House Republicans, Industry Detail Proposals To Speed Oil & Gas Projects

Republicans and industry representatives are outlining a series of legislative proposals they say would help speed oil and gas leasing, permitting, and projects -- including curbing Clean Water Act (CWA) reviews and certain judicial challenges that they say currently give states and environmentalists too much power. During a Feb. 11 hearing of the House Natural Resources Committee’s energy panel, Lane Wilson, senior vice president and general counsel with oilfield services company Williams, suggested Congress should allow the Federal Energy Regulatory...