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FERC staff has sent a letter to Rockies Express Pipeline LLC (REX) saying timely completion of the final environmental impact statement (FEIS) review of the last leg of the 1,678-mile project, known as REX-East, could be in jeopardy.

FERC staff sent a letter Friday to Rockies Express Pipeline LLC (REX) saying timely completion of the final environmental impact statement (FEIS) review of the last leg of the 1,678-mile project, known as REX-East, could be in jeopardy.

Forty-three senators and 10 House lawmakers sent letters last week to the Bush administration expressing their dismay with a recent federal court ruling that could exempt producers from the payment of royalties on oil and natural gas produced from deepwater leases acquired between 1996 and 2000, a move that would cost the federal government billions of dollars.

“North of 30” senators and up to 10 House lawmakers have sent letters to the Bush administration expressing their dismay with last week’s federal court ruling that could exempt producers from the payment of royalties on oil and natural gas produced from deepwater leases acquired between 1996 and 2000, a move that would cost the federal government billions of dollars.

The White House sent a letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) Monday that outlines a “basic framework” for an energy bill that would not trigger a presidential veto.

Former Enron Corp. CEO Jeffrey Skilling on Friday asked the Fifth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans to dismiss the 19 convictions that sent him to prison last year for 24 years and four months.

EnCana Corp.’s Deep Panuke natural gas project off the coast of Nova Scotia is “not likely” to cause any adverse environmental effects and has been sent to federal regulators for a final ruling, Canada’s environment minister said Wednesday.

Natural gas futures traders Friday shrugged off the threat of tropical development over the extended, three-day weekend and sent prices to their lowest levels of the recent down move. At $5.468, the October futures contract was down 16.7 cents on the day and 27.1 cents lower for the week.

A new setback in the courts has sent Canadian natural gas producers a message that they still have far to go to find a formula for efficient northern expansion in aboriginal territory.