Government & Regulatory

Energy market executives expect traffic through the Strait of Hormuz to eventually normalize, although most believe it will take time, according to an update to the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas’ quarterly survey published April 23. Of the executives surveyed, 20% expect traffic through the strait to return to normal levels during May, 39% expect recovery by August, 26% by November and 14% later than that.

Federal funding for five of the seven regional hydrogen hubs and other energy-related projects that had been in line for termination could instead be preserved following a review by the Trump administration, according to Bloomberg, which cited a 39-page list of about 2,000 projects the Department of Energy said it plans to “retain or modify.”

A legislative push to rein in carbon capture and sequestration development in Louisiana hit a major roadblock this week when a House committee rejected the proposed Louisiana Landowners’ Protection Act, a bill that would have barred companies from using eminent domain to secure land for carbon dioxide pipelines and storage.

The continuing U.S. and Israeli war against Iran and the rapid expansion of data centers and AI dominated the conversation at this year’s CERAWeek energy conference in Houston, which gathers more than 10,000 attendees from more than 80 countries.

E15 gasoline will be available to U.S. drivers nationwide starting May 1 to address potential disruptions in fuel supply, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin said Wednesday at the annual CERAWeek conference in Houston.

The prospects for Summit Carbon Solutions’ long-planned carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) project dimmed this week when a North Dakota judge revoked Summit’s permit to permanently sequester carbon dioxide (CO2) in underground storage.

Policy choices can have a major impact on project development and regulatory certainty is a key factor in the recent growth in the LNG industry, Tala Goudarzi, a Torridon Group partner and former Department of Energy (DOE) official, said during a fireside chat with RBN President and CEO David Braziel at RBN’s GasCon 2026 conference in Houston.

Enbridge receives favorable ruling in Line 5 dispute