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Senate Republicans Tuesday pushed back a Democratic effort to repeal $21 billion in oil and natural gas tax breaks for the five largest producers over the next decade. And Democrats responded Wednesday by erecting a barrier to Republicans’ pro-drilling measure.

Southern California Gas declared a high-linepack OFO for Saturday, saying it would assess Buy-Back charges to customers that delivered into its system more than 110% of their actual gas usage on the OFO day.

Southern California Gas declared a high-linepack OFO for Saturday, saying it would assess Buy-Back charges in accordance with its tariff to customers that deliver more than 110% of their actual daily gas usage.

The Energy Information Administration (EIA) plans to completely cut out or scale back a number of its energy analysis programs due to a 14% reduction in its budget for the current fiscal year.

Serious Canadian energy investment and equally focused environmental interests are warily eyeing each other in and around the Uinta Basin in southeastern Utah, where energy developers see an extension of their oil sands plays in Western Canada, and a group called Living Rivers warns of a potential environmental and public health disaster.

The Energy Information Administration (EIA) plans to cut out completely or scale back a number of its energy analysis programs due to a 14% reduction in its budget for the current fiscal year.

The prospect for increased development of natural gas-fired peaking generation plants to back up added wind generation in the Pacific Northwest has prompted the need for added gas storage. An analysis is under way to determine whether existing underground storage or newly developed above-ground liquefied natural gas (LNG) is the best option for assuring power system reliability in the region.

Former Quebec Premier Lucien Bouchard, who now serves as president of the Quebec Oil and Gas Association (QOGA), said the organization welcomed the provincial government’s response to a report on hydraulic fracturing (hydrofracking) in the Utica Shale play.

While the debate over drilling on state land in Pennsylvania is focused on parks and forests, another state landowner is looking to collect revenue by selling public resources to the natural gas industry: the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission (PFBC).