The US-European energy relationship has moved from multibillion-dollar projects crossing several countries’ borders to smaller, focused efforts that separate governmental and private sector functions, speakers suggested at a May 5 Atlantic Council discussion. Source: News

AWE Ltd., Sydney, has rejected an unsolicited $421-million (Aus.) takeover proposal from global private equity group Lone Star Fund. AWE directors labelled the 80¢ (Aus.)/share bid “opportunistic,” adding that it was “indicative, conditional, and nonbinding.” Source: News

Under pressure typical of the politics of energy and climate, the US Environmental Protection Agency soon will declare air transportation unhealthy. It should not also act as though air travel is too cheap. Source: News

The International Association of Drilling Contractors (IADC) Gateway program has accredited Lone Star College’s Oil & Gas Drilling Floorhand-Roustabout Certification. Lone Star is the first community college in the US to earn this accreditation. Source: News

Challenge simmers in Congress to one of the screwier products of the Obama administration’s green-energy obsession. Source: News

Paul T. Horne has been appointed chairman of Midland, Tex.-based master limited partnership Legacy Reserves LP. He currently serves as president, chief executive officer, and director. Source: News

Wyoming’s Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) issued its eighth update to its Oil and Gas Facilities Permitting Guidance, the first since 2013. A primary goal for this guidance update was to align requirements for concentrated development areas with the newer areas of activity across the state, it indicated. Source: News

The US Environmental Protection Agency issued a final rule designed to limit methane emissions from new US oil and gas wells and storage tanks on May 12 that also expands restrictions to wells producing fewer than 15 b/d. Source: News