Rigzone has a fairly long article on the new Secretary of Energy. Buried in the story, the new SecEnergy said:
Moniz
said an upcoming quadrennial energy review will give the federal
government a chance to reflect consequences of the country’s oil and gas
abundance because it will involve many agencies and departments, and
address infrastructure vulnerability.
[The quadrennial review] also will consider the need for more pipelines to transport oil and gas
produced from tight shale formations from the wellhead to markets, he
said.
“The US pipeline infrastructure clearly isn’t sufficient to address new
production,” Moniz observed. “Improving it will need to be a top
priority involving several federal departments and agencies, and the
quadrennial energy review will provide a perfect opportunity for us to
do that.”
And then this zinger:
- Overall, he added, “we think the energy security landscape is different—and more interesting—than it was in 1973.”
1973: the year of the OPEC embargo.
Velvet Underground, Self-Titled, 1969
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