12/6/12
Oil Spill
New judge assigned to manslaughter case against 2 BP supervisors charged in
deadly rig blast
By Associated Press
NEW ORLEANS — A new judge was assigned Wednesday to the case against two BP
supervisors charged in the deaths of 11 workers aboard the Deepwater
Horizon drilling rig in 2010, after the previous judge disclosed his wife
owns stock in one of the contractors.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/new-judge-assigned-to-manslaughter-case-against-2-bp-supervisors-charged-in-deadly-rig-blast/2012/12/05/8688d2d4-3f21-11e2-8a5c-473797be602c_story.html
State News
City tests recycling program
Bolivar Commercial
by Chance Wright
12.05.12 - 08:52 pm
The Cleveland Board of Aldermen approved the request of Brett Moorman,
director of the city's Department of Community Development, Tuesday to make
a budget amendment in the amount of $3,000 to start a local recycling
program.
http://www.bolivarcom.com/view/full_story/21035065/article-City-tests-recycling-program?instance=homefirstleft
State to release red snapper fingerlings on reef south of Horn Island
By The Associated Press
on December 05, 2012 at 9:17 AM, updated December 05, 2012 at 9:20 AM
BILOXI, Mississippi -- The state of Mississippi is going to release
cultured red snapper fingerlings Thursday in offshore waters on an
artificial reef about two miles south of Horn Island.
http://blog.gulflive.com/mississippi-press-news/2012/12/state_to_release_red_snapper_f.html#incart_river
New York-based fund buys salt dome complex
by MBJ Staff
Published: December 5,2012
SMITH COUNTY — Macquarie Infrastructure Partners II (MIP II), a North
American infrastructure fund headquartered in New York, completed the
acquisition of Leaf River Energy Center LLC from NGS Energy, LP.
http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/12/05/new-york-based-fund-buys-salt-dome-complex/
Oil refinery proposed for Winston site
Neshoba Democrat
By DEBBIE BURT MYERS
Philadelphia Mayor James A. Young announced last week that he is president
of an emerging independent energy company that intends to build an oil
refinery in Winston County employing more than 5,000 by 2014.
http://neshobademocrat.com/main.asp?SectionID=2&SubSectionID=297&ArticleID=27668
National News
U.S. Gas Exports Clear Hurdle
Study Citing Benefits Could Hasten Approvals From Obama Administration
Wall Street Journal
By KEITH JOHNSON And TENNILLE TRACY
Shipping some of the newly abundant U.S. natural gas overseas would
benefit the nation's economy more than keeping it all at home, according
to a long-awaited government study that has the potential to reshape the
global energy market.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324001104578161461770971222.html
