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Even as a number of Dodd-Frank regulatory rules remain in limbo, IntercontinentalExchange (ICE) said Tuesday it has completed the transition on its exchange of cleared over-the-counter (OTC) energy swaps to futures.

Deepwater drilling in the Gulf of Mexico (GOM) remains in limbo, but federal officials appear to be loosening their hold on permitting shallow-water projects, according to some offshore producers.

Deepwater drilling in the Gulf of Mexico (GOM) remains in limbo, but federal officials appear to be loosening their hold on permitting shallow-water projects, according to some offshore producers.

Tripartisan climate change legislation, which was scheduled to be unveiled last Monday, hung in limbo after Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina — the only Republican sponsor of the legislation — withdrew his support due to the Senate leadership’s plan to place immigration ahead of climate change on the Senate calendar.

Tripartisan climate change legislation, which was scheduled to be unveiled Monday, hung in limbo after Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina — the only Republican sponsor of the legislation — withdrew due to the Senate leadership’s plan to place immigration ahead of climate change on the Senate calendar.

Tripartisan climate change legislation, which was scheduled to be unveiled Monday, hung in limbo after Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina — the only Republican sponsor of the legislation — withdrew due to the Senate leadership’s plan to place immigration ahead of climate change on the Senate calendar.

As the nation gears up for new leadership in Washington, natural gas and electricity companies find themselves in kind of a regulatory limbo as they await word on who will be FERC chairman in the Obama administration.

As the nation gears up for new leadership in Washington, natural gas and electricity companies find themselves in kind of a regulatory limbo as they await word on who will chair FERC in the Obama administration.

A vote on whether to remove the congressional ban on oil and natural gas leasing on most of the federal Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) was placed in limbo last Thursday after the chairman of the House Appropriations Committee abruptly adjourned a markup when Republicans tried to force the panel to bring up the Interior Department spending bill that addresses the offshore ban, CQ Today reported.