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All economic energy sources should be pursued to meet growing demand, but fossil fuels — natural gas, oil and coal — will continue to play the predominant role well into this century because of their scale, reliability and affordability, the CEO of ExxonMobil Corp. said last week.

All economic energy sources should be pursued to meet growing demand, but fossil fuels — natural gas, oil and coal — will continue to play the predominant role well into this century because of their scale, reliability and affordability, the CEO of ExxonMobil Corp. said Monday.

If coal-fired generation is out and intermittent renewable-based electricity is in the future power mix, more natural gas, including imports of liquefied natural gas (LNG), will be needed after 2010 in California and more widely in other western states, according to the U.S. president of Australian-based Woodside Natural Gas, whose parent is a major LNG developer and operator on Australia’s Northwest Shelf.

Missouri Gov. Matt Blunt Wednesday signed legislation exempting manufacturers from state sales taxes on electricity, natural gas, water, coal and other utility commodities/services in addition to chemicals used in manufacturing processes. The exemption extends to machinery, equipment and materials used for research and development related to manufacturing.

If politicians expect clean-burning natural gas to relieve their coal-fired power generation emissions woes, they need to give gas producers greater access to lands on which they can drill, the Natural Gas Supply Association (NGSA) said last week.

If politicians expect clean-burning natural gas to relieve their coal-fired power generation emissions woes, they need to give gas producers greater access to lands on which they can drill, said the Natural Gas Supply Association (NGSA).

The Interior Department’s Minerals Management Service (MMS) has proposed amending its existing regulations for reporting production and royalties on crude oil, natural gas, coal and geothermal resources produced on federal and Indian leases in order to align the agency’s regulations with its current business practices.

The Interior Department’s Minerals Management Service (MMS) on Friday proposed amending its existing regulations for reporting production and royalties on crude oil, natural gas, coal and geothermal resources produced on federal and Indian leases in order to align the agency’s regulations with its current business practices.

USGen New England Inc. on Tuesday said the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Maryland, Greenbelt Division, approved the sale of the company’s two coal/oil-fired electric generating facilities and a natural gas-fired plant to Dominion. The sale still requires certain regulatory approvals and transfer of all operating and environmental permits.