• E-mails show feds struggling to grasp size of spill
• Tarballs prompt closing of section of Gulf to shrimpers
• Pemex approves incentives-based contracts for Gulf projects
• Flurry of rig orders shows end of two-year drought
• Total buys offshore interests in Gabon
• Japan’s NYK eyes deep-sea oil market
• Canadian gas getting squeezed out by pipeline projects
• Appliance rebate program more like a lottery
• Watch the power labels on those new flat-screen TVs
