Landrieu: Natural Gas Exports Will Create Thousands of High-Paying Jobs, Support U.S. Allies
Thanks to extraordinary and swift advances in technology to locate, capture and produce natural gas, today this committee will discuss the expanded opportunities to export LNG, the possibilities to create high-paying jobs in America and support our allies in Europe and budding democracies across the world.
Sen. Murkowski Touts Benefits of Expanding U.S. Energy Exports
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today called on the Obama administration to expand U.S. energy exports and unshackle the nation’s energy policies to spur economic activity and improve its geopolitical standing. (Click for video of Sen. Murkowski’s opening comments.) “The idea that we can export energy and bring jobs back to this […]
Landrieu Statement on Jordan Cove Natural Gas Permit Approval
A quick and efficient approval process to responsibly export natural gas from our shores will also reduce the stronghold that countries, like Russia, currently exercise over their neighbors.
Sen. Murkowski Welcomes DOE’s Approval of Jordan Cove LNG Export License
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) today welcomed the Department of Energy (DOE) approval of a conditional license for Jordan Cove Energy Project to export liquefied natural gas from Oregon, but cautioned against any delays to the review of other projects in the queue. “Given the situation in Ukraine, this license sends a […]
Sen. Murkowski Welcomes Lawsuit Challenging ANWR Decision
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) today released the following comment on the state of Alaska’s decision to challenge in court the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s rejection of the state’s proposal to survey the energy resources of the non-wilderness portion of the Arctic coastal plain. “I support Gov. Parnell’s decision to move […]
Sen. Murkowski: Leak of Sensitive Energy Infrastructure Data Dangerous and Irresponsible
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) today released the following statement in response to the leak of internal Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) information on potential vulnerabilities of the nation’s electric grid: “I have grave concerns about the dangerous and irresponsible release of information apparently based upon a single analysis of potential vulnerabilities […]
Landrieu Announces Energy Committee Team
Craddock, originally from Delhi, La., joined Sen. Landrieu’s team in 2006 and currently serves as Legislative Director and Counsel, focusing mainly on energy issues. With her appointment to this position, Craddock becomes the first woman to lead the majority staff of ENR.
Murkowski: Global Energy Security and the Benefits of the American Energy Revolution
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) today delivered a speech on the Senate floor reminding her colleagues of the broad economic and geopolitical benefits of America’s energy renaissance, which is helping the nation to address geopolitical threats, and enabling the energy security and economic well-being that will make progress on climate possible. (Click […]
Sen. Murkowski Offers Roadmap for Lifting Ban on Crude Oil Exports
HOUSTON, TEXAS – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) today presented a road map for lifting the prohibition against exporting American crude oil. Murkowski, in her keynote address to national and international energy leaders at the 33rd annual CERAWeek conference, called on the Obama administration to update archaic regulations blocking shipments of light oil or “condensates,” […]
Sen. Murkowski: Historic Documents Show President has Authority to Lift Oil Export Ban
HOUSTON, TEXAS – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) today released a report detailing the history of past executive actions lifting restrictions on crude oil exports. The report contains 40 pages of presidential findings and U.S. Commerce Department decisions from multiple administrations representing both political parties. The report begins with the 1981 decisions by the Reagan […]