Blitz

Shortly after the company unveiled its staggering quarterly earnings report on Thursday, ExxonMobil Corp. launched a media blitz, accusing the White House and members of Congress of playing politics in their zeal to repeal annual tax incentives for the oil and gas industry.

The oil and natural gas industry has been carrying out a media blitz to educate policymakers and the general public about the market at a time when opinions of the industry are at their lowest level due to high gasoline and natural gas prices.

The oil and natural gas industry is carrying out a media blitz to educate policymakers and the general public about the market at a time when opinions of the industry are at their lowest level due to high gasoline and natural gas prices.

In the midst of a concerted public relations/lobbying blitz by their cornered regulatory prey, El Paso Corp., lawyers who have built the case for alleged market power abuses by the Houston-based gas pipeline giant are unabashedly confident that they will get a favorable decision from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission by the end of this year.

“The times, they are a-changing” could be Southern Company’smotto after a recent blitz of reorganization. The company reportedthat its board of directors approved the long-awaited spin-off ofMirant Corp. – formerly known as Southern Energy – and ChairmanA.W. “Bill” Dahlberg is retiring upon completion of thetransaction.

“The times, they are a-changing” could be Southern Company’smotto after a recent blitz of reorganization. The company reportedthat its board of directors approved the long-awaited spin-off ofMirant Corp. — formerly known as Southern Energy — and ChairmanA.W. “Bill” Dahlberg is retiring upon completion of thetransaction.