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A deal announced last week marks the exit of ExxonMobil Corp. from the prolific Barnett Shale gas play and the further accumulation of Barnett assets by Chesapeake Energy Corp., which has become a leading North American gas shale player.

A deal announced this week marks the exit of ExxonMobil Corp. from the prolific Barnett Shale gas play and the further accumulation of Barnett assets by Chesapeake Energy Corp., which has become a leading North American gas shale player.

The number of Americans who give current political leaders poor marks on energy and climate leadership has risen dramatically in recent years, according to an opinion survey conducted by Opinion Research Corporation for the Newton, MA-based Civil Society Institute (CSI). A majority of those responding to the survey said they support a five-year moratorium on new coal-fired plants.

The energy markets experienced a roller-coaster ride in 2006 as hurricane and weather forecasts ultimately ended up missing their marks, while electronic energy trading competition increased and the banks in the energy merchant sector continued to evolve from peripheral participants to core market players.

The energy markets experienced a roller-coaster ride in 2006 as hurricane and weather forecasts ultimately ended up missing their marks, while electronic energy trading competition increased and the banks in the energy merchant sector continued to evolve from peripheral participants to core market players.

FERC received high marks for the way it responded to the needs of small businesses in fiscal year 2005, according to an annual report submitted to Congress by the Small Business Administration’s Office of National Ombudsman (ONO).

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) has issued two related reports that give natural gas pipelines high marks for the progress they’ve made in improving the safety of their systems, and it recommended that Congress and the Department of Transportation (DOT) fine-tune current laws and regulations to further aid pipelines in their efforts.

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) issued two related reports Friday that gave natural gas pipelines high marks for the progress they’ve made in improving the safety of their systems, and it recommended that Congress and the Department of Transportation (DOT) make changes to their laws and regulations to aid pipelines in their efforts.

The American Gas Association (AGA) has called on a House Appropriations subcommittee to provide full funding for needy energy consumers when it marks up a fiscal 2007 spending bill for the departments of Labor, Health and Human Services and Education Wednesday.