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By a narrow margin, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Tuesday voted out a final rule that will increase the agency’s ability to detect fraud and other wrongdoing in the hedge fund market, a rapidly growing segment of the financial market that has been increasing its presence in the energy markets but for the most part has been free of regulation over the years.

The House and Senate by a wide margin voted late Thursday to extend several energy tax credits, including a booster for marginal oil and gas wells, as part of a $146 billion tax cut package for the middle class, sending the bill to President Bush for his signature.

The House and Senate by a wide margin voted late Thursday to extend several energy tax credits, including a booster for marginal oil and gas wells, as part of a $146 billion tax cut package for the middle class, sending the bill to President Bush for his signature.

House lawmakers last Tuesday voted out the omnibus Republican-crafted energy bill by a wide margin for the second time in nearly seven months, sending it to the Senate in hopes of jump-starting action on the stalled bill in that chamber.

House lawmakers on Tuesday voted out the omnibus Republican-crafted energy bill by a wide margin for the second time in nearly seven months, sending it to the Senate in hopes of jump-starting action on the stalled bill in that chamber.

As it sells off some of its lower-margin properties to focus attention on plays with more profit potential, Anadarko Petroleum Corp. will spend more on finding and development (F&D) costs this year, executives said last week.

As it sells off some of its lower-margin properties to focus attention on plays with more profit potential, Anadarko Petroleum Corp. will spend more on finding and development (F&D) costs this year, executives said this week.

New York will once again have razor-thin margins between supply and demand this summer, but the state should have adequate power supplies to meet expected demand, the New York Independent System Operator (NYISO) said last Tuesday.

Alaska voters approved by a wide margin last Tuesday a ballot initiative to create the Alaska Natural Gas Development Authority as a public corporation of the state for the purpose of acquiring North Slope gas and building a pipeline to deliver supplies to the Port of Valdez in Prince William Sound, where the gas would be liquefied and marketed to the Lower 48 states.