The Russia-Ukraine conflict has caused the U.S. Administration and lawmakers to step up energy support to Ukraine.

March saw new developments from the Administration and lawmakers on energy financing under the American tax code.

On February 11, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a new set of guidelines on the use of diesel fuel in hydraulic fracturing activities.

On January 31, the U.S. Department of State published the Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) for the Keystone XL Pipeline, following a 2013 draft of the SEIS that received over 1.5 million public comments.

The House Energy and Commerce Committee (E&C) issued a report encouraging the Department of Energy (DOE) to expedite permitting for liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports to non-free trade agreement (FTA) nations, including India and Japan.

On December 20, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court struck down Act 13, state drilling regulations that would have established a protected zone around the PA’s waterways, preventing any drilling within 300-feet them.

Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), Ranking Member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources (ENR) Committee and a major proponent of oil and gas development, is calling for the government to reduce regulations on U.S. exports of crude oil.