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Responding to heightened concerns on Capitol Hill about the chemical make-up of hydraulic fracturing (hydrofracing) fluids, the Natural Gas Supply Association (NGSA) has released what it calls a “representative sample” of the additive ingredients that are used in hydrofracing fluids. The disclosure may head off attempts to regulate hydrofracing at the federal level.

FERC’s proposed restructuring of the Office of Market Oversight and Investigations (OMOI) into the Office of Enforcement “reflects [the] heightened role of the Commission’s enforcement responsibilities as manifested by Congress” in the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (EPAct), according to Susan J. Court, who will head up the new office.

The Interior Department’s Minerals Management Service reported that there was heightened interest in its latest sale for royalty-in-kind (RIK) natural gas as the nation enters the winter heating season.

The Interior Department’s Minerals Management Service reported that there was heightened interest in its latest sale for royalty-in-kind (RIK) natural gas as the nation enters the winter heating season.

The Interior Department’s Minerals Management Service reported that there was heightened interest in its latest sale for royalty-in-kind (RIK) natural gas as the nation enters the winter heating season.

FERC is “quite close to being done” with its investigation of price manipulation in the natural gas industry, according to the director of the Commission’s Office of Market Oversight & Investigations (OMOI). William Hederman told a Houston audience last week that “barring major changes,” the investigation is “wrapping up.”

Not wilting under the public spotlight so far but faced with heightened public criticism from state elected officials, the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) tried hard last week to stand its ground on information about its power trading in late 2000 that on the surface appears to contradict testimony the utility’s representatives gave under oath to legislators in May.

Amid a heightened state of alert, executives from 11 major oil and natural gas corporations met last Thursday outside of Washington, DC, to form an information sharing and analysis center (ISAC) to address industry- and company-specific security risks and threats.

Amid a heightened state of alert, executives from 11 major oil and natural gas corporations will meet Thursday outside of Washington, DC, to form what will be known as an information sharing and analysis center (ISAC) to address industry- and company-specific security risks and threats.