Domestic natural gas and crude oil production is “indispensable” if the United States intends to overcome its addiction to foreign oil, the incoming chairman of the Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Commission (IOGCC) said this week.
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On Short List for CFTC Chair, Chilton Would Unveil ‘Dark Markets’
Commissioner Bart Chilton of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), whose name is being tossed about as possible CFTC chairman in the incoming Obama administration, says he agrees that the agency should move aggressively to oversee clearing of credit default swaps (CDS), a form of insurance against the default of debt securities, which have contributed to the tumult in the credit markets.
Exelon CEO Says Nuclear ‘Renaissance’ Still in Early Stages
Exelon Corp. CEO John Rowe, the incoming chairman of the Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI), said last week the United States will need 20 to 30 new nuclear plants by 2030 “to have any hope of addressing climate change and ensuring energy security.” However, “we must keep these hopes harnessed to fact.”
Bush Gets Lots of Energy Advice
Just what can the energy industry expect to encounter underincoming President-elect George W. Bush’s administration? It’s asafe bet the former Midland, TX, oilman, paired with formerHalliburton CEO Dick Cheney, will be more open to expanding oil& gas exploration and production. Beyond that, anyone with aninterest in making friends and influencing people in the new Bushadministration, might make use of the following list of Dubya’sEnergy Transition Advisory Team:
Cabinet Appointments Cast 1,000 Points of Light
Just what can the energy industry expect to encounter underincoming President-elect George W. Bush’s administration? Theformer Midland, TX, oilman, paired with former Halliburton CEO DickCheney, appears to be more open to new exploration and production.Add to that Bush’s recent Cabinet picks, and it beams a thousandpoints of light on what industry may expect in the next four years.