Seeks

A Senate subcommittee Thursday narrowly approved with little change a manger’s substitute to the Lieberman-Warner legislation that seeks to achieve substantial, long-term cuts in U.S. greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, a measure that critics contend will be costly and disruptive to energy markets.

The House Friday passed a bill that seeks to recover billions of dollars from producers who hold flawed deepwater oil and natural gas leases that were issued by the Interior Department in 1998 and 1999.

As the Democratic-controlled Congress seeks to significantly restrict the royalty-in-kind (RIK) program or do away with it altogether, the Interior Department’s Minerals Management Service (MMS) said in a report to Congress that the program continues to outperform all of the objectives that the agency has set for it.

As the Democratic-controlled Congress seeks to significantly restrict the royalty-in-kind (RIK) program or do away with it altogether, the Interior Department’s Minerals Management Service (MMS) said in a report to Congress that the program continues to outperform all of the objectives that the agency has set for it.

The June 21 article titled “Chesapeake Subsidiary Seeks Permits for First Pipeline in Chesapeake Bay” reported an incorrect figure for the cost of the Eastern Shore Energy Link Expansion segment. Eastern Shore Natural Gas officials say the pipeline will cost $93 million. NGI regrets the error.

Alaska Republican Sens. Lisa Murkowski and Ted Stevens last Wednesday introduced legislation that seeks to speed up the permitting and construction of a natural gas pipeline from Alaska’s North Slope to the Lower 48 states.

Alaska Republican Sens. Lisa Murkowski and Ted Stevens Wednesday introduced legislation that seeks to speed up the permitting and construction of a natural gas pipeline from Alaska’s North Slope to the Lower 48 states.

A Florida Senate committee last Thursday unanimously approved a measure that seeks voter approval in 2008 of a constitutional amendment to prohibit oil and natural gas drilling within 250 miles of Florida’s coastline.

Revenue decoupling, which seeks to separate a local distribution company’s (LDC) revenues from the volume of gas it distributes, is only available to gas utilities in nine states, but it’s gaining in popularity and is on the minds of many executives.