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Canada’s Conservative government has deflected a first stab at obtaining special corporate tax breaks for liquefied natural gas (LNG) export projects, but supporters vow to keep on trying.

Even though it was suspended from obtaining new federal contracts, BP plc will be allowed to bid in the Gulf of Mexico (GOM) Central Lease Sale 227 on Wednesday (March 20), the Department of Interior said.

The Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission (COGCC) is scheduled to consider a set of new rules on the disclosure of chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing (fracking) early next month, but the debate is already picking up steam regarding proposed exemptions for trade secret chemicals.

With Friday’s deadline approaching to comment on the Delaware River Basin Commission’s (DRBC) draft water quality amendments, the industry-led Marcellus Shale Coalition (MSC) on Tuesday outlined its concerns and said the proposed rules exceed the multi-state commission’s legal authority and duplicate state jurisdiction.

With the runoff win of Sen. Saxby Chambliss (R-GA) Tuesday, the Democrats’ hopes of obtaining a filibuster-proof majority of 60 members in the Senate died. But they remained undeterred, saying they have the support to fend off GOP efforts to derail major legislation.

Mexico’s federal electricity commission, Comision Federal de Electricidad (CFE), has extended the time for obtaining bids from companies wanting to construct a liquefied natural gas (LNG) receiving terminal at the Pacific port city of Manzanillo, according to a U.S.-based consultant watching Mexico’s energy developments and business wire service reports out of Mexico City. Bids had been due Feb. 7.

Mexico’s federal electricity commission, Comision Federal de Electricidad (CFE), has extended the time for obtaining bids from companies wanting to construct a liquefied natural gas (LNG) receiving terminal at the Pacific port city of Manzanillo, according to a U.S.-based consultant watching Mexico’s energy developments and business wire service reports out of Mexico City Monday. Bids had been due Feb. 7.

A month after obtaining a conditional, preliminary environmental approval for a Nova Scotia location for the first natural gas storage site on the Atlantic seaboard north of Boston, the proposal’s Calgary sponsor has enlarged on the idea by adding a pipeline concept, named the Atlantic Connector Gas Pipeline.

A month after obtaining a conditional, preliminary environmental approval for a Nova Scotia location for the first natural gas storage site on the Atlantic seaboard north of Boston, the proposal’s Calgary sponsor has enlarged on the idea by adding a pipeline concept, named the Atlantic Connector Gas Pipeline.