Holly named Whiting Petroleum president, CEO

Bradley J. Holly has been named president and chief executive officer and a member of the board of Whiting Petroleum Corp., Denver. He succeeds James J. Volker, who is retiring. Source: News


Wolf asks Trump to have EPA waive RIN obligations for Pennsylvania refiners

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf (D) sent a request to US President Donald Trump on Oct. 20 to ask US Environmental Protection Agency Administrator E. Scott Pruitt to waive obligations under the Renewable Fuels Standard for Philadelphia-area refiners. Source: News


Interior to offer 76.9 million acres in gulf lease sale

US Interior Sec. Ryan Zinke announced what would be the largest federal offshore oil and gas lease sale in history—76.9 million acres in the Gulf of Mexico offshore Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida—in an area the size of New Mexico in March 2018. Source: News


Wolf urges Pa. House Republicans to consider severance gas tax

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf (D) called on Pennsylvania House Republican leaders to consider imposing a severance tax on unconventional natural gas production. “It is well past time for [them] to allow a vote on a commonsense severance tax that will make oil and gas companies finally pay their fair share,” he said on Oct. 24. […]