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There apparently is no environmental or public health fallout from an oilfield flash fire in the Bakken south of Williston, ND, that injured five workers, one of whom was airlifted to a nearby hospital in McKenzie County with burns, according to Trustland Oilfield Services and the North Dakota Department of Emergency Services.

President Obama has tapped former Colorado regulator Ron Binz to sit on the five-member FERC, succeeding Jon Wellinghoff.

President Obama has tapped former Colorado regulator Ron Binz to sit on the five-member Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, succeeding Jon Wellinghoff.

Legal holdups of oil and natural gas leases on federal lands are less likely following a federal district judge’s ruling on a five-year-old Montana case that effectively blocked an environmental steamroller, according to officials at the Denver-based Western Energy Alliance (WEA), which has represented oil and gas industry interests against environmental challenges throughout the West.

Future legal holdups of oil and natural gas leases on federal lands is now less likely following a federal district judge’s ruling on a five-year-old Montana case which effectively blocked an environmental steamroller, according to officials at the Denver-based Western Energy Alliance (WEA), which has represented oil/gas industry interests against environmental challenges throughout the West.

Sempra Energy’s Southern California Gas Co. utility is only seven months into a five-year program, but when it finishes installing more than 6 million advanced meter devices for its vast array of residential and small business customers, the nation’s largest gas utility will have finished its largest capital expenditure ever.

A pair of bills designed to tap “affordable natural gas in the MarcellusShale” and bring gas service to more consumers in Pennsylvania has been approved by the state’s Senate and moved to the House of Representatives for consideration.

The chief executives of Canada’s five biggest pipeline companies last week vowed to elevate safety to a top priority.

BP plc’s Alaska presence will become more visible over the next five years as the oil major pours an additional $1 billion into natural gas and oil development on the North Slope with a to-do list that includes more drilling rigs and more workers.