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Alberta should raise oil and gas royalties on new and existing projects, increasing the province’s revenue 20%, according to a report by a government-appointed task force empaneled earlier this year to examine the province’s royalty and tax structure.

Alberta should raise oil and gas royalties on new and existing projects, increasing the province’s revenue 20%, according to a report by a government-appointed task force empaneled earlier this year to examine the province’s royalty and tax structure.

The Department of Justice’s Enron Task Force has filed a motion in a Houston federal court seeking to try former Enron Corp. Chairman Kenneth Lay in May or June on bank fraud charges for allegedly issuing false statements for loans he obtained.

In another plea agreement reached by the Enron Task Force in Houston last Wednesday, four former El Paso Corp. natural gas energy traders last week agreed to plead guilty to criminal charges for reporting false trades to an industry publication and agreed to cooperate with an ongoing federal probe.

In another plea agreement reached by the Enron Task Force in Houston, four former El Paso Corp. natural gas energy traders were expected to plead guilty to criminal charges for reporting false trades to an industry publication and will cooperate with an ongoing federal probe, prosecutors said Wednesday in a Houston courtroom.

Intelligence Press Inc. (IP) Wednesday withdrew its request for the North American Energy Standards Board (NAESB) to take up the task of standardizing the names and definitions of natural gas pricing point locations, after a number of members of the group’s Wholesale Gas Quadrant Executive Committee objected to becoming involved in the controversial area of price reporting.

Intelligence Press Inc. (IP) Wednesday withdrew its request for the North American Energy Standards Board (NAESB) to take up the task of standardizing the names and definitions of natural gas pricing point locations, after a number of members of the group’s Wholesale Gas Quadrant Executive Committee objected to having anything to do with the controversial area of price reporting.

The White House Council on Environmental Quality and the Task Force on Energy Project Streamlining have scheduled a meeting on Aug. 26 in Denver to discuss the formation of the Rocky Mountain Energy Council (RMEC), a state-federal partnership that would look for ways to streamline government handling of renewable and nonrenewable energy production and transmission projects. The RMEC is expected to have its first meeting before the end of the year, according to a Federal Register notice.

The White House Council on Environmental Quality and Task Force on Energy Project Streamlining has scheduled a meeting on Aug. 26 in Denver to discuss the formation of the Rocky Mountain Energy Council (RMEC), a state-federal partnership that would look for ways to streamline environmentally government handling of renewable and nonrenewable energy production and transmission projects. The RMEC is expected to have its first meeting before the end of the year, according to a Federal Register notice.