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The Republican-led Senate fended off a Democratic drive Thursday to levy a controversial windfall profits tax on the earnings of major energy companies as part of a $60 billion tax reconciliation package.

With oil and natural gas at record prices and production levels falling, BP plc is on a massive recruiting drive, and has hired 13 search firms to hire 400 new geologists, reservoir engineers, drilling specialists and other technicians to boost its North American operations from the Gulf of Mexico to Canada by the end of the year.

One of the current hotspots in the drive to bring on new gas supplies from the Rocky Mountains involves the Roan Plateau, which rises 3,000 feet northwest of the town of Rifle, CO, in the mineral-rich Uinta-Piceance Basin.

One of the current hotspots in the drive to bring on new gas supplies from the Rocky Mountains involves the Roan Plateau, which rises 3,000 feet northwest of the town of Rifle, CO, in the mineral-rich Uinta-Piceance Basin.

One year after Royal Dutch/Shell Group began downgrading its worldwide oil and natural gas reserves, the company said last week it has begun a recruitment effort to hire more than 1,000 petroleum engineers to bolster the exploration and production (E&P) unit.

One year after Royal Dutch/Shell Group began downgrading its worldwide oil and natural gas reserves, the company said Tuesday it has begun a recruitment effort to hire more than 1,000 petroleum engineers to bolster the exploration and production (E&P) unit.

In a maelstrom of bullish news, Sempra Energy Thursday not only reported sharply increased third quarter and nine-month earnings results, but also increased its overall profit projections for the year, predicting bigger growth in all three main business units and a reorganization effective next year that will split up its lagging energy services business.

In a maelstrom of bullish news, Sempra Energy Thursday not only reported sharply increased third quarter and nine-month earnings results, but also increased its overall profit projections for the year, predicting bigger growth in all three main business units and a reorganization effective next year that will split up its lagging energy services business.

In a maelstrom of bullish news, Sempra Energy Thursday not only reported sharply increased third quarter and nine-month earnings results, but also increased its overall profit projections for the year, predicting bigger growth in all three main business units and a reorganization effective next year that will split up its lagging energy services business.