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Southern California Edison Co. (SCE) officials said Southern California power supplies will be adequate through the summer, and as many as three new or upgraded natural gas-fired plants with a total of more than 1,800 MW are scheduled to begin operations by the end of September.

Penn Virginia Corp. (PVA) is opening its Eagle Ford Shale oil window wider with the acquisition of 40,600 gross acres (19,000 net) in Gonzales and Lavaca counties, TX, for $401 million from Magnum Hunter Resources Corp. (MHR), which has set its sights, in part, on the Pearsall Shale.

Royal Dutch Shell plc failed to maintain “adequate oversight” of its Alaska offshore contractors, on which it relied for “many critical aspects of its program,” and that led to problems in the inaugural drilling program in the Beaufort and Chukchi seas last summer, the Department of Interior said Thursday.

Royal Dutch Shell plc failed to maintain “adequate oversight” of its Alaska offshore contractors, on which it relied for “many critical aspects of its program,” and that led to problems in the inaugural drilling program in the Beaufort and Chukchi seas last summer, the Department of Interior said Thursday.

Noting that it wants to give the public an adequate opportunity to review and comment, the Interior Department’s U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) said Wednesday that it is extending the public comment period on two proposed rules: to list as endangered the gunnison sage grouse, which is found south of the Colorado River in Colorado and Utah, and to designate 1.7 million acres of critical habitat for the bird under the Endangered Species Act (ESA).

Enbridge Bakken Pipeline Co. Inc. has completed and placed in service its 77-mile Bakken Pipeline Project Canada, which connects to the Enbridge Pipelines Inc. (EPI) Mainline and carries crude oil from the Bakken Shale to North American refinery markets, Enbridge Energy Partners LP (EEP) and Enbridge Income Fund said Monday.

Importing liquefied natural gas (LNG) by the winter of 2014-2015 is the only sure way to ensure adequate gas supplies for Southcentral, AK, Enstar Natural Gas CEO Colleen Starring told an Anchorage audience last week.

Importing liquefied natural gas (LNG) by the winter of 2014-2015 is the only sure way to ensure adequate gas supplies for Southcentral, AK, Enstar Natural Gas CEO Colleen Starring told an Anchorage audience Monday.

States and producers Monday called on the Obama administration to either withdraw or suspend a proposed rule that would require companies to publicly disclose chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing (fracking) operations on federal and Indian lands. Environmental and conservation groups lobbied for the federal government to tighten the rule.