Race

If there were a national race among clean fuel vehicles Thursday, natural gas vehicles (NGV) would have gotten the checkered flag, shining at the opening of the Los Angeles Auto Show and winning regulatory support in New York state.

The race to break through the Midcontinent bottleneck and flow expanding supplies of crude oil, bolstered by shale production to the Gulf of Mexico (GOM) and world markets moved up by about 300,000 b/d with separate announcements last Wednesday of plans to reverse the flow of the Seaway crude oil pipeline, and a possible go-ahead for the Cushing to the GOM southern section of the stalled Keystone XL oil pipeline.

The race to break through the Midcontinent bottleneck and flow expanding supplies of crude oil, bolstered by shale production to the Gulf of Mexico (GOM) and world markets moved up by about 300,000 b/d with separate announcements Wednesday of plans to reverse the flow of the Seaway crude oil pipeline, and a possible go-ahead for the Cushing to the GOM southern section of the stalled Keystone XL oil pipeline.

Pennsylvania lawmakers approached Halloween hoping to bring drilling impact fee legislation to the Senate floor before the end of October, but after failing to resolve major issues over the weekend they now hope to pass a bill before Thanksgiving.

Republican candidate Joe Miller on Sunday said he will not oppose Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) being certified as the victor in Alaska’s U.S. Senate race, but he will continue with his federal lawsuit challenging the state’s vote count.

Republican candidate Joe Miller took his challenge of the outcome of Alaska’s disputed U.S. Senate race to the state Supreme Court Friday. He is asking the state’s highest court to overturn a decision by a Superior Court judge that was favorable to write-in candidate and incumbent Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK).

Victory for Republican candidate Tom Corbett in the race for governor of Pennsylvania and the replacement of split leadership in the legislature with the GOP takeover of both houses may be the death knell for a natural gas severance tax in the state — or not.

Victory for Republican candidate Tom Corbett in the race for governor of Pennsylvania and a Republican-led legislature may be the death knell for a natural gas severance tax in the state — or not.

Chevron Corp. is not being left behind in the race to acquire North American unconventional natural gas assets, thank you. But until it can make money by developing the resource base it now holds, those gassy development plans will be shelved, Vice Chairman George Kirkland told financial analysts on Friday.