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The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) announced Friday it will evaluate charges of alleged unlawful conduct that have been lodged against Pacific Gas and Electric Co. (PG&E) by CPUC investigators regarding the Dec. 24, 2008 natural gas pipeline explosion in Rancho Cordova, CA, east of Sacramento. It could lead to fines of up to $20,000 per day per violation against the San Francisco-based combination utility.

A judge in Tarrant County, TX, has dismissed four lawsuits against XTO Energy in which plaintiffs alleged that XTO, now a unit of ExxonMobil Corp., shortchanged them in lease payments.

A former gas trader in Houston has been charged with wire fraud and money laundering arising from an alleged scheme to defraud several natural gas trading companies of nearly $7 million, according to a newly unsealed 19-count indictment.

A former gas trader in Houston has been charged with wire fraud and money laundering arising from an alleged scheme to defraud several natural gas trading companies of nearly $7 million, according to a newly unsealed 19-count indictment.

A federal judge in Wyoming has overturned water quality rules that gas producers and the state had alleged were too restrictive and not based on complete consideration of related science by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The rules were intended to protect cropland in Montana from the downstream discharge of water from Powder River Basin coalbed methane (CBM) production.

A federal judge in Wyoming has overturned water quality rules that gas producers and the state had alleged were too restrictive and not based on complete consideration of related science by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The rules were intended to protect cropland in Montana from the downstream discharge of water from Powder River Basin coalbed methane (CBM) production.

The Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) Utah office held its controversial oil and natural gas lease sale Friday, but it was marred by an alleged “nuisance” bidder who apparently tried to taint the bidding process.

The Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) Utah office held its controversial oil and natural gas lease sale Friday, but it was marred by an alleged “nuisance” bidder who apparently tried to taint the bidding process.

President-elect Barack Obama Thursday said that neither he nor his office had any involvement in Illinois Gov. Rod R. Blagojevich’s alleged “pay-to-play” conspiracy to cash in on his authority to appoint a successor to fill Obama’s vacated Senate seat.