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Eric Orton supports the stipulation regarding the Piance 2 development application.

Alaska pushes LNG project as Asian nations seek alternatives to Russian gas supplies.

Crestone submits application for La Plata South OGDP ensuring environmental protections for public safety.

After a multi-hour public hearing that brought environmental, health and land-use concerns into sharp focus, the Iberville Parish Council voted not to approve Cypress Harvest’s utility-scale solar permit; developers and landowners had argued the application met the parish ordinance and stressed economic benefits.

The commission entered executive session to review confidential commercial data and then voted to stay Bison 4's Black Tip 23 OGDP to a date uncertain, requesting more detailed schedules, utility communications substantiating electrification practicability, and truck-trip/produced-water handling estimates.

Administration told the board there are offers on a roughly 633-acre parcel that could produce lease revenue if drilling occurs and that an EIP Holdings lease for the old Goldeneye School would expand cell coverage and provide modest monthly income to the Goldana community; both items require further state and board review.

Inside Interior reports President Donald Trump and cabinet officials met with oil and gas executives as the administration pushes an "American energy dominance" agenda and to expand domestic production and investment.

The Sept. 2 agenda recorded multiple regulatory notices filed on behalf of private companies and agencies (EQT, CNX Midstream, Consol, Michael Baker and others) regarding well plugging, pipeline exposures, mine permits, and air-quality approvals in several townships.

Dominion representatives described a 972‑acre proposal with ~140 acres developed, two combined‑cycle power trains, 300‑ft stacks, and a construction start target of 2029 with operations projected 2033–2034; several permitting and infrastructure prerequisites remain.

The Board of Supervisors denied two connected rezoning requests on Aug. 26, 2026 that would have converted thousands of acres near Eleven Mile Corner for data‑center, power‑generation and battery storage uses; Planning & Zoning had recommended approval on both items with stipulations.

SALT LAKE CITY, Aug. 23, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Deployable Energy Limited (Deployable) is a clean energy company that designs and manufactures compact, transportable nuclear microreactors. We are pleased to publicly announce the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on August 18, 2026 with the State of Utah Office of Energy Development (OED). This will establish a non-binding framework for cooperation and information exchange among the Parties in jointly exploring the feasibility of siting Unity™ nuclear batteries within the State of Utah. The MOU marks an important step in advancing research, development and commercial deployment of Deployable’s Unity Nuclear Battery, […]

The commission approved Saint Croix Operating's SAGE OGDP and associated drilling-and-spacing unit for approximately 560 acres in Washington County, authorizing up to three vertical oil wells, a saltwater disposal well and a production facility; the director had recommended approval and no public comments or petitions were filed.

