Schemes

Tight natural gas and shale gas boosted British Columbia’s (BC) reserves numbers to record levels from 2009 to 2010, and more gains are expected as development continues, according to the province’s energy regulator.

The Mackenzie Gas Project (MGP) has been ordered by Canadian regulators to try and answer the question hanging over Arctic gas schemes in Canada and the United States alike: can they survive competition from the new generation of southern shale supply sources?

The Mackenzie Gas Project (MGP) has been ordered by Canadian regulators to try and answer the question hanging over Arctic gas schemes in Canada and the United States alike: can they survive competition from the new generation of southern shale supply sources?

The Mackenzie Gas Project (MGP) has been ordered by Canadian regulators to try and answer the question hanging over Arctic gas schemes in Canada and the United States alike: can they survive competition from the new generation of southern shale supply sources?

Far be it for ExxonMobil Corp. to follow the crowd. Congress is well into the debate on how to limit greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions through cap-and-trade schemes, but the CEO of the world’s largest public company thinks policymakers should reverse course and instead debate the benefits of a revenue-neutral carbon tax.

Far be it for ExxonMobil Corp. to follow the crowd. Congress is well into the debate on how to limit greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions through cap-and-trade schemes, but the CEO of the world’s largest public company thinks policymakers should reverse course and instead debate the benefits of a revenue-neutral carbon tax.

The scope, complexity and frequency of major new financial schemes promise to make energy state regulators increasingly scratch their heads and yell for help, a panel of three regulators from the diverse states of California, Missouri and Ohio concluded at the Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services (S&P) annual utilities conference May 31 in New York City. The three regulators said they and their colleagues around the nation are going to have to “raise their game to grapple with a set of issues that are qualitatively different than what they were only a few years ago.”

The scope, complexity and frequency of major new financial schemes promise to make energy state regulators increasingly scratch their heads and yell for help, a panel of three regulators from the diverse states of California, Missouri and Ohio concluded at the Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services (S&P) annual utilities conference May 31 in New York City. The three regulators said they and their colleagues around the nation are going to have to “raise their game to grapple with a set of issues that are qualitatively different than what they were only a few years ago.”

Richard Causey, Enron Corp.’s former top accountant, will serve five-and-a-half years in prison for his role in the company’s fraud schemes. Causey was sentenced on Wednesday in Houston.