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BP plc last week successfully sealed its runaway Macondo well in the Gulf of Mexico (GOM) with cement. A permanent fix using one of two relief wells is expected to begin in the middle of the month.

Con artists using the identities of dead people and prisoners, as well as federal employees and the wealthy, could be bilking as much as $116 million a year from the Low Income Heating Assistance Program (LIHEAP), according to a new Government Accountability Office (GAO) report.

Con artists using the identities of dead people and prisoners, as well as federal employees and the wealthy, could be bilking as much as $116 million a year from the Low Income Heating Assistance Program (LIHEAP), according to a new Government Accountability Office (GAO) report.

ExxonMobil Corp. on Friday completed its $43 billion agreement to buy domestic shale king XTO Energy Inc. and said it is using the transaction to create an organization focused on global development and production of unconventional resources.

ExxonMobil Corp. on Friday completed its $43 billion agreement to buy domestic shale king XTO Energy Inc. and said it is using the transaction to create an organization focused on global development and production of unconventional resources.

Don’t look for ExxonMobil Corp. to place any big bets on using natural gas as a transportation fuel. “We think gas as a transportation fuel has a lot of limitations,” CEO Rex Tillerson told financial analysts Thursday.

Don’t look for ExxonMobil Corp. to place any big bets on using natural gas as a transportation fuel. “We think gas as a transportation fuel has a lot of limitations,” CEO Rex Tillerson told financial analysts Thursday.

About C$1 billion spent over seven years in the form of tax incentives and rebates could accelerate the shift to using natural gas in Canada’s vehicles, industry and advocacy groups, including EnCana Corp., said this week.

Intermountain Gas Co. has asked the Idaho Public Utilities Commission (PUC) to temporarily interrupt service to its customers using natural gas-fired snow-melting equipment during times when natural gas demand is peaking. The utility did not specify how many of its current 305,000 retail gas utility customers potentially could be affected.