Delay

Wyoming Gov. Dave Freudenthal has asked the U.S. Forest Service to delay action on a proposed plan to allow oil and natural gas development in the Bridger-Teton National Forest (BTNF) of the Wyoming Range.

Williams has no intention to delay any of its natural gas exploration and production (E&P) operations in the Rocky Mountains — even with the basis blowouts that have decimated gas prices in the region over the past few months.

Williams has no intention to delay any of its natural gas exploration and production (E&P) operations in the Rocky Mountains — even with the basis blowouts that have decimated gas prices in the region over the past few months.

NorthernStar Natural Gas Co. was neither surprised nor concerned by reports surfacing late in June that a local planning/zoning review could delay permitting of its proposed liquefied natural gas (LNG) receiving terminal along the Columbia River in Oregon. Senior Vice President Joseph Desmond told NGI Thursday he welcomes the critical look at the company’s plans.

NorthernStar Natural Gas Co. was neither surprised nor concerned by reports surfacing late in June that a local planning/zoning review could delay permitting of its proposed liquefied natural gas (LNG) receiving terminal along the Columbia River in Oregon. Senior Vice President Joseph Desmond told NGI Thursday he welcomes the critical look at the company’s plans.

The Interior Department’s Minerals Management Service (MMS) has agreed to delay future offshore oil and natural gas lease sales off the coast of Louisiana until a complete environmental review of state’s coastal region has been done, Louisiana Gov. Kathleen Blanco and MMS said Tuesday in announcing a settlement between the state and federal government.

The controversial Western Gulf of Mexico (GOM) Lease Sale 200 by the Minerals Management Service (MMS) went on as scheduled Wednesday, despite legal maneuvers to delay or even prevent it. The MMS announced 381 bids were received for the 3,865 tracts offered offshore Texas and Louisiana. There were 52 producers submitting bids independently or jointly on about 2.1 million acres — more than 20.8 million acres had been offered for bid.

The federal judge who presided over the criminal trial of Enron Corp. founder Kenneth Lay and ex-CEO Jeffrey Skilling on Friday agreed to delay the Sept. 11 sentencing of the two men. Their lawyers were given an extra six weeks to prepare arguments for the court that will ultimately determine how long the former executives spend in prison.

Natural gas storage levels are high and gas prices are lower, but those factors won’t delay domestic drilling plans on- or offshore, energy executives said Tuesday at the UBS Global Oil & Gas Conference in Austin, TX.