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Energy regulation gets personal

On Monday, the Obama administration issued a policymandating that employees of the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management-one of the three agencies spawned from the MMS -- disclose personal relationships with employees of companies that they regulate. When BOEM workers identify a conflict of interest, they are supposed to opt out of regulating in that situation. Industry workers and regulators in the ...

Mariner Energy Platform Fire In US Gulf Extinguished

Louisiana Politics: August Of Earl and Huey Long

BATON ROUGE (Capitol News Service)—With a conservative Republican occupying the governor’s mansion in Baton Rouge, it’s not likely that any official commemoration will be given the dates of September 5 and September 10 this year. Other than a symposium at the Old State Capitol, sponsored by Secretary of State Jay Dardenne, no other official functions show up on the radar. For a state so steeped ...

Oil Futures Are Steady After U.S. Companies Add More Jobs Than Projected

Crude oil was steady, rebounding from the day’s low, after a government report showed that companies in the U.S. added more jobs than forecast in August, easing concern the economy was falling back into recession.

No leaking oil at Gulf platform

HOUSTON - U.S. government inspectors found no leaking oil at Mariner Energy Inc's burned platform in the Gulf of Mexico, officials said late on Friday, allaying fears about more environmental damage after BP's massive spill.[...]