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While Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois has said he would support limited expansion of oil and natural gas drilling on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS), the head of Frost & Sullivan’s North American energy practice said she couldn’t rule out the possibility that he may reinstate presidential restrictions on drilling if elected next week.

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) will be looking for a comprehensive, bipartisan approach on energy measures, encompassing development and drilling for conventional resources as well as energy efficiency, renewables and mitigating energy costs, a campaign energy adviser told the Natural Gas Roundtable in Washington Thursday.

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) will be looking for a comprehensive, bipartisan approach on energy measures, encompassing development and drilling for conventional resources as well as energy efficiency, renewables and mitigating energy costs, a senior energy adviser told the Natural Gas Roundtable in Washington, DC, last Thursday.

A new economic plan aimed at rescuing middle-class citizens hit by the financial crisis which was unveiled Monday by Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama includes provisions to supplement existing funding to help needy customers in cold weather states pay their energy bills during the upcoming heating season.

Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois, in his speech Thursday night accepting the Democratic nomination for president, pledged to back exploration and production of natural gas if he is elected in November.

Energy, often a back-burner issue in presidential campaigns, took center stage last week. Democratic presidential contender Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois lit the fire when he signaled that he would be open to allowing drilling off certain coastal states as part of a larger compromise on energy policy. This marked a sea change in his position on oil and natural gas production in the federal Outer Continental Shelf (OCS).

Democratic presidential contender Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois has signaled that he would be open to allowing drilling off certain coastal states as part of a larger compromise on energy policy, a shift in his position against repeal of the congressional ban on oil and natural gas activity in much of the federal Outer Continental Shelf (OCS).

Sen. Barack Obama, the presumptive Democratic candidate for president, Sunday outlined a four-point plan to crack down on the “excessive” energy speculation that he claims is driving up the prices of crude oil, gasoline and other energy commodities.