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The Republican Steering Committee last Tuesday selected Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI) as chairman of the powerful House Energy and Commerce Committee, bringing to a close the bitter power struggle for the top seat. The entire House Republican Conference seconded the vote last Wednesday.

The Republican Steering Committee Tuesday selected Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI) as chairman of the powerful House Energy and Commerce Committee, bringing to a close the bitter power struggle for the top seat. The entire House Republican Conference seconded the vote on Wednesday.

Despite bringing relatively little damage to the United States mainland and energy interests in the Gulf of Mexico, the 2010 hurricane season, which officially ended last Tuesday, was one of the busiest in years, according to weather forecasters at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association (NOAA) and Andover, MA-based WSI Corp.

Despite bringing relatively little damage to the United States mainland and energy interests in the Gulf of Mexico, the 2010 hurricane season, which officially ended Tuesday, was one of the busiest in years, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association (NOAA).

The Louisiana Mineral and Energy Board’s monthly lease sale in August collected more than $3.7 million in bonuses, bringing the fiscal year total to more than $8.3 million.

Cash prices appeared to disregard fresh winter storms bringing heavy snow to the Midwest through the Northeast and already hard-hit Mid-Atlantic, and lows around freezing or less spreading into much of the South (with more of the same due Wednesday in each instance), in falling at virtually all points Tuesday. To at least one source, the previous day’s 11.4-cent decline by March futures apparently had more influence on the cash market than weather forecasts.

Cash prices appeared to disregard fresh winter storms bringing heavy snow to the Midwest through the Northeast and already hard-hit Mid-Atlantic, and lows around freezing or less spreading into much of the South (with more of the same due Wednesday in each instance), in falling at virtually all points Tuesday. To at least one source, the previous day’s 11.4-cent decline by March futures apparently had more influence on the cash market than weather forecasts.

With the startup of its U.S. operations, Gazprom Marketing & Trading Ltd. has achieved its “goal of bringing the world’s largest gas company into the world’s largest gas market,” said CEO Vitaly Vasiliev Thursday.

With the startup of its U.S. operations, Russian-based Gazprom Marketing & Trading Ltd. has achieved its “goal of bringing the world’s largest gas company into the world’s largest gas market,” said CEO Vitaly Vasiliev last Thursday.