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The main thing that keeps Ralph Hill, Williams’ head of exploration and production, up at night is the slow pace of Powder River Basin drilling permits issued by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM). Although the pace has quickened, Hill told analysts Thursday that it’s still a far cry from the pace predicted by BLM, and Williams may have to compensate by speeding up drilling in other basins.

The main thing that keeps Ralph Hill, Williams’ head of exploration and production, up at night is the slow pace of Powder River Basin drilling permits issued by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM). Although the pace has quickened, Hill told analysts Thursday that it’s still a far cry from the pace predicted by BLM, and Williams may have to compensate by speeding up drilling in other basins.

Four House committees and a Senate panel voted out energy bills last week that offer a host of financial and tax incentives for oil and natural gas producers, strengthen FERC’s enforcement hand somewhat in the energy markets and attempt once again to open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) to exploration and production activities.

El Paso Corp. announced Friday that Ralph Eads III, executive vice president, who presided over the company’s unregulated merchant energy and production businesses, left the company effective the end of December 2002 to pursue other opportunities.

El Paso Corp. announced Friday that Ralph Eads III, executive vice president, who presided over the company’s unregulated merchant energy and production businesses, left the company effective the end of December 2002 to pursue other opportunities.

To reiterate its strong ties to the U.S. energy industry, Alberta Premier Ralph Klein led a trade mission to New York this month to meet with investment companies and business leaders to encourage continuing oil and gas investments that have made the province Canada’s energy capital.

To reiterate its strong ties to the U.S. energy industry, Alberta Premier Ralph Klein led a trade mission to New York this month to meet with investment companies and business leaders to encourage continuing oil and gas investments that have made the province Canada’s energy capital.

A report by Public Citizen, the consumer advocacy group founded by Ralph Nader, has charged that Enron Corp. used its political connections to its advantage in the electric deregulation battle and was “completely dependent on the removal of government oversight.”

A report by Public Citizen, the consumer advocacy group founded by Ralph Nader, charges that Enron Corp. used its political connections to its advantage in the electric deregulation battle and was “completely dependent on the removal of government oversight.” Meanwhile, in an interview with the news media, former CEO Jeffrey Skilling said that his resignation last August had nothing to do with a belief that the company was failing. He also said the past few months have been the worst of his life.