natural gas and/or constituents of the gas stream produced from wells in Idaho.' ...and "further alleges that defendants 'manipulated royalty accounting methods'" in several ways. https://www.argusobserver.com/news/suit-alleges-alta-mesa-underpays-gas-royalties/article_39b185f6-4b35-11e9-8d52-6f70e8aa2fe5.html?fbclid=IwAR3U-zT0i8AG49ml0G50N8kXwfN-Bs2mhxrbwWrPHzIT28d1tVTOWwcwIyw
Suit alleges Alta Mesa underpays gas royalties
argusobserver.com
PAYETTE COUNTY — A class action suit filed in Payette County challenges gas producer Alta Mesa’s methods for figuring royalty payments.
A C.A.I.A. FUNdraiser coming in April! Adult comedy night - Wed., April 3rd, at O'Michael's in North Boise - FIVE local comics "Standup for Idaho"... Doors open at 6pm, comedy starts at 7pm Tickets $50/person, or $100 for VIP table: http://tinyurl.com/caia-news (no-host bar/food)
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