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MarkWest Energy Partners LP co-founder and former CEO John Fox has sent a letter to Marathon Petroleum Corp. (MPC) urging against its plans for the accelerated dropdown of refining assets to its midstream partnership, MPLX LP.

Officials from 24 states opposed to the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) proposed Clean Power Plan (CPP) have written a letter to the incoming Trump administration, urging it to scuttle the plan shortly after the president-elect takes office next month.

Noble Energy Inc. took the downturn and created an uplift in opportunities to provide a platform for growth over the next four years, the Houston independent’s management said Wednesday.

Houston-based Goodrich Petroleum Corp. has emerged from bankruptcy protection with the same assets it had when it filed for Chapter 11 in April, but with reduced debt, a new board of directors and $40 million in new capital.

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is expected to propose a master leasing plan (MLP) in October for the Tres Rios region in southwestern Colorado that would include provisions allowing oil and natural gas development, but some local industry are skeptical about the prospect.

California’s major energy agencies on Monday released a draft winter reliability plan to respond to the continuing natural gas storage limitations in the state. The plan assumes that “normal winter demand” can be met by the three other storage facilities in the region.

The Interior Department’s Bureau of Land Management (BLM) released a proposed plan that it said provides a balance between energy development and conservation for an area of southeastern Utah, but the oil and gas industry slammed it as “redundant.”

The Interior Department’s Bureau of Land Management (BLM) released a proposed plan that it said provides a balance between energy development and conservation for an area of southeastern Utah, but the oil and gas industry slammed it as “redundant.”

Utility regulators in Maine approved a plan to support development of natural gas pipeline capacity — at ratepayer expense — to serve the state as long as other New England states join the effort.