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FERC has blocked Kern River Gas Transmission’s attempt to force shippers within the same class whose contracts are expiring to agree to renew for the same term or face higher rates.

FERC has blocked Kern River Gas Transmission’s attempt to force shippers within the same class whose contracts are expiring to agree to renew for the same term or face higher rates.

A federal judge in the 10th District Court in Ensenada, Mexico, has permanently blocked the City of Ensenada from attempting to shut operations at Sempra Energy’s Energia Costa Azul liquefied natural gas (LNG) receiving terminal along the Pacific Coast of North Baja California. Other litigation by an adjacent landowner remains unresolved, although Sempra maintains that it will eventually prevail.

A Mexican federal judge in the 10th District Court in Ensenada has permanently blocked the City of Ensenada from attempting to shut operations at Sempra Energy’s Energia Costa Azul liquefied natural gas (LNG) receiving terminal along the Pacific Coast of North Baja California. Other litigation by an adjacent landowner remains unresolved, although Sempra maintains that it will eventually prevail.

The debate over generating revenue from the natural gas industry in Pennsylvania took a linguistic turn this week when a national tax opponent said that an impact fee working through the General Assembly is actually a tax.

New Orleans U.S. District Judge Martin Feldman, who in June blocked the federal government from enforcing a moratorium on deepwater drilling in the Gulf of Mexico, last Wednesday denied the government’s second attempt to dismiss the lawsuit challenging the six-month moratorium. The Interior Department asked the court to dismiss the industry challenge as moot since the department had revoked the first moratorium that was the target of the June court decision and replaced it with a second moratorium.

New Orleans U.S. District Judge Martin Feldman, who in June blocked the federal government from enforcing a moratorium on deepwater drilling in the Gulf of Mexico, Wednesday denied the government’s second attempt to dismiss the lawsuit challenging the six-month moratorium. The Interior Department asked the court to dismiss the industry challenge as moot since the department had revoked the first moratorium that was the target of the June court ruling and replaced it with a second moratorium.

Senate Republicans blocked a recent attempt by Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-WA) to win expedited approval of a bill that sought to wring out “excessive” speculation and possible manipulation in the energy futures markets that Democrats contend are responsible for record high crude oil prices, which eclipsed $143 a barrel early Monday.

Senate Republicans Friday blocked an attempt by Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-WA) to win expedited approval of a bill that sought to wring out “excessive” speculation and possible manipulation in the energy futures markets that Democrats contend are responsible for record high crude oil prices, which eclipsed $143 a barrel early Monday.