Opposition

New Orleans-based independent producer Energy Partners Ltd. reiterated its opposition to the $23/share takeover offer from Woodside Petroleum subsidiary ATS, which extended the tender offer to EPL shareholders for a third time Thursday to Nov. 17 despite garnering less than 1% of EPL shares to date.

BHP Billiton challenged Phil Angelides, California State Treasurer and Democratic Party candidate for governor, on his opposition to Billiton’s plans for an LNG receiving terminal 12 miles off the Pacific Coast from Oxnard, CA. Angelides is proposing a tough, detailed state review of all LNG projects.

Pointing to three offshore proposals as better options, the newly elected mayor of Long Beach, CA, reiterated his opposition to siting a liquefied natural gas (LNG) receiving terminal in his city’s harbor in a published interview with the nonprofit, Alliance to Save Energy. He predicted the city council would consider the proposed LNG port site before the end of the year.

Pointing to three offshore proposals as better options, the newly elected mayor of Long Beach, CA, reiterated his opposition to siting a liquefied natural gas (LNG) receiving terminal in his city’s harbor in a published interview with the nonprofit, Alliance to Save Energy. He predicted the city council would consider the proposed LNG port site before the end of the year.

BHP Billiton is challenged Phil Angelides, California State Treasurer and Democratic Party candidate for governor, on his opposition to Billiton’s plans for an LNG receiving terminal 12 miles off the Pacific Coast from Oxnard, CA. Angelides is proposing a tough, detailed state review of all LNG projects.

The Florida House delegation has for the most part been solid in its opposition to any legislation that would expand oil and natural gas drilling in the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS), but some Republicans are breaking away to express their support for an OCS bill that was voted out by the House Resources Committee Wednesday.

A major shareholder, the hedge fund Pirate Capital LLC reiterating its strong opposition, told independent directors of Mirant Corp. Monday it would call for a special meeting of the company’s stockholders if Mirant did not immediately drop its unsolicited bid for NRG Energy, Inc., prompting the Atlanta-based merchant power plant operator to quickly abandon the hostile takeover, although it continued to characterize the deal as a “compelling opportunity.”

Four members of the Massachusetts congressional delegation sent a letter to the U.S. Coast Guard Wednesday expressing their opposition to the controversial proposed Weaver’s Cove liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal to be located in Fall River, MA.

Prominent religious leaders and educators in the United States, in an “open statement” to policymakers last week, signaled their opposition to the expansion of oil and natural gas drilling on public lands.