Voiced

Pennsylvania state Rep. Jesse White (D-Cecil), who has frequently voiced his opposition to the state’s omnibus Marcellus Shale law and the potential impacts of gas drilling in the state, sent e-mails to Range Resources Inc. — the largest driller in his home county — asking for campaign contributions and a ride to the 2011 Superbowl on Range’s corporate plane.

Natural gas experts say they believe the Marcellus Shale play can be developed in a way that benefits both industry and area residents, but they voiced concern about possible federal regulation of hydraulic fracturing (fracking) that they said could be based on situations unique to Marcellus.

In a letter to the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) this week, Encana Corp. CEO Randy Eresman voiced his company’s support for export of U.S.-sourced liquefied natural gas (LNG) from the Lower 48 states, specifically as proposed by Sabine Pass Liquefaction LLC, a unit of Cheniere Energy Partners LP.

Despite wildlife concerns voiced by the Wyoming Game and Fish Department, the state’s Office of State Lands and Investments has recommended approval of a special lease to Cimarex Energy Co. to build a natural gas processing and carbon sequestration plant.

An industrial energy consumers group has voiced support for legislation that would close a “substantial part” of a regulatory loophole by giving the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) oversight of the over-the-counter (OTC) energy electronic trading market.

An industrial energy consumers group has voiced its support for legislation that would close a “substantial part” of a regulatory loophole by giving the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) oversight of the over-the-counter (OTC) energy electronic trading market.

With their current special session ending Thursday, Alaska lawmakers voiced skepticism that there would be time to pass bills to freeze oil taxes and make changes to the Alaska Stranded Gas Development Act sought by Gov. Frank Murkowski (see Daily GPI, June 2).

East-of California shippers have voiced strong objections to El Paso Natural Gas pipeline’s proposed service and rate plan, with one shipper asking “where’s the fire?” in response to the pipeline’s plea for an Aug. 1 effective date.

The House late Wednesday voiced its opposition to a provision in the energy bill calling for the federal government to inventory oil and natural gas resources in the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS).