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Cabot Oil & Gas Corp. is seeking a joint venture (JV) partner to develop its Haynesville and Mid-Bossier Shale leasehold in San Augustine, Nacogdoches and Sabine counties in East Texas. And East Texas Oil & Gas LLC (ETOG) is offering an East Texas JV opportunity in Leon, Madison, Brazos and Robertson counties.

Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-LA) last week continued her procedural hold on the nomination of Jack Lew for the director of the Office of Management and Budget, despite pleas from the White House and congressional Democrats to remove it. Landrieu said she will block his nomination until the moratorium on deepwater oil and natural gas drilling in the Gulf of Mexico has been lifted or significantly modified.

Sen. David Vitter (R-LA) said he supports Sen. Mary Landrieu’s (D-LA) decision to block the nomination of Jack Lew for director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) until the moratorium on deepwater oil and gas drilling in the Gulf of Mexico has been lifted or significantly modified.

Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-LA) Thursday announced that she will block the nomination of Jack Lew to be director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) until the moratorium on deepwater oil and natural gas drilling in the Gulf of Mexico has been lifted or significantly modified.

The director of the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEM) Monday acknowledged the frustration of shallow-water drillers in the Gulf of Mexico as they face a slower permit approval process, but he said safety will not be compromised.

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has settled charges against Robert Moore of Connecticut, former executive managing director for the Bank of Montreal’s (BMO) Commodity Derivatives Group, relating to the mismarking and misvaluing of BMO’s natural gas options book by a trader he supervised, the CFTC said Monday.

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has settled charges against Robert Moore of Connecticut, former executive managing director for the Bank of Montreal’s (BMO) Commodity Derivatives Group, relating to the mismarking and misvaluing of BMO’s natural gas options book by a trader he supervised, the CFTC said Monday.

Randall Luthi, who was director of the Interior Department’s Minerals Management Service between July 2007 and January 2009, Monday became president of National Ocean Industries Association (NOIA), which represents the offshore energy industry. He succeeds Tom Fry, who retired after heading up the organization for years. The NOIA board of directors selected Luthi as Fry’s successor at its meeting last fall. “I’m honored to have this opportunity to represent the NOIA membership and excited by the upcoming challenge of working to impact policies favorable to the offshore energy industry,” Luthi said.

Randall Luthi, who was director of the Interior Department’s Minerals Management Service between July 2007 and January 2009, Monday became president of National Ocean Industries Association (NOIA), which represents the offshore energy industry. He succeeds Tom Fry, who retired after heading up the organization for years. The NOIA board of directors selected Luthi as Fry’s successor at its meeting last fall. “I’m honored to have this opportunity to represent the NOIA membership and excited by the upcoming challenge of working to impact policies favorable to the offshore energy industry,” Luthi said.