Paper: Drilling damage in 161 Pa. water supplies
Oil and gas development damaged the water supplies of at least 161 Pennsylvania homes, farms, churches and businesses between 2008 and the fall of 2012, according to state records obtained by a newspaper. More »
Enron no lesson to traders as EU probes oil-price manipulation
Enron Corp.’s 2001 collapse revealed the extent of its manipulation of spot gas prices. Twelve years later, European Union regulators may discover energy traders never learned the lessons of the scandal. More »
In areas, little impact from gas drilling fees
Municipalities have started spending some of the proceeds from the state’s impact fee on natural gas drillers. More »
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Petrobras said to struggle pumping oil at Brazil’s largest prospect
Petroleo Brasileiro SA (PBR) is finding it hard to pump oil at one of Brazil’s largest prospects, three people with knowledge of the project said, signaling its venture with BG Group Plc (BG/) and Galp Energia SGPS SA may have higher costs or slower development than at other offshore fields. More »
U.S. gasoline jumps over past two weeks
The average price for regular gasoline at U.S. pumps rose 11.19 cents a gallon in the past two weeks to $3.6566 a gallon, according to Lundberg Survey Inc. More »
Dallas suburb solar panel fight exposes problems
A legal battle between a suburban Dallas neighborhood association and a homeowner seeking to install solar panels on his house exposed problems with a 2011 Texas law. More »
Owner of fuel pipeline planning Ark. changes
The owner of a pipeline that supplies diesel and jet fuel to three locations in Arkansas – El Dorado, North Little Rock and Jonesboro – has notified a federal agency that it plans to make changes in the pipeline. More »
NRC meets public after NC nuke plant shuttered
The sudden shutdown of a nuclear power plant outside North Carolina’s capital city because of year-old data is likely to prompt questions at a local meeting with federal regulators. More »
Coast Guard to take testimony on Shell’s Arctic grounding
The Coast Guard will kick off hearings Monday on how a Shell rig used for Arctic Ocean exploratory drilling ended up aground off a remote Alaska island. More »
Enbridge Energy cleans up 2,500-barrel crude leak at Cushing terminal
Oil leaked from a trunk line connected to a tank on the property, then flowed outside of a berm into a containment pond, according to a National Response Center filing. More »
Politics, bribery charges swirl around Uganda oil
Uganda, which has confirmed oil deposits of about 3.5 billion barrels, wants to extract at least 1.2 billion barrels over the next three decades. That figure could rise when more oil blocks are put up for exploration later this year, potentially making Uganda one of Africa’s top oil producers. More »
Texas House OKs utility-backed bill affecting rate cases
At issue is money that transmission companies collect from customers in advance to cover federal taxes on company profits. More »
April 26, 2013
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