CALGARY/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Enbridge Inc said on Monday that repairs to a ruptured Wisconsin pipeline could be complete as early as tomorrow, though regulators have not yet said when they will allow the company to restart the line.

U.S. pipeline regulators said no decision had been made on whether Enbridge will have to take any corrective measures before restarting a pipeline shuttered after spilling more 1,000 barrels of crude oil in Wisconsin.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. government blocked Enbridge Inc from restarting a key oil pipeline on Tuesday, saying last week’s spill on the line was “absolutely unacceptable.”

U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood blasted Enbridge over the leak of more than a 1,000 barrels of crude oil in a field in Wisconsin, which shut its 318,000 barrel per day pipeline on Friday.

WASHINGTON, July 31 (Reuters) – The U.S. government blocked
Enbridge Inc from restarting a key oil pipeline on
Tuesday, saying last week’s spill on the line was “absolutely
unacceptable.”

U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood blasted Enbridge
over the leak of more than a 1,000 barrels of crude oil in a
field in Wisconsin, which shut its 318,000 barrel per day
pipeline on Friday.

CALGARY/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. pipeline regulators said on Monday no decision had been made on whether Enbridge Inc will have to take any corrective measures before restarting a pipeline shuttered after spilling more 1,000 barrels of crude oil in Wisconsin.

The 318,000 barrel per day Line 14 — which carries Canadian crude to refiners in the Midwest — was shut on Friday after the discovery of the spill, the latest in a series of incidents that threaten to damage the reputation of a company that launched its most ambitious expansion program ever just two months ago.

WASHINGTON, July 26 (Reuters) – The U.S. Chamber of Commerce
on Thursday launched its first major salvo in support of shale
oil and gas development, unveiling a campaign promoting the
economic benefits of the booming energy sector that is under
fire from environmentalists.

The powerful business group will be running newspaper and
radio ads in states such as Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia
where the shale gas boom has sharply boosted drilling.

WASHINGTON, July 18 (Reuters) – Abound Solar was doomed by
Chinese subsidies that helped flood the market with solar
panels, former company executives said on Wednesday as
Republicans delved into the latest failure of a
government-backed solar panel manufacturer.

The collapse of Abound and the high-profile bankruptcy of
Solyndra, another solar panel maker that also received a
government loan guarantee, have provided rich fodder for
Republicans on the campaign trail attacking the Obama
administration’s energy policies.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republican lawmakers unveiled legislation on Tuesday to end a program offering loan support for clean energy companies, keeping alive the issue of a massive loan to solar panel maker Solyndra, which subsequently filed for bankruptcy.

Solyndra received more than $500 million in government support and has become a political talking point for Republicans in the run-up to November’s election and an embarrassment to the administration of President Barack Obama.

WASHINGTON, June 29 (Reuters) – U.S. lawmakers representing
s tates rich in shale gas c alled for the Obama administration to
expedite approval of liquefied natural gas exports on Friday,
mounting the first real push in support of gas exports on
Capitol Hill.

A bipartisan coalition of 21 lawmakers in the House of
Representatives said the Obama administration needs to move
forward with its review of companies looking to export LNG.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States should be open to exporting domestically produced crude oil, the head of the Energy Information Administration said on Wednesday, arguing that such exports could actually benefit the U.S. economy.

Adam Sieminski, the former Deutsche Bank economist who was sworn in as EIA administrator earlier this month, said selling U.S. oil abroad could help provide a market for light sweet crude produced from shale formations in places like North Dakota, since the Gulf coast refining hub is more suited to process heavier crudes.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – In a bitterly divided U.S. political environment, there’s at least one thing Republicans and Democrats can agree on: Avoid a public showdown on natural gas exports, arguably the most important energy policy decision in recent memory.

While fluctuating gasoline prices, the Keystone pipeline and the fight over fracking steal headlines, the question of how much of the newfound U.S. shale gas bounty should be shared with the rest of the world goes largely without comment or coverage — despite holding far wider and longer-lasting consequences.