Anticipated

William Reilly, co-chair of the president’s oil spill commission, believes that the deepwater moratorium should end before the anticipated Nov. 30 expiration deadline, say energy analysts.

While reporting improved quarter-over-quarter earnings and a growing rate base in its utilities, Wisconsin Energy CEO Gale Klappa noted the anticipated start-up date for a second coal-fired generation plant at its Oak Creek facility won’t be commercial until near the end of this year.

Nexen Inc. on Thursday kicked off the quarterly earnings season with good news: higher profits than anticipated and solid performance from its operating units.

The U.S. House of Representatives last Wednesday voted out a long-anticipated conference report on overhauling the financial regulatory system, including reining in commodities market speculation by forcing over-the-counter (OTC) derivative trades onto regulated exchanges and clearinghouses.

Senate Agriculture Committee Chair Blanche Lincoln (D-AR) Friday came out with a much-anticipated bill aimed at reining in commodities market speculation by forcing over-the-counter (OTC) derivative trades onto regulated exchanges and clearinghouses. As expected, it would include an exemption for large commercial traders who use derivatives to hedge the risk associated with trading of physical products.

Senate Agriculture Committee Chair Blanche Lincoln (D-AR) Friday came out with a much-anticipated bill aimed at reining in commodities market speculation by forcing over-the-counter (OTC) derivative trades onto regulated exchanges and clearinghouses. As expected, it would include an exemption for large commercial traders who use derivatives to hedge the risk associated with trading of physical products.

Senate Agriculture Committee Chair Blanche Lincoln (D-AR) Friday came out with a much-anticipated bill aimed at reining in commodities market speculation by forcing over-the-counter (OTC) derivative trades onto regulated exchanges and clearinghouses. As expected, it would include an exemption for large commercial traders who use derivatives to hedge the risk associated with trading of physical products.

“In less than six weeks, the industry will enter the summer injection season with significantly less working gas in storage than originally anticipated,” a Credit Suisse analyst said recently, noting that this will serve to put a floor under gas prices.

“In less than six weeks, the industry will enter the summer injection season with significantly less working gas in storage than originally anticipated,” a Credit Suisse analyst said last Friday, noting that this will serve to put a floor under gas prices.