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Three bills that if enacted would place a moratorium on using hydraulic fracturing (fracking) in drilling operations, as well as review oil and gas drilling practices, have advanced in the California legislature along partisan lines in a body dominated by Democrats.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) formally announced Friday that it has reinstated a requirement that oil and gas companies — and other industries — disclose the amount of hydrogen sulfide (H2S) their operations release into the environment.

With fallout from last April’s Macondo well blowout a lingering financial and legal concern, BP plc last week cautiously reinstated a shareholder dividend and announced substantial changes to its worldwide portfolio.

With fallout from last April’s Macondo well blowout a lingering financial and legal concern, BP plc on Tuesday cautiously reinstated a shareholder dividend and announced new substantial changes to its worldwide portfolio.

Pacific Gas and Electric ended a systemwide high-inventory OFO Monday on its California Gas Transmission System that had been in effect for the previous two days, but it reinstated one with a 9% tolerance for positive imbalances for Tuesday.

Southern California Gas kept a high-linepack OFO in effect through Sunday, then allowed it to lapse Monday. However, on Monday afternoon the company reinstated the OFO for Tuesday. SoCalGas also said it had lost 60 MMcf/d of injection capacity at its Aliso Canyon storage facility Monday, declaring force majeure due to a need for repairs to Generator #1’s oil pump. The reduction is expected to last through next Monday.

Southern California Gas kept a high-linepack OFO in effect through Sunday, then allowed it to lapse Monday. However, on Monday afternoon the company reinstated the OFO for Tuesday. SoCalGas also said it had lost 60 MMcf/d of injection capacity at its Aliso Canyon storage facility Monday, declaring force majeure due to a need for repairs to Generator #1’s oil pump. The reduction is expected to last through next Monday.

After lifting an Overage Alert Day for market-area customers Saturday, Florida Gas Transmission reinstated one Monday. The tolerance for negative daily imbalances was again 25%.

Florida Gas Transmission allowed a multi-day Overage Alert Day for market-area customers to lapse Sunday, but reinstated it Monday due to forecasts of warmer weather in Florida. The tolerance for negative daily imbalances was set at 25%.