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Samuel Bodman

Where Was Sen. Dodd?

Taxpayers face a tab of as much as $200 billion for a government takeover of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the formerly semi-autonomous mortgage finance clearinghouses. And Sen. Christopher Dodd, the Democratic chairman...

No accord reached on Tri-Party agreement

Another round of high-level negotiations on revising the Hanford Tri-Party Agreement was held this week in Washington, D.C., with no settlement reached. Washington Gov. Chris Gregoire and Attorney General Rob McKenna met...

Senator opposes Alaskan gas export

WASHINGTON (Kyodo) A U.S. senator said Tuesday he has asked the government to reverse a recent decision to authorize the export of 2.8 billion cu. meters of Alaskan natural gas to Japan and other countries. Ron Wyden, an...

OPEC production cut boosts oil prices

Excess gas burns near an oil production facility off the Angolian coast. World oil prices rebounded Wednesday above 100 dollars a barrel after a surprise decision by the OPEC cartel to cut production by 520,000 dollars a...

Opec production cut boosts oil prices

World oil prices rebounded on Wednesday above $100 a barrel after a surprise decision by the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec) to cut production by 520 000 barrels a day (bpd). Announced after a...

Yucca Mountain moves a step ahead

Regulators agree to review an application to build the nuclear dump. By Erica Werner The Associated Press An employee of the Yucca Mountain project in Nevada walks through a tunnel there in 2001. Nearly $14 billion has...

US Senator argues against continuing LNG exports from Alaska

New York (Platts) --09 Sep 2008 -- [Natural Gas] The only liquefied natural gas export facility in the US is encountering opposition from US Senator Ron Wyden, who is questioning the wisdom of exporting US-produced gas...

Lockheed Martin secures $3 billion for Hanford contract

By Annette Cary, Herald staff writer A team led by Lockheed Martin Integrated Technology has won a $3 billion contract to provide support services at the Hanford nuclear reservation for up to a decade, the Department of...

Louisiana mopping up after Gustav encounter

Even though Hurricane Gustav did not wreak the destruction expected when it struck the Gulf Coast on Monday, officials said Tuesday that... NEW ORLEANS — Even though Hurricane Gustav did not wreak the destruction expected...

Bush to visit Louisiana in hurricane aftermath

By DEB RIECHMANN Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - President Bush says that while it's too early to assess how much damage Hurricane Gustav caused to U.S. oil infrastructure off the Gulf Coast, the storm should...