Namibia and South Africa are taking different approaches to developing the Orange Basin, with regulatory certainty and environmental litigation emerging as key factors influencing future oil investment. What: Namibia continues to attract offshore oil investment, while legal challenges are slowing exploration activity in South Africa’s section of the Orange Basin. Why: Exploration permits can take up to five years to obtain in South Africa, compared with between three and nine months in several other African countries. What next: A Constitutional Court ruling later this year could shape South Africa’s future approach to offshore oil and gas exploration and investment. The Orange Basin is emerging as a test case for how African countries balance energy development with environmental concerns, with billions of dollars of investment, future tax revenues and thousands of jobs depending on how governments manage competing interests, according to Reuters. Widening gap Shared by Namibia and South Africa, the offshore basin has transformed Namibia into one of the world’s most promising oil exploration destinations. French supermajor TotalEnergies (EPA/LSE/NYSE: TTE) is targeting first oil from its Venus development offshore Namibia by 2030, with initial production expected to reach about 150,000 barrels per day (bpd). South Africa, although it contains around two-thirds of the basin, has yet to make a comparable commercial discovery. The country has faced stronger and more frequent legal challenges to oil and gas projects than Namibia, as environmental groups and NGOs have made use of regulations that allow multiple administrative appeals and court reviews. Two developments in June illustrated the widening gap between the countries’ approaches, Reuters said. On June 9, energy supermajor Shell (LSE/NYSE: SHEL) announced what it described as the “most promising subsurface results to date” from petroleum exploration licence (PEL) 39 offshore Namibia, where several significant discoveries, including Graff-1X in 2022, have confirmed the basin’s potential. A week earlier, environmental organisations and fishing communities appeared before the High Court in Cape Town, South Africa, seeking to overturn a permit allowing global energy data company TGS (OSE:TGS) to carry out seismic surveys in South Africa’s section of the basin. According to environmental justice group Green Connection, campaigners have launched at least four court cases and numerous administrative appeals against offshore exploration and proposed onshore liquefied natural gas projects in South Africa since 2021. The Petroleum Agency South Africa (PASA) said the legal challenges have delayed up to 10 exploration wells that had been expected to be drilled by 2030. Lengthy permitting process According to industry representatives, the permitting process in South Africa has become increasingly burdensome. The Offshore Petroleum Association of South Africa (OPASA) estimates that exploration permits can take up to five years to obtain, compared with between three and nine months in several other African countries. It warned that similar delays could hamper future development even if commercially viable discoveries are made. “We cannot explore; we cannot spend money in a geography if we have to face courts permanently and the permitting becomes really too complex,” TotalEnergies CEO Patrick Pouyanne said during October’s results presentation when asked about South Africa. The delays have already disrupted the company’s exploration plans. According to Reuters, TotalEnergies has intended to drill its first exploration well off South Africa’s West Coast this year, but the timing is now uncertain. Attention has now shifted to South Africa’s Constitutional Court, which is expected to rule later this year on a long-running challenge to a Shell-led seismic survey along the Wild Coast. The case, first brought in 2021, is widely seen as a landmark because it will help define how environmental rights and the interests of coastal communities should be weighed against the country’s efforts to develop its offshore energy resources. Environmental lawyer Ricky Stone said the judgment could become one of the most significant precedents in South African environmental and constitutional law. Encouraging signs In the meantime, South Africa’s West Coast has shown encouraging signs, including the Ibhubesi gas field estimated to contain about 540bn cubic feet (bcf), equivalent to about 15.3bn cubic metres (bcm), of gas and 4.3mn barrels of condensate. Estimates of oil and gas prospectivity in parts of Orange Basin on the West Coast of South Africa suggest potential to unlock up to 16 billion barrels of oil and 22 trillion cubic feet (623 bcm) of gas. These prospective estimates from PASA are based on various data points, including geological surveys coupled with recent and historical well data. The Gazania-1 well, drilled by Eco Atlantic Oil & Gas (AIM/TSXV: ECO) in late 2022, discovered light oil-associated gas, but the find was not deemed to be commercially viable. The Toronto-headquartered exploration company has yet to deliver a commercial breakthrough offshore South Africa. Eco Atlantic CEO Gil Holzman argued that drilling could be carried out without damaging the environment or coastal communities. However, local fishermen continue to oppose offshore exploration, warning that it threatens their livelihoods. Although some politicians in South Africa advocate wider adoption of renewables, the country’s Mineral and Petroleum Resources Minister Gwede Mantashe continues to back oil and gas development and has supported calls for specialised courts to deal with energy-related disputes more efficiently. The contrasting experiences of Namibia and South Africa demonstrate that geology alone is no longer enough to attract investment. Regulatory certainty, efficient permitting and the ability to balance environmental concerns with economic development are becoming equally important in determining how quickly Africa’s newest petroleum province can be developed.

Greg Bridal of Highlander Oil and Gas asked the board to authorize the state to nominate three Section 16 tracts owned wholly or partly by the district for sealed-bid oil-and-gas leases, saying the proposal is conventional drilling, not carbon capture, and that the board can set minimum royalty terms.

The Cumberland County Planning Commission voted to set a special public hearing for Conditional Use Permit CEP-26-03 (Cumberland Energy Center) and scheduled a special meeting for Aug. 31; staff had asked the commission to set the application for public hearing and posted project materials online.

Staff cleared 28 tracts (about 12,000 acres) for an August oil, gas and helium auction after removing several parcels that would have affected lesser prairie chicken focal or connectivity zones; leases in estimated-occupied range will include stewardship stipulations.

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The Weld County Board of County Commissioners approved a sequence of oil-and-gas lease resolutions June 17, 2026, accepting bids that met county minimums on parcels ranging from about 14 to 274 net mineral acres and reporting per-acre rates between $600 and $1,000.

New federal regulations prevent construction of power plants at the protected King Plant site.

The Department of the Interior announced what it described as the nation’s first tribal energy agreement this week, saying it will give tribes greater authority to manage resources, expand energy development and create jobs; the transcript identifies the counterparty as the "southern youth tribe" (name not specified).

Secretary Chris Wright said permitted LNG export capacity has expanded rapidly, the U.S. will add incremental capacity this year, and the administration favors development of Alaska's National Petroleum Reserve (NPR) and pipeline projects to support exports and lower domestic prices.