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The Province of British Columbia thinks it has a winner and is launching a new installment of its offer for royalty forgiveness in exchange for construction of roads and pipeline infrastructure. The province is putting up to C$120 million in royalty credits on the table to spark the next round of infrastructure development in BC’s petroleum and natural gas sector.

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) last Thursday closed out its final meeting of the year by putting off consideration of the most controversial of its proposed regulatory reforms — setting limits on the amount of speculative trading of derivative swaps by a single entity — and making it highly unlikely that the agency will meet the congressionally mandated deadline for imposing position limits.

Some big names in energy and finance have found a new way to invest in the U.S. natural gas and power industries, putting together $2.1 billion to tap into the infrastructure side of the business through real estate investment trusts (REIT).

Some big names in energy and finance have found a new way to invest in the U.S. natural gas and power industries, putting together $2.1 billion to tap into the infrastructure side of the business through real estate investment trusts (REIT).

Meeting higher energy demands is putting energy production and water supplies on a “collision course with profound consequences,” according to a report published Wednesday by Circle of Blue, an international, nonpartisan network of journalists and scientists.

Meeting higher energy demands is putting energy production and water supplies on a “collision course with profound consequences,” according to a report published Wednesday.

Claiming two Oregon state departments are putting the project in a legal box, proponents of the proposed Pacific Connector Gas Pipeline, the link to a proposed liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal, recently filed a lawsuit alleging the departments are undermining federal authority.

Claiming two Oregon state departments are putting the project in a legal box, proponents of the proposed Pacific Connector Gas Pipeline, the link to a proposed liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal, have filed a lawsuit alleging the state is undermining federal authority.

In the story “Pennsylvania Putting the Pressure on Marcellus Gas Drilling” (see Daily GPI, June 30), NGI said that the Associated Press (AP) had reported that a list of chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing operations being compiled by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) would include compounds associated with neurological problems or other serious health effects. DEP now says that the list AP used included all chemicals used at well sites, not just in fracing operations, the AP said Thursday.