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There has never been a private-sector international electric transmission line project to win bilateral approvals from both countries involved, so Vancouver, BC-based Sea Breeze Power Corp.’s senior executives last Thursday were touting their long-standing project as history-making. With a first-ever U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)-granted presidential permit, the undersea, high-voltage direct-current (HVDC) transmission line now has approvals from both the U.S. and Canadian authorities.

Rather improbably, since cooling demand remains moderately subpar for early July outside the western U.S. and a holiday flow date was involved, prices rose in most of the cash market Tuesday. A few points that were flat to down about 15 cents extended a recent trend of mixed price movement nearly every day.

With an emphasis on upgrading hurricane prediction technology and landfall probability, federal agencies involved in hurricane research said last week that they have mapped out the future of hurricane forecasting capabilities in the publication “Interagency Strategic Research Plan for Tropical Cyclones: The Way Ahead.”

With an emphasis on upgrading hurricane prediction technology and landfall probability, federal agencies involved in hurricane research said Tuesday that they have mapped out the future of hurricane forecasting capabilities in the publication “Interagency Strategic Research Plan for Tropical Cyclones: The Way Ahead.”

Williams’ Northwest Pipeline completed its capacity replacement project in Washington state. Work began in 2003 on the project, which is now in service.

Johnnie Burton, director of the Interior Department’s Minerals Management Service (MMS), was involved in a cover-up of the mistakes made in the 1998 and 1999 deepwater Gulf of Mexico oil and natural gas leases that could cost the federal government billions of dollars over the life of the leases if the contracts are not renegotiated, said a spokesman for a congressman who has been investigating the matter.

Johnnie Burton, director of the Interior Department’s Minerals Management Service (MMS), was involved in a cover-up of the mistakes made in the 1998 and 1999 deepwater Gulf of Mexico oil and natural gas leases that could cost the federal government billions of dollars over the life of the leases if the contracts are not renegotiated, said a spokesman for a congressman who has been investigating the matter.

Early in his career, Devon Energy’s Brad Foster worked for Columbia Gas in Ohio where he was involved in the company’s shale gas exploration and production activity. He spent two summers working on shale projects before deciding, “I will never work a shale project again.”

Early in his career, Devon Energy’s Brad Foster worked for Columbia Gas in Ohio where he was involved in the company’s shale gas exploration and production activity. He spent two summers working on shale projects before deciding, “I will never work a shale project again.”