Weeks

With less than two weeks remaining until an election that could shift the balance of power in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell and the state’s General Assembly remain deadlocked over a proposed natural gas severance tax.

With less than two weeks remaining until an election that could shift the balance of power in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell and the state’s General Assembly remain deadlocked over a proposed natural gas severance tax.

Although there was similar optimism two weeks earlier, Pacific Gas and Electric Co. (PG&E) signaled Thursday it expects a settlement on “nearly all issues” to be reached Friday in its billion-dollar general rate case. It is perhaps further verification that settlement talks are progressing positively.

There was more distrust stemming from the Pacific Gas and Electric Co. (PG&E) gas transmission pipeline catastrophe three weeks after the tragic event, and it centered in San Jose, CA, the population and communications center of the peninsula region stretching from the Silicon Valley to the southern end of San Francisco.

CenterPoint issued a notice of force majeure Tuesday, saying it will begin an estimated two weeks of unscheduled unit maintenance Wednesday at Searcy (AR) Compressor Station on Line J in the North Pooling Area. During this work up to 125,000 Dth/d of deliveries (including to the TGT@Searcy interconnect) and corresponding receipts could be affected. It’s possible that firm shippers with primary delivery points on Line J will not be scheduled during the maintenance period, CenterPoint said. See the bulletin board for a list of receipt points where scheduling could be impacted.

More than five weeks into the Gulf of Mexico oil spill caused by the explosion and sinking of drilling rig Deepwater Horizon, BP plc mounted its most ambitious attempt yet to stop the flow of oil from the ruptured well.

The Senate voted cloture Thursday, nearing the finish of its weeks-long debate on broad legislation overhauling the nation’s financial regulatory system. It was expected to hold a final vote on the bill itself as early as Thursday night or Friday.

Operations under way in the Gulf of Mexico (GOM) to drill a relief well to stop the flow of oil from a well ruptured more than three weeks ago might actually make matters worse, according to a report by Houston-based Wild Well Control Inc. prepared for Canada’s National Energy Board (NEB).

Operations under way in the Gulf of Mexico (GOM) to drill a relief well to stop the flow of oil from a well ruptured more than three weeks ago might actually make matters worse, according to a report by Houston-based Wild Well Control Inc. prepared for Canada’s National Energy Board (NEB).