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Well, we all knew
the National Petroleum Council (NPC) would have more to say, after their first
two reports in December 2025, giving their ideas on how to improve the regulatory
and permitting to get the energy sector moving. Well, looks like they are addressing subsurface
infrastructure in their next report. Let’s
dig in.
Did anyone
happen to read the U.S. Department of Energy’s Hydrocarbon and Geothermal
Energy Office Release on August 31, 2026, their announcement, “Energy
Department Announces National Petroleum Council Report to Unlock America’s Vast
Energy Resources”? In the announcement, U.S.
Department of Energy’s (DOE) Hydrocarbon and Geothermal Office published the
National Petroleum Council’s (NPC), “American Resources for a Secure Future: A
National Cooperative Subsurface Assessment Program Report”. In the NPC’s report, they have given five main ideas
on how to improve how the U.S. should consider, distinguish, and oversee
development of underground reserves and storage for oil and gas, geothermal, strategic
minerals, and others, as well as develop and use public-private partnerships, make
a national database as a way to track and share data and use innovative equipment,
and invest in the next generation workforce.
Well, it will be interesting to see what the DOE does with these ideas
in the future. We will keep you informed
if we hear anything else from the U.S. DOE.
If you would like to read more of the Announcement from the U.S.
DOE’s Hydrocarbons and Geothermal Energy Office, please click the link: Energy Department Announces National Petroleum Council Report to Unlock America’s Vast Energy Resources | Department of Energy.
If you would
like help in looking into how to store your liquid hydrocarbon safely in
underground storage or just find out what is underneath your feet to help with
your emission reduction goals, contact us via email in the Blog and check out
our ESC website!
We hope you have a wonderful evening and a productive week.
**Disclaimer: Please see the Immediate Release from
the U.S. DOE for specifics. **