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Cash Eases, But Futures Rise After Storage Data

Cash gas prices fell 8 cents on average Thursday as traders noted a decline in forward-dated contracts and the ongoing sequence of forecast cold weather ended for the moment. Power prices also eased.

March 1, 2013

BP: No Single Factor Caused Macondo Well Tragedy

No single factor caused the Macondo well tragedy in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico (GOM), BP plc said Wednesday. “Rather, a sequence of failures involving a number of different parties led to the explosion and fire which killed 11 people and caused widespread pollution” in the GOM this year.

September 9, 2010

California Comes Close to Rotating Blackouts Again

In a sequence that likely will be repeated often this summer, California’s independent transmission grid operator, Cal-ISO, Thursday erred on the side of getting out advance warning of possible rolling blackouts only to pull back the emergency measure within minutes of the targeted time for blackouts to begin. As of 4 p.m. (PDT), the blackouts had not become necessary in the second consecutive day of Stage One and Two alerts.

June 1, 2001