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Legislators and state government officials in Ohio, as well as industry groups, are discussing a bill that, if enacted, would require oil and natural gas land agents to register with the state and provide homeowners with several disclosure forms.

Three days after reporting an upbeat financial and operating performance in the second quarter, Chesapeake Energy Corp. said in a regulatory filing on Thursday it was subpoenaed in late June by the Department of Justice’s Midwest Field Office antitrust division.

BP plc is discussing a $14 billion accord with plaintiffs who sued the company and its partners over the Macondo well explosion, sources told NGI on Monday.

Although they deferred action until next month, California regulators Thursday spent considerable time discussing the deployment of advanced natural gas utility metering systems and the fate of a gas-fired generation plant in Northern California that the state’s grid operator claims is essential to reliability. Advocates for the smart gas meters contend that they are essential for upgrades to pipeline system safety.

Traders are still discussing the potential impacts of the large position held by the United States Natural Gas Fund (UNG), especially as the exchange-traded fund (ETF) rolled its front-month positions on the New York Mercantile Exchange (Nymex) and the IntercontinentalExchange (ICE).

Traders are still discussing the potential impacts of the large position held by the United States Natural Gas Fund (UNG), especially as the exchange-traded fund (ETF) currently rolls its front-month positions on the New York Mercantile Exchange (Nymex) and the IntercontinentalExchange (ICE).

In anticipation of a robust market for carbon emissions credits, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) is discussing how to keep track of what could become the largest commodity market in the world ($2 trillion within five years) if climate change legislation becomes law later this year.

In anticipation of a robust market for carbon emissions credits, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) is discussing how to keep track of what could become the largest commodity market in the world ($2 trillion within five years) if climate change legislation becomes law later this year.

Two of the major exchanges trading natural gas, the New York Mercantile Exchange (Nymex) and the IntercontinentalExchange (ICE) are among a handful of exchanges in the U.S. and Europe that have been discussing possibly purchasing the New York Board of Trade (Nybot), according to an article Thursday in The Wall Street Journal. The article, based on sources, said two exchanges are still in talks, but it did not say which two. Nybot, which has floor-based trading of some agricultural products, would be a good fit with either CBOT Holdings, owner of the Chicago Board of Trade, or ICE, because Nybot has a clearing business, WSJ went on to say. Nybot has space on Nymex’s trading floor in Lower Manhattan.