Licensing

Armada Oil Inc. has signed a geophysical data acquisition agreement with Geokinetics USA Inc. to conduct seismic testing on land in the Niobrara and Casper formations in southern Wyoming, the Houston-based independent oil and gas company said.

Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar and FERC Chairman Jon Wellinghoff Thursday signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to clarify jurisdictional responsibilities for leasing and licensing renewable energy projects on the Outer Continental Shelf OCS). The MOU clears the way for developing wind, solar, wave, tidal and ocean current energy sources.

Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar and FERC Chairman Jon Wellinghoff Thursday signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to clarify jurisdictional responsibilities for leasing and licensing renewable energy projects on the Outer Continental Shelf OCS). The MOU clears the way for developing wind, solar, wave, tidal and ocean current energy sources.

A three-judge panel of the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has turned down petitioners who asked for a review of a Transportation Department order licensing Shell Gas and Power’s Gulf Landing LLC LNG import terminal offshore Louisiana.

Retail energy marketers in Maryland said they favor current licensing rules and oppose erecting additional financial reporting requirements on retail energy marketers who want licenses to operate in the state. The Maryland Public Service Commission’s (PUC) recently requested comments on whether its current policy of requiring proof of financial integrity for all natural gas and electric suppliers in the state is adequate and does not restrict market entry.

Retail energy marketers in Maryland said they favor current licensing rules and oppose erecting additional financial reporting requirements on retail energy marketers who want licenses to operate in the state. The Maryland Public Service Commission’s (PUC) recently requested comments on whether its current policy of requiring proof of financial integrity for all natural gas and electric suppliers in the state is adequate and does not restrict market entry.

Nevada government officials are continuing to push ahead withlicensing of nonutility electricity service providers and otheraspects of restructuring the state’s power industry, despitefederal and state court challenges by the two incumbent utilitiesthat promise to delay implementation of a more competitiveelectricity market by up to 18 months.