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The presumptive chairman of the House Natural Resources Committee, Rep. Doc Hastings (R-WA), has formally asked House Republicans to consider combining the energy jurisdictions of the House Energy and Commerce Committee and the House Natural Resources Committee into one committee — the House Energy and Natural Resources Committee.

The presumptive chairman of the House Natural Resources Committee, Rep. Doc Hastings (R-WA), has formally asked House Republicans to consider combining the energy jurisdictions of the House Energy and Commerce Committee and the House Natural Resources Committee into one committee — the House Energy and Natural Resources Committee.

Saying customers were overnominating gas at the Kemmerer and Roosevelt stations, Northwest asked them to secure supplies north of Plymouth Compressor Station “to meet the demand created by colder temperatures in all of our market areas in the upcoming days.”

Rick Smead, a director in Navigant Consulting Inc.’s Energy Practice, co-authored the firm’s 2008 North American Natural Gas Supply Assessment, which was considered a breakthrough in recognizing the potential of unconventional natural gas supplies. However, many of the two-year-old supply assumptions already need to be updated because of remarkable advancements in technology, he said Wednesday.

Shell Offshore Inc. again has asked federal authorities for permission to drill a single, shallow-water exploration well in the Beaufort Sea offshore Alaska.

Shell Offshore Inc. last week again asked federal authorities for permission to drill a single, shallow-water exploration well in the Beaufort Sea offshore Alaska.

California regulators have filed a protest of El Paso Natural Gas Co.’s proposed rate increase. They have requested a hearing in the matter, and asked the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to suspend El Paso’s proposed rates for the maximum five-month period.

California regulators have filed a protest of El Paso Natural Gas Co.’s proposed rate increase. They have requested a hearing in the matter, and asked the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to suspend El Paso’s proposed rates for the maximum five-month period.

Tres Palacios Gas Storage LLC, a subsidiary of Westport, CT-based NGS Energy LP, has asked the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission for the go-ahead to place into commercial service Wednesday a third cavern at its storage facility in Matagorda County, TX.