Bad News Biden

[Anonymous]

The Jim Crow Joe  administration announced Thursday a 60-day suspension of new oil and gas leasing and drilling permits for U.S. lands and waters, as officials moved quickly to reverse Trump administration policies on energy and the environment.



The suspension, part of a broad review of programs at the Department of Interior, went into effect immediately under an order signed Wednesday by Acting Interior Secretary Scott de la Vega. It follows Democratic President Joe Biden's campaign pledge to halt new drilling on federal lands and end the leasing of publicly owned energy reserves as part of his plan to address climate change.



The order did not ban new drilling outright. It includes an exception giving a small number of senior Interior officials — the secretary, deputy secretary, solicitor and several assistant secretaries — authority to approve actions that otherwise would be suspended.



The order also applies to coal leases and permits, and blocks the approval of new mining plans. Land sales and exchanges and the hiring of senior-level staff at the agency also were suspended.



The Interior Department order did not limit existing oil and gas operations under valid leases, meaning activity won't come to a sudden halt on the millions of acres of lands in the West and offshore in the Gulf of Mexico where much drilling is concentrated. Its effect could be further blunted by companies that stockpiled enough drilling permits in Trump's final months to allow them to keep pumping oil and gas for years.



Erik Milito with the National Ocean Industries Association, which represents offshore energy firms, said he was optimistic companies still will be able to get new permits approved through the senior-level officials specified in the order.



But Biden's move could be the first step in an eventual goal to ban all leases and permits to drill on federal land. Mineral leasing laws state that federal lands are for many uses, including extracting oil and gas, but the Democrat could set out to rewrite those laws, said Kevin Book, managing director at Clearview Energy Partners.



The administration's announcement drew outrage from Republicans and some industry trade groups. They said limiting access to publicly owned energy resources would mean more foreign oil imports, lost jobs and fewer tax revenues.



Republican Sen. John Barrasso of Wyoming said the administration was "off to a divisive and disastrous start." He added that the government is legally obliged to act on all drilling permit applications it receives and that "staff memos" can't override the law.



"Impeding American energy will only serve to hurt local communities and hamper America's economic recovery," American Petroleum Institute President Mike Sommers said in a statement.



Under Trump, Interior officials approved almost 1,400 permits on federal lands, primarily in Wyoming and New Mexico, over a three-month period that included the election, according to an Associated Press analysis of government data. Those permits, which remain valid, will allow companies to continue drilling for years, potentially undercutting Biden's climate agenda.



But there are other ways an ambitious Biden administration could make it harder for permit holders to extract oil and gas. "The ability to get your resources out, to get right of way, to get roads, to get supporting infrastructure, not all of that is signed and sealed right now," Clearview Energy's Book said.



Under President Barack Obama, the Interior Department imposed a 2016 moratorium on federal coal leases while it investigated the coal program's climate effects and whether companies were paying a fair share for coal from public lands. Trump lifted the moratorium soon after taking office.

[Odinson]

Its interesting to see how things turn out.



From a safe distance.

After I take an expat position, I don't give a flying fuck how deep Ottawa cuts the knife into Canadians collective throats.

Isnt your education sort of flexible...

You can do something else?



A new career path.

I'm a ptroleum engineer. There are heaps of management positions outside North America. I might even accept a position in Norway.

What about the rickshaw business...



Is that something you would like to do full-time?





Would you consider pulling sleds?





The norwegian sled pulling business is booming but it lacks diversity... Currently there are only dogs and reindeers.

They are all grey.





I think there is an opening for the "first chinese sled".

[Anonymous]

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[Anonymous]

Its interesting to see how things turn out.



From a safe distance.

After I take an expat position, I don't give a flying fuck how deep Ottawa cuts the knife into Canadians collective throats.

Isnt your education sort of flexible...

You can do something else?



A new career path.

I'm a petroleum engineer. There are heaps of management positions outside North America. I might even accept a position in Norway.

What about the rickshaw business...



Is that something you would like to do full-time?





Would you consider pulling sleds?





The norwegian sled pulling business is booming but it lacks diversity... Currently there are only dogs and reindeers.

They are all grey.





I think there is an opening for the "first chinese sled".

And it carbon emissions free.

[Anonymous]

Joe Biden blocks the pipeline within hours of becoming President, and the Liberals haven't done much with the pipeline they already own let alone fight for this one.

[Odinson]

What does a "petroleum engineer" do?

[Anonymous]

What does a "petroleum engineer" do?

I don't know. But, I can tell you what a locmotive engineer does.

[Odinson]

What does a "petroleum engineer" do?

I don't know. But, I can tell you what a locmotive engineer does.

Drinks coffee and moves a lever back and forth?



 

[Anonymous]

What does a "petroleum engineer" do?

I don't know. But, I can tell you what a locmotive engineer does.

Drinks coffee and moves a lever back and forth?



 

That's a dirty damned lie. I play cards with the conductor too.

[Anonymous]

What does a "petroleum engineer" do?

I've answered to hundreds of petroleum engineers in my career as a wellsite supervisor. I'm the big boss on the lease. They are the big boss in the office.

[cc]

Drinks coffee and moves a lever back and forth?

That's a dirty damned lie. I play cards with the conductor too.

Wotta guy!!

[Anonymous]

Drinks coffee and moves a lever back and forth?

That's a dirty damned lie. I play cards with the conductor too.

Wotta guy!!

CP should give us all a big fat raise on top of our union contract. We deserve it.

[Anonymous]

Drinks coffee and moves a lever back and forth?

That's a dirty damned lie. I play cards with the conductor too.

Wotta guy!!

CP should give us all a big fat raise on top of our union contract. We deserve it.

Ya, I know you are joking. I would not want your job. It's stressful as hell. Any mistakes could be catastrophic. Which is why you guys are piad pretty well.

[Anonymous]

It's a dang good thing the US aint got any big bad pipelines.

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[Gaon]

I feel sorry for Americans who are not Hollywood actors, or tech billionaires.