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The Republican-dominated House of Representatives Thursday passed an energy bill that could be described as encompassing a producer’s wish list, but those wishes won’t come true unless and until GOP control spreads to the Senate and the White House.

The Republican-dominated House of Representatives Thursday passed an energy bill that could be described as encompassing a producer’s wish list, but those wishes won’t come true unless and until Republican control spreads to the Senate and the White House.

Offering new guidelines on hydraulic fracturing (fracking), North Dakota’s Department of Mineral Resources (DMR) said Wednesday its 2012 oil/gas rule changes were approved as of Wednesday and become effective April 1. The revised rules cleared the state’s Administrative Rules Committee Wednesday morning, according to a DMR spokesperson.

Canada’s move into Asian energy markets has been described by PetroChina International (America) Inc. (PCIA), a Houston-based trading arm of China National Petroleum Corp. as only just beginning. The move will be gradual, one step at a time, it said.

Canada’s move into Asian energy markets has been described by PetroChina International (America) Inc. (PCIA), a Houston-based trading arm of China National Petroleum Corp., as only just beginning. The move will be gradual, one step at a time, it said.

Commerce City, CO, has invoked a 30-day “time out” on hydraulic fracturing (fracking) to give city officials time to further discuss their concerns with the oil and gas industry. City officials took the action late Monday in lieu of a proposed six-month ban on fracking.

Federal safety officials at a meeting of the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) Tuesday in Washington, DC, described last September’s fatal San Bruno, CA, natural gas transmission pipeline rupture and explosion as preventable and resulting from systemic “flawed” pipeline operations and oversight by state regulators.

U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Steven Chu described an initial report on hydraulic fracturing (fracking) as “practical, thoughtful and insightful,” as the subcommittee that compiled it began developing a timeline over the next 90 days for federal and state regulatory agencies to implement its recommendations.

U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Steven Chu described an initial report on hydraulic fracturing (fracking) as “practical, thoughtful and insightful,” and said he would work with other officials in the Obama administration to set a course for future shale gas development.