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Senate Energy Committee compiles natural gas ideas
Development of an energy bill is once again on Congress's front burner and natural gas groups started to turn up the flame at a conference on Jan. 24 at the Senate Energy & Natural Resources Committee. There were six separate sessions on different natural gas topics, all of them addressed...
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Research articles 2005-03-01
Bill would expand drilling.(Deep Ocean Energy Resources Bill)
Byline: Mike Verespej A compromise bipartisan bill to allow drilling for natural gas in areas farther than 50 miles offshore appears headed for passage in the House, although there is no companion measure in the Senate. The Deep Ocean Energy Res ...
Tags: leasing, natural gas, U.S. Senate
Research articles 2006-06-26
Bill aims to rein in natural gas prices.(News)(Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee)
Byline: Steve Toloken Stymied by the inability of Congress to pass an energy policy, the head of a Senate energy subcommittee introduced legislation April 6 aimed at taming the soaring price of natural gas, a key feedstock of plastics. The bill...
Tags: natural gas, plastics, U.S. Senate
Research articles 2005-04-11
Senate likely to put stamp on natural gas provisions
When the Senate passes its version of an energy bill, its natural gas provisions will likely be different than those in the bill the House passed in April. The House bill, which passed on April 21 by a vote of 249-183--with about 40 Democrats supporting it--addressed natural gas availability mostly...
Tags: natural gas, U.S. Senate
Research articles 2005-06-01
Senators support energy bill.(News)
Byline: Steve Toloken The most plastics-friendly energy legislation to emerge in the U.S. Congress to date took a big step forward May 26, by overwhelmingly passing a Senate committee. But industry officials said it is unclear whether it would hav Byline: Steve Toloken...
Tags: natural gas, plastics, U.S. Senate
Research articles 2005-05-30
Different natural gas provisions in Senate energy bill
The Senate energy bill turned out well for the natural gas sector, both because it includes an eagerly sought amendment and excludes two other unappetizing amendments. But the bill also fails to give the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission FERC the kind of clear, unimpeded primary authority for approving pipeline permits...
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Research articles 2005-08-01
NJNG Chairman Urges Senate to Help Ease the Burden of Rising Prices
WASHINGTON -- Laurence M. Downes, chairman and CEO of New Jersey Natural Gas NJNG, testified today before the Senate on behalf of the American Gas Association AGA. He urged elected officials, energy utilities and natural gas customers to all play active roles in reducing natural gas prices and assisting those...
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Research articles 2005-10-18
Natural gas provisions in maritime bill an issue between House and Senate. .
The House included an amendment in the maritime security bill it passed on June 5 which extends provisions of the Deepwater Ports Act to natural gas. That 1974 law now applies only to petroleum. The House hill--called the Maritime Transportation Antiterrorism Act (H.R. 3983)--would create a regulatory infrastructure for the...
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Research articles 2002-08-01
ACC urges congress to oppose energy policy.(American Chemistry Council)
AS THE Senate resumed debate on omnibus energy legislation last week, the chemical industry joined other businesses in urging lawmakers to oppose any amendments that would "exacerbate the growing supply-demand gap" in the natural gas mark AS THE Senate resumed debate on omnibus energy...
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Research articles 2003-06-09
Senate to Hear Proposals on Natural Gas Supply Crunch.
A key Senate panel is beginning the spadework to resolve "the looming crisis in natural gas supply and demand" by calling for legislative proposals from industry and other stakeholders by Jan. 7. A key Senate panel is beginning the spadework to resolve "the looming...
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Research articles 2004-12-07
Bills must wait for Congress.(News)(Brief article)
Byline: Mike Verespej With Congress in recess until after the November elections, the window of opportunity is shrinking for legislators to enact two issues important to the plastics industry: funding for a 6-year-old program that speeds up the ap Byline: Mike Verespej ...
Tags: natural gas, U.S. Congress, U.S. Senate
Research articles 2006-10-09
Senate to Probe Surge in Natural Gas Prices.
WASHINGTON -- Natural gas traders have been at a loss to explain the surge in gas futures in recent weeks -- punctuated by a 63cents surge past $7.20 per million Btu Friday -- but the US Senate will soon be seeking answers. WASHINGTON --...
Tags: natural gas, trader, U.S. Senate
Research articles 2003-12-15
Democratic Takeover In Senate Positive For Natural Gas
Conventional wisdom might say that the Democratic takeover of the Senate was a black-letter day for the natural gas industry. But that is far from true. Sen. Jeff Bingaman (D-N.M.) has introduced two "energy development" bills that are more favorable toward the natural gas industry in at least one important...
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Research articles 2001-07-01
Senate Republicans dust off last year's alternate energy bill.
SENATE REPUBLICANS have agreed to abandon their stalled energy bill and resurrect an alternative measure written by Democrats that originally cleared the chamber a year ago. Although the extraordinary political maneuver broke an impasse over SENATE REPUBLICANS...
Tags: natural gas, U.S. Congress, U.S. Senate
Research articles 2003-08-11
Senate likely to put stamp on natural gas provisions.(Washington watch)
When the Senate passes its version of an energy bill, its natural gas provisions will likely be different than those in the bill the House passed on April 21. The House passed the bill by a vote of 249 to 183--with about 40 Democrats supporting it--t ...
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Research articles 2005-06-01
IPAA tackles domestic production issues at Senate natural gas conference
Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Chairman Pete Domenici (R-NM) and Ranking Member Jeff Bingaman (D-NM) kicked off the committee's legislative session for the 109th Congress on January 25, 2005 with a high profile Natural Gas Conference in whiSenate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Chairman Pete Domenici (R-NM) and Ranking...
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Research articles 2005-03-01
Democratic Takeover In Senate Positive for Natural Gas.
Conventional wisdom might say that the Democratic takeover of the Senate was a black-letter day for the natural gas industry. But that is far from true. Sen. Jeff Bingaman (D-N.M.) has introduced two "energy development" bills that are more Conventional wisdom might say that the Democratic...
Tags: natural gas, U.S. Senate
Research articles 2001-07-01
Senate passes energy act.(AF&PA IS PLEASED)
Last week the U.S. Senate passed S. 3711, the "Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act of 2006," energy legislation that provides access to natural gas and oil supplies in the eastern Gulf of Mexico. "This is a long-awaited victory f ...
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Research articles 2006-08-05
Telecom rewrite has new rules for wireless.
Byline: Amy Lane A Michigan telecommunications-law rewrite took a sharp turn last week, passing the Senate with new regulations on wireless carriers and required business-call offerings. For consumer interests and competitors to SBC Communicatio Byline: Amy Lane A...
Tags: natural gas, SBC Communications Inc., telecommunications, U.S. Senate, wireless
Research articles 2005-10-17
Senate bill provides big boost to Alaskan gas; house approval in doubt.(Washington watch)
It is now up to the House of Representatives to decide whether it wants the three leaseholders of natural gas in Alaska's Prudhoe Bay to get serious about transporting that gas via a new pipeline to the Midwestern U.S. When the Senate passed the JOBS It...
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Research articles 2004-07-01
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