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San Diego Gas & Electric Co. (SDG&E) has been ordered to pay an $80,000 civil penalty under an agreement with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), which resolves charges that the utility engaged in phony “wash” trades of natural gas futures on the New York Mercantile Exchange (Nymex).

San Diego Gas & Electric Co. (SDG&E) has been ordered to pay an $80,000 civil penalty under an agreement with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), which resolves charges that the utility engaged in phony “wash” trades of natural gas futures on the New York Mercantile Exchange (Nymex).

Units of ExxonMobil Corp. have been ordered to pay the United States $32.2 million to resolve claims that they violated the False Claims Act by knowingly underpaying royalties owed on natural gas produced from federal and American Indian leases, the U.S. Justice Department announced last week. For its part, ExxonMobil acknowledged the settlement, which occurred two years ago, but vehemently denied the Justice Department’s claims that it deliberately underpaid royalties.

FERC has ordered an evidentiary hearing to resolve eight issues that shippers have contested in Texas Eastern Transmission’s (Tetco) gas quality and interchangeability tariff proposal.

FERC has ordered an evidentiary hearing to resolve eight issues that shippers have contested in Texas Eastern Transmission’s (Tetco) gas quality and interchangeability tariff proposal.

FERC has ordered an evidentiary hearing to resolve eight issues that shippers have contested in Texas Eastern Transmission’s (Tetco) gas quality and interchangeability tariff proposal.

The Mackenzie Gas Project (MGP) has been ordered by Canadian regulators to try and answer the question hanging over Arctic gas schemes in Canada and the United States alike: can they survive competition from the new generation of southern shale supply sources?

KeySpan Corp. has been ordered to disgorge unjust profits and pay $12 million for an antitrust violation that involved the taking of a financial interest in the electricity capacity sales of its largest competitor in the New York City market, a move that likely led to higher retail electricity prices in the city over a two-year period, the Department of Justice (DOJ) said last week.

The Mackenzie Gas Project (MGP) has been ordered by Canadian regulators to try and answer the question hanging over Arctic gas schemes in Canada and the United States alike: can they survive competition from the new generation of southern shale supply sources?