Feds speed up well abandonment permits, La. lawmaker says
Rep. Jeff Landry, R-La., has been worried about a backlog in government processing of permits to plug abandoned wells, but today he reported new progress on the issue. More »
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Chances of pump price breaks slim, Texas prices rise
Average gasoline prices across Texas are up 4 cents from last week to average of $3.61 for regular unleaded, but Houston’s price are a few cents lower than that.
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Public meetings planned for proposed Keystone XL pipeline
The U.S. State Department still plans to decide sometime this year whether to allow TransCanada to build its Keystone XL pipeline that would carry oil across the Plains to refineries near the Gulf of Mexico.
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Pipeline rupture won’t affect Wyoming gas exports
A dramatic rupture that has crippled one of Wyoming’s newest big gas pipelines won’t affect the state’s gas exports.
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Hot weather may boost natural gas demands
Natural gas futures advanced for the first time in three days in New York on forecasts of above- normal temperatures across much of the U.S. that may boost air- conditioning demand through the first week of August.
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BP’s $7.2 billion Reliance oil, gas deal gets India approval
BP Plc, Europe’s second-largest oil company, won approval from India’s Cabinet for a $7.2 billion deal to buy stakes in Reliance Industries Ltd.’s oil and natural gas blocks, five months after announcing the accord.
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Crude oil rises a day after IEA says it won’t extend stockpile release
Crude oil increased today after the International Energy Agency announced it won’t extend a release of stockpiles and as European leaders met to discuss the region’s debt, bolstering the euro against the dollar.
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Exxon cleans up 4 sites in Yellowstone oil spill
ExxonMobil Pipeline Co. crews have finished initial cleanup work on four sites contaminated when a pipeline carrying crude oil broke underneath the Yellowstone River three weeks ago.
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U.S., seeking to reshape electric grid, adopts new power line rules
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission passed a long-anticipated rule that makes it easier to build high-voltage power lines throuhg many states and jurisdictions.
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Smooth handoff expected at Schlumberger
Schlumberger CEO Andrew Gould is retiring and passing reins to Chief Operating Officer Paal Kibsgaard but will remain chairman until April.
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Smooth moves at Schlumberger. BP worker gets doctor’s note. Offshore safety bill sinks.
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