Oil and gas drilling was hardly imminent off New England when US President Barack Obama created an underwater museum for the study of marine life. Source: News

BP PLC’s Global Chief Economist Spencer Dale has forecast that the US Henry Hub will be the benchmark for global LNG prices into the future. He said US LNG will be the marginal source of global supply and therefore LNG prices are likely to be determined by prices at Henry Hub. Source: News

Colorado’s Air Quality Control Commission (AQCC) received a report on Sept. 15 from a 3-year study of oil and gas production air emissions and dispersants along the northern Front Range that was led by Colorado State University (CSU) researchers. Source: News

Economic pressure is fracturing the brittle diplomacies of climate remediation in Canada. While promising to force carbon pricing on provinces not meeting its standards of sacrifice, the Liberal government headed by Justin Trudeau has moderated its own ambition. Source: News

Standard macroeconomic textbooks usually equate lower oil prices in oil-importing countries with a reduction in costs and an increase in real private consumer spending. So, the sharp decline in the global price of crude oil-and hence, in the price of US gasoline-after June 2014 was initially expected to boost the US economy. Source: News

Expectations for further gains in Iraqi oil production have fallen victim to the country’s deteriorating finances and struggle with Islamic State militancy. Source: News

Jean-Paul Adourian has been tabbed as chief financial officer of Noble Energy Partners (NEP), a registered investment manager that focuses on the North American and Australian oil and gas pipeline sectors. Source: News