Senate Energy and Natural Resources holds first of three forums on natural gas issues, focusing on infrastructure, transportation, research and innovation. FERC Office of Energy Projects Director Jeff Wright, INGAA President Don Santa, Jr., CenterPoint Energy Executive Vice President Scott Prochazka among witnesses.
Rep. Mike Pompeo, R-Kan., introduced a bill that would require FERC to streamline its permitting of interstate natural gas pipelines, The Wichita Eagle reports.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — California regulators recommended Monday that Pacific Gas & Electric Co. pay a record $2.25 billion fine for decades of negligence that led to a deadly gas pipeline explosion that leveled a San Francisco Bay Area neighborhood.
Senate Energy and Natural Resources Chairman Ron Wyden on Wednesday scheduled three committee roundtable forums next month on natural gas challenges.
Wyden, D-Ore., jointly announced the forums with ranking Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska. The first is to be held May 16 and will address new areas of natural gas demand, including the transportation sector, and pipeline infrastructure.
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The Coast Guard has placed temporary flight restrictions over a coastal Louisiana bayou where a pipeline fire continues to burn two days after it was touched off by a tugboat accident.
LAFITTE, La. (AP) — A pipeline fire that was ignited when the pipe was hit by a tug boat pushing an oil barge burned into the early morning hours Wednesday in a bayou south of New Orleans.
GABD, Iran (AP) — The leaders of Pakistan and Iran on Monday pushed ahead with a pipeline to bring natural gas from Iran despite American opposition, and the Iranian president declared the West has no right to block the project.
AMSTERDAM (AP) — Royal Dutch Shell PLC is continuing its push into liquefied natural gas with plans to build two plants that will serve LNG to ships and trucks around the Great Lakes and along the Mississippi River.
TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) — Transport of natural gas from Libya to Italy through a major pipeline in the country's west was halted Sunday after clashes between tribesmen and forces guarding the natural gas complex, a security official said.
The American Petroleum Institute said the EPA ignored federal law by shortening the public comment period for its regulation to cut sulfur content in fuel, The Hill reports.
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., apologized for referencing the Oklahoma tornadoes while criticizing Republicans on climate change during his weekly Senate speech, Fox News reports.
Harold Brooks, a researcher at the National Severe Storms Laboratory, said powerful tornadoes can't be blamed on climate change without more data, Bloomberg reports.
Despite successful tornado warnings in Oklahoma, Congress currently plans to let furloughs for National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration forecasters take effect, Politico reports.
Tesla Motors' plan to repay its Energy Department loan as early as today offers President Obama a major victory after two years of criticism for his clean-energy plans, Bloomberg reports.
A poll from Yale and George Mason universities found a majority believe national leaders should put priority on combatting global warming and developing clean energy, the Los Angeles Times reports.
The European Union's probe into possible energy price manipulation has brought focus to oil companies' trading desks, units that sometimes take more risks than Wall Street firms, Reuters reports.
Indonesian authorities arrested Chevron executive Bachtiar Abdul on corruption charges despite a 2012 court order clearing him of wrongdoing, Reuters reports.
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said his country and Pakistan should expand cooperation on power generation to help alleviate Pakistan's energy crisis, Reuters reports.
