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Wis. farmers, firefighters partner on hazards maps	25.5.2013	azcentral.com \| business
MILWAUKEE -- Without even thinking, Joe Ortner rattles off a list of items on his family's dairy farm that could kill you: 1,000 gallons of diesel, 500 gallons of gas, cleaning chemicals in the milking parlor, oil and lubricant for repair work and a 6-foot-deep manure pond in which you could drown. He pauses and adds three bulls to the list.
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Wyden: FracFocus a 'constructive' tool on drilling	24.5.2013	Denver Post: All Political News
WASHINGTON—A website partially funded by the oil and gas industry could be a "constructive" tool for federal regulators as they consider requiring public disclosure of chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing operations, Senate Energy Committee Chairman Ron Wyden said Thursday.
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Guest Commentary: Hold on to rights, Colorado	23.5.2013	Denver Post: Opinion
There's been a lot of discussion lately about the dramatic growth in the supply of domestic oil and natural gas that has turned American-made energy into our nation's latest success story.
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Moniz: LNG exports on hold until data reviewed	22.5.2013	Denver Post: All Political News
WASHINGTON—Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz said Tuesday he will delay final decisions on about 20 applications to export liquefied natural gas until he reviews studies by the Energy Department and others on what impact the exports would have on domestic natural gas supplies and prices.
Moniz: LNG exports on hold until he reviews data	22.5.2013	Headlines: All Headlines
WASHINGTON—Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz said Tuesday he will put on hold about 20 applications to export liquefied natural gas until he reviews studies by the Energy Department and others on what impact the exports would have on domestic natural gas supplies and prices.
BLM fracking rules just got more industry-friendly	21.5.2013	High Country News Most Recent
Feds weaken a proposal that many enviros say wasn’t strong enough in the first place
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Activists, press seek to ID firms looking to drill	21.5.2013	Durango Herald
In February, environmental groups celebrated a U.S. District Court ruling that required the Bureau of Land Management to release the identities of companies that nominated 30,000 acres of public lands in Coloradox2019s North Fork Valley for natural-gas and oil leasing.They called the ruling a victory for transparency in the process of...
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Electric co-op takes rate altercation to regulators	21.5.2013	Durango Herald
DENVER x2013 Southwest Coloradox2019s electricity cooperatives hoped this would be the week they could force their power supplier to back off a new policy that means big price increases for many customers.But now they will have to wait until June to see if their bid will succeed.La Plata Electric Association and Empire...
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Alaska unveils plan to assess gas, oil in ANWR	21.5.2013	Denver Post: Business
Alaska unveils plan to assess gas, oil in ANWR
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Denver-based Anadarko executive to become CEO of Chesapeake Energy	20.5.2013	Denver Post: Business
Denver-based Anadarko executive to become CEO of Chesapeake Energy
Chesapeake names Anadarko executive as new CEO	20.5.2013	azcentral.com \| business
OKLAHOMA CITY -- Chesapeake Energy has named Anadarko Petroleum executive Robert Douglas Lawler as its new CEO. The appointment of the 46-year-old Lawler comes after a tough year during which Chesapeake's board ousted its founder and the company worked to shore up its finances.
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Latest oil boom may have transformative effects	19.5.2013	Salt Lake Tribune
by Jonathan Fahey The Associated Press Published May 19, 2013 12:41AM MDT The surge in oil production in the U.S. and Canada, and shrinking oil consumption in the developed world, is transforming the global oil market. The threat of chronic oil shortages is all but gone, U.S. dependence on Middle Eastern oil will continue to dwindle, and oil will increasingly flow to the developing economies of Asia, according to a five-year outlook published last week by the International Energy Agency. The changes will have “significant consequences for the global economy and oil se... ...
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Xcel pipeline repair and safety program targeted to reach $500 million	19.5.2013	Headlines: All Headlines
Xcel Energy, spurred by federal safety mandates, is set to spend $1.5 billion to overhaul its Colorado gas pipeline system, and the first step is a request for a $111 million gas-rate hike.
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Treat and reuse oil and gas wastewater? No	18.5.2013	Denver Post: Opinion
Market forces and breakthrough innovation are producing vibrant new technologies for managing water from oil and gas development, not government mandates.
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Energy Department approves natural gas export permit	18.5.2013	Denver Post: Business
Energy Department approves natural gas export permit
Delta Petroleum insider trading alert came in probe of Mariner Energy	17.5.2013	Headlines: All Headlines
Federal securities investigators were alerted to alleged insider dealings at Delta Petroleum during their probe of Mariner Energy three years ago, an inquiry that ended with a trio of
U.S. government unveils latest version of fracking rules	17.5.2013	Headlines: All Headlines
The government unveiled its latest version of hotly fought rules for fracking on federal land — 440 million acres nationwide, 20 million in Colorado — trying to protect mountains, forests and prairies from the downside of drilling.
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Tame consumer prices in U.S. keeping inflation low	17.5.2013	Salt Lake Tribune
by Christopher S. Rugaber The Associated Press Published May 16, 2013 06:22PM MDT Washington • A plunge in the cost of gas drove down a measure of U.S. consumer prices last month by the most since December 2008. Excluding the drop in fuel costs, prices were largely unchanged. The consumer price index fell 0.4 percent in April from March, the Labor Department said Thursday. The main reason was that gas prices plunged 8.1 percent on average nationally. For the 12 months that ended in April, overall prices rose 1.1 percent — the smallest year-over-year increase in 2½ years. Exc... ...
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Senate confirms physicist Moniz as energy chief	17.5.2013	Denver Post: All Political News
WASHINGTON—Physicist Ernest Moniz won unanimous Senate confirmation Thursday to be the nation's new energy secretary.
Wyoming's pile of coal	16.5.2013	High Country News Most Recent
The story of the state's 10-billionth ton
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