Slams

A new report that slams the natural gas industry and state regulators for “widespread violations of Arkansas clean water standards” in the Fayetteville Shale is based on old data and overlooks the fact that some of the report’s recommendations already have been implemented, state regulators told NGI’s Shale Daily.

The Department of Energy’s (DOE) proposed $88 million in budget cuts for energy efficiency research and development in fiscal 2005 marks a “retreat” from the agency’s prior commitment to tackle escalating natural gas prices, said the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE) last week.

The Department of Energy’s (DOE) proposed $88 million in budget cuts for energy efficiency research and development in fiscal 2005 marks a “retreat” from the agency’s prior commitment to tackle escalating natural gas prices, said the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE).

One of bankrupt Enron Corp.’s federal examiners criticized Bank of America Corp., Royal Bank of Canada, KPMG LLP and PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP in yet another report on the corrupt company.

A final rule that requires closer FERC scrutiny of the cash-sharing programs of regulated subsidiaries and their unregulated parent companies “falls far short” of providing the needed “insulation” to justify separate credit ratings for Commission-regulated companies, a Standard & Poor’s analyst said.

A final rule that requires closer FERC scrutiny of the cash-sharing programs of regulated subsidiaries and their unregulated parent companies “falls far short” of providing the needed “insulation” to justify separate credit ratings for Commission-regulated companies, a Standard & Poor’s analyst said.

A Senate report’s conclusion that the natural gas and oilindustries aren’t likely to be ready for the computer-relatedsystem challenges of the Year 2000 is based on “out-of-date”information that “misses [the] significant progress the industrieshave made” during the past six months, said major industry tradegroups.