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Despite support from Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV), an amendment to jump-start the adoption of natural gas vehicles (NGV) and the supporting infrastructure for large trucking fleets failed in the Senate Tuesday as lawmakers did not obtain the 60 votes needed to fend off a filibuster.

Despite problems with past energy lease sales in Utah, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Canyon Country District plans to conduct additional planning and analysis for new natural gas, oil and potash (mined salt) leasing on about 783,000 acres of public lands within the Moab and Monticello planning areas in the eastern part of the state. Specifically, the Interior Department’s BLM intends to prepare a master leasing plan (MLP), amendments to the Moab and Monticello Resource Management Plans (RMP) and a single environmental impact statement (EIS).

Despite 10-year low natural gas prices dampening the short-term economics, more gas pipeline and storage infrastructure ultimately is needed in the Pacific Northwest, according to Gregg Kantor, CEO of Portland, OR-based NW Natural Corp. Kantor made the remarks in reporting decreased profits on a conference call with financial analysts Tuesday.

A TransCanada Corp. official said this week that despite opposition to the Keystone XL oil pipeline, the company is moving forward with plans to refile its application to carry supplies from Canada to the Gulf Coast.

Wages are up and confidence in future hiring is surging despite lingering concern for the global economy, an annual survey of employees in the oil and natural gas industry has found.

Despite spilling more red ink last year in its exploration and production (E&P) business, Rapid City, SD-based Black Hills Corp. expects growth in that part of its business, which now places more emphasis on the regulated utility sector in several states, according to CEO David Emery.

Despite numerous proposed power generation projects, California faces a seven-year window (2017-2024) in which an adequate amount of natural gas-fired power is uncertain without costly upgrades to an aging fleet of coastal facilities, according to a long-term strategic plan by the California Independent System Operator (CAISO).

Despite numerous proposed power generation projects, California faces a seven-year window (2017-2024) in which adequate amounts of natural gas-fired power is uncertain without costly upgrades to an aging fleet of coastal facilities, according to a long-term strategic plan by the California Independent System Operator (CAISO).

Supported by abundant unconventional natural gas and oil reserves, the United States and Canada will become “almost totally energy self-sufficient” by 2030, according to a new forecast by BP plc.