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Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR), a frequent critic of FERC’s handling of liquefied natural gas (LNG) projects, has asked Energy Secretary Samuel Bodman to review and revoke the Department of Energy’s (DOE) recent order extending until 2011 ConocoPhillips’ and Marathon Oil Corp.’s permit to export LNG from the Kenai terminal in Alaska.

Energy Secretary Samuel Bodman Tuesday checked himself into Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston after experiencing an elevated heart rate. He is “resting comfortably” and will remain in the hospital for a few days to undergo a series of routine tests, according to a department spokeswoman. Bodman is 69.

Energy Secretary Samuel Bodman reaffirmed his opposition last Tuesday to the creation of an OPEC-like organization for natural gas, saying it would pose problems for both producing and consuming countries.

Energy Secretary Samuel Bodman reaffirmed his opposition Tuesday to the creation of an OPEC-like organization for natural gas, saying it would pose problems for both producing and consuming countries.

With the United States and other nations threatened by the level of “energy insecurity” in the world today, U.S. Energy Secretary Samuel Bodman last week called on “our international partners” to commit to five broad energy goals along with the United States.

With the United States and other nations threatened by the level of “energy insecurity” in the world today, U.S. Energy Secretary Samuel Bodman on Wednesday called on “our international partners” to commit to five broad energy goals along with the United States (see related stories).

In a letter Wednesday to Alaska Gov. Frank Murkowski, U.S. Energy Secretary Samuel Bodman urged the governor to quickly push through the legislative and contractual work necessary to begin the Alaska Natural Gas Transportation Project.

Secretary of Energy Samuel Bodman last Tuesday said he expects to see “more mergers and partnerships among power providers that are driven by strong business rationales and that do not depend necessarily on geographic proximity.”

U.S. Secretary of Energy Samuel Bodman last Tuesday issued an order requiring Mirant Corp.’s 482 MW Potomac River Generating Station in Alexandria, VA to immediately resume limited operation. The order requires the plant to operate in two limited circumstances — in the event of a necessary planned outage of one of two main transmission lines that feed power into the nation’s capital, as well as during an unplanned outage of one or both of the transmission lines.