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Backed by an equity commitment from Warburg Pincus and experienced former Pioneer Natural Resources executives, Dallas-based Broad Oak Energy Inc. is ramping up efforts to explore and develop tight natural gas leaseholds, initially in southern Texas and northern Louisiana.

Chevron’s general manager in Alaska said the company plans to participate in the state’s gas pipeline project, currently backed by BP, ConocoPhillips and Exxon Mobil, the Anchorage Daily News reported last week.

Chevron’s general manager in Alaska said the company plans to participate in the state’s gas pipeline project, currently backed by BP, ConocoPhillips and Exxon Mobil, the Anchorage Daily News reported Tuesday.

While a California congressman, backed by manufacturers across the country, is leading the charge to lift restrictions on offshore drilling for oil and natural gas, a report to the California Independent System Operator’s (CAISO) oversight board points out that natural gas prices in the West have been relatively unaffected by the recent hurricanes and have been significantly lower than the rest of the country.

Liquefied natural gas (LNG) and U.S. company-backed electric generation plants were only part of the discussions Wednesday at a day-long workshop exploring “California-Mexico Border Energy Issues” in San Diego. The workshop was sponsored by a regional association of governments and the California Energy Commission (CEC). Demographics, economic development, and environmental protection held equal time with various energy supply/demand assessments.

Liquefied natural gas (LNG) and U.S. company-backed electric generation plants were only part of the discussions Wednesday at a day-long workshop exploring “California-Mexico Border Energy Issues” in San Diego. The workshop was sponsored by a regional association of governments and the California Energy Commission (CEC). Demographics, economic development, and environmental protection held equal time with various energy supply/demand assessments.

As a continuation of initiatives begun during NorthWestern Corp.’s recent Chapter 11 bankruptcy process, local government-backed pubic power advocates in Montana and South Dakota decided late last month to join forces in ongoing efforts to structure a public-sector purchase of the company, whose principal electric and natural gas utility operations are concentrated in those two states. The company had no comment since there is no formal proposal in play, a spokesperson said Tuesday.

As a continuation of initiatives begun during NorthWestern Corp.’s recent Chapter 11 bankruptcy process, local government-backed pubic power advocates in Montana and South Dakota decided late last month to join forces in ongoing efforts to structure a public-sector purchase of the company, whose principal electric and natural gas utility operations are concentrated in those two states. The company had no comment since there is no formal proposal in play, a spokesperson said Tuesday.

Christine Tezak, an analyst with Stanford Washington Research Group, last Wednesday dropped her odds for multi-emissions legislation backed by the Bush Administration being enacted into law this year to roughly 1 in 10 after the measure (S. 131) deadlocked in the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee on a bipartisan vote of 9 to 9.