Pleas

Industry officials were disappointed in President Obama’s jobs speech Thursday, saying their pleas for him to make oil and natural gas the “centerpiece” of his jobs-creation effort fell largely on deaf ears.

Industry officials were disappointed in President Obama’s jobs speech Thursday, saying their pleas for him to make oil and natural gas the “centerpiece” of his jobs-creation effort fell largely on deaf ears.

FERC Wednesday rejected pleas attempting to overturn its order approving the Ruby Pipeline LLC project on environmental grounds.

Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-LA) last week continued her procedural hold on the nomination of Jack Lew for the director of the Office of Management and Budget, despite pleas from the White House and congressional Democrats to remove it. Landrieu said she will block his nomination until the moratorium on deepwater oil and natural gas drilling in the Gulf of Mexico has been lifted or significantly modified.

A federal court in New York has denied pleas by Amaranth Advisors LLC, Amaranth Advisors (Calgary) ULC and former natural gas trader Brian Hunter to dismiss charges of attempted manipulation of the natural gas market that were brought by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC).

A federal court in New York last Monday denied pleas by Amaranth Advisors LLC, Amaranth Advisors (Calgary) ULC and former natural gas trader Brian Hunter to dismiss charges of attempted manipulation of the natural gas market that were brought by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC).

FERC last Thursday denied pleas filed by Amaranth Advisors LLC and affiliates seeking a stay of enforcement proceedings at the agency pending a court review of an order upholding the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s (FERC) assertion of jurisdiction in the natural gas futures market.

Responding to the pleas of interstate natural gas pipelines, FERC last Wednesday issued a final rule that significantly narrowed the scope of its proposed regulation governing the reporting of damages to pipe and storage systems.

Responding to the pleas of interstate natural gas pipelines, FERC on Wednesday issued a final rule that significantly narrowed the scope of its proposed regulation governing the reporting of damages to pipe systems.