Calls

Alternative Fuel Revved Up; Gas in Larger Vehicle Mix

General Motors (GM) has unveiled what it calls the industry’s only fully integrated compressed natural gas (CNG) cargo van as the first in what it hopes will be a parade of options for fleet operators seeking to lower their carbon footprint.

October 25, 2010

Alternative Fuel Revved Up; CNG, LNG Eye Larger Vehicles

General Motors (GM) this month has unveiled what it calls the industry’s only fully integrated compressed natural gas (CNG) cargo van as the lead vehicle in what it hopes will be a parade of options for fleet operators seeking to lower their carbon footprint.

October 21, 2010

Expansion of Pine Prairie Storage Proposed

PAA Natural Gas Storage LP (PNG) has filed with FERC an application to expand its Pine Prairie Natural Gas Storage salt cavern facility in Evangeline Parish, LA. The proposal calls for the construction of an additional 32 Bcf of working gas storage capacity, including two new 12 Bcf caverns and the expansion of permitted capacity for caverns two through five to 12 Bcf from 10 Bcf each.

October 6, 2010

Sweeping Financial Regulatory Reform Clears Senate

The Senate late Thursday passed historic, broad-based legislation that calls for a sweeping overhaul of the nation’s financial regulatory system, including regulation of the over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives market for the first time.

May 24, 2010

Salazar Plans to Split MMS Into Two Agencies

Responding to calls for greater regulation in the offshore, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar last Tuesday announced plans to split the Minerals Management Service (MMS) into two independent entities, with one enforcing safety and environmental matters and the other handling leasing, revenue collection and permitting functions.

May 24, 2010

Sweeping Financial Regulatory Reform Clears Senate

The Senate late Thursday passed historic, broad-based legislation that calls for a sweeping overhaul of the nation’s financial regulatory system, including regulation of the over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives market for the first time.

May 24, 2010

Northern Mackenzie Gas Project Supporters: Fish or Cut Bait

The 67-month regulatory trial of Canada’s Arctic natural gas development plan has ended in calls by its northern supporters for the industrial sponsors to fish or cut bait by making a decision on whether to build the production and pipeline system within three years.

April 26, 2010

Northern Mackenzie Gas Project Supporters: Fish or Cut Bait

The 67-month regulatory trial of Canada’s Arctic natural gas development plan has ended in calls by its northern supporters for the industrial sponsors to fish or cut bait by making a decision on whether to build the production and pipeline system within three years.

April 26, 2010

Mackenzie Gas Project Supporters: Fish or Cut Bait

The 67-month regulatory trial of Canada’s Arctic natural gas development plan has ended in calls by its northern supporters for the industrial sponsors to fish or cut bait by making a decision on whether to build the production and pipeline system within three years.

April 26, 2010

Gensler: Wall Street Cool to OTC Regulatory Reform

The head of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) last Thursday took Wall Street to task for its chilly response to calls for reform of the over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives market that has been proposed by Congress in its sweeping overhaul of the financial regulatory system.

March 15, 2010