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The “threat of regulatory overreach” in not allowing liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports “is tantamount to introducing price controls on natural gas,” ExxonMobil Chemical Co. President Stephen Pryor said Tuesday, directly countering the campaign of another chemicals giant, Dow Chemical Co., which has been heavily lobbying to protect its domestic feedstocks.

A new technology to remotely monitor conditions at gas wells in the Marcellus Shale play to ensure compliance with environmental regulations has been developed through a research partnership funded by the Department of Energy (DOE), according to DOE’s Office of Fossil Energy (FE).

In an effort to better serve its customers, CME Group is introducing three natural gas futures contracts physically delivered at Pine Prairie Energy Center (PPEC) in Evangeline Parish, LA, which is owned by PAA Natural Gas Storage LP.

In an effort to better serve its customers, CME Group is introducing three new natural gas futures contracts physically delivered at Pine Prairie Energy Center (PPEC) in Evangeline Parish, LA, which is owned by PAA Natural Gas Storage LP.

Sen. Jim DeMint (R-SC) has been joined by 12 other Republican senators in introducing a bill that would require that every new major rule proposed by federal agencies be approved by both houses of Congress and signed by the President.

Sen. Jim DeMint (R-SC) has been joined by 12 other Republican senators in introducing a bill that would require that every new major rule proposed by federal agencies be approved by both houses of Congress and signed by the President.

Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) last Thursday took the rare step of introducing a “disapproval resolution” to block the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) efforts to regulate greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions under the Clean Air Act (CAA). It sparked an immediate counterattack by Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA), who called Murkowski’s action a “new low” in the Senate.

Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) Thursday took the rare step of introducing a “disapproval resolution” to block the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) efforts to regulate greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions under the Clean Air Act (CAA). It sparked an immediate counterattack by Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA), who called Murkowski’s action a “new low” in the Senate.

The Alberta government last Thursday granted a one-year extension of two temporary natural gas drilling incentive programs but postponed decisions on introducing any permanent regime changes.