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General Interest 2008 P

  • 09/02/2008 -- Azerbaijan export pipeline issues prompt Cheney visit
    Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin claimed that his country's actions in recent hostilities with Georgia "did not in any way damage energy facilities"—including to the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline.
  • 09/02/2008 -- MARKET WATCH: Hurricane's effects so far 'minimal' on oil, gas markets
    Oil and gas prices were not as affected Aug. 29 as would normally be expected on the anticipation of a storm the size and speed of Gustav, which made landfall Sept. 1 as a Category 2 hurricane.
  • 09/01/2008 -- Gustav idles 12% of US refining capacity
    Twelve Gulf Coast refineries with combined capacities representing 12% of the US total were idle Sept. 1 because of Hurricane Gustav.
  • 09/01/2008 -- Most gulf oil production shut in for Gustav
    The day before Hurricane Gustav made landfall west of New Orleans, the US Minerals Management Service updated its estimates of evacuations and production cuts in the Gulf of Mexico.
  • 08/31/2008 -- Evacuations accelerate as storm approaches Louisiana
    Oil and gas operators accelerated their evacuations of Gulf of Mexico facilities as Hurricane Gustav sped away from Cuba and seemed headed for landfall Sept. 1 west of New Orleans.
  • 08/29/2008 -- Truck stop operators say diesel fuel sales volumes decline
    Diesel fuel sales have declined at US truck stops in response to higher prices, a national association of truck stop and travel plaza operators reported.
  • 08/29/2008 -- CFTC seeks comment on NGX registration request
    The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission is requesting public comments on Natural Gas Exchange Inc.'s (NGX's) application to register as a US derivatives clearing organization. Its US office is in Houston.
  • 08/29/2008 -- IPAMS to Democrats: Quit promoting dishonest energy claims
    The Independent Petroleum Association of Mountain States on Aug. 28 charged that governmental red tape and environmentalist hindrances are the primary causes of lease development delays, and it urged Democrats to cease the inflammatory and erroneous claim that US producers are just "sitting on" 68 million acres of leased land as the fall campaigns get under way.
  • 08/29/2008 -- MARKET WATCH: Large gas injection pulls down energy prices
    The new front-month natural gas contract led the fall of energy commodity prices Aug. 28 in the New York market as a bigger-than-expected injection of gas into US underground storage shifted traders' attention from what could be the first major storm to threaten Gulf Coast petroleum production and processing in 3 years.
  • 08/29/2008 -- CSB should consider using other agencies' investigations, GAO suggests
    The Government Accountability Office has concluded that the US Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB) could investigate more accidents if it would use its statutory authority to solicit other entities' work in some cases.
  • 08/29/2008 -- Pelosi backs more natural gas use, lists conditions for OCS vote
    US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) endorsed natural gas as a transition to alternative fuels on Aug. 24 but continued to place conditions on a possible vote to open more of the Outer Continental Shelf for oil and gas leasing.
  • 08/29/2008 -- Democrats' 2008 platform includes a 'comprehensive' energy plan
    Democrats at their 2008 national convention presented a campaign platform which included an immediate rebate for consumers confronting high gasoline prices and billions of dollars in investments to "establish a green energy sector that will create up to 5 million new jobs."
  • 08/28/2008 -- Falcon to acquire PetroHunter US, Australia assets
    Falcon Oil & Gas Ltd., Denver, has approved binding agreements with PetroHunter Energy Corp. to acquire shares in two PetroHunter projects in the US and Australia.
  • 08/28/2008 -- Grizzly appoints chief executive officer
    Grizzly Oil Sands ULC appointed John V. Pearce chief executive officer.
  • 08/28/2008 -- MARKET WATCH: Energy prices rise as Gustav threatens gulf
    Energy prices continued to rise Aug. 27 as slow-moving Tropical Storm Gustav approached Jamaica apparently in route to a US Gulf Coast landfall early next week through the bulk of US offshore oil and gas operations.
  • 08/28/2008 -- Chevron sells retail fuels marketing in Brazil
    Chevron said two subsidiaries agreed to sell its fuels marketing business in Brazil to a subsidiary of Ultrapar for $730 million plus a working capital adjustment.
  • 08/27/2008 -- DOS approves EA of Texas-Mexico product line
    The US State Department has approved the EA of a proposed 10 3/4-in. gasoline and diesel export pipeline to be constructed by PMI Services North America from El Paso to Ciudad Juarez in Mexico's Chihuahua state.
  • 08/27/2008 -- Senate energy plan's bipartisan support grows
    Six more US senators have expressed support for a bipartisan energy proposal that includes opening more of the Outer Continental Shelf for leasing.
  • 08/27/2008 -- MARKET WATCH: Gustav's potential threat lifts energy prices
    Despite continued signs of weakening demand, the advance of Hurricane Gustav toward the US sector of the Gulf of Mexico boosted crude and natural gas prices Aug. 26.
  • 08/27/2008 -- Democrats' platform includes 'comprehensive' energy plan
    While at their 2008 national convention in Denver, Democrats presented a campaign platform that included an immediate rebate for consumers confronting high gasoline prices.
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