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A question of which comes first was dominant as oil shale development proponents told a Senate committee on May 15 that regulations need to be formulated and opponents said that impacts need to be quantified.
Willbros Group Inc. and its Willbros International Inc. subsidiary agreed to pay a $22 million criminal penalty for violating the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, the US Department of Justice said on May 14.
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission ordered a hearing to determine whether Energy Transfer Partners and three of its affiliates manipulated a market in violation of the commission's rules.