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Metgasco seeks to have court overturn ruling on drilling ban
June 3rd, 2014
Judicial review sought in the Supreme Court. Metgasco says the ban wasn’t authorised by legislation and denied it fairness. A mining company which had its controversial coal seam gas drilling licence suspended by the NSW government is seeking to ...
GASB pension reporting: How to obtain and audit key numbers
June 2nd, 2014
State and local government employers who participate in multiple-employer defined benefit pension plans—and the governments’ auditors—may have difficulty obtaining data required by GASB’s new pension standards to prepare employer financial statements and auditing such information. GASB Statement No. 67, ...
Japanese Lawmakers to Lobby Abe for Russian Gas Pipeline
May 28th, 2014
Japanese lawmakers are reviving efforts for a 600 billion yen ($5.9 billion) natural gas pipeline from Russia, which last week signed a supply deal with China, to cut energy costs after the Fukushima nuclear disaster. A group of 33 ...
In the Russia-China Gas Deal, Did Putin Win?
May 22nd, 2014
So in striking a big new deal to supply natural gas to China, has Vladimir Putin outmaneuvered the U.S. and its European friends yet again? Much as Russia’s president would like you to think so, not really. Putin called ...
Gas prices are high…
May 19th, 2014
Rumors about the demise of U.S. gasoline demand have been greatly exaggerated. Until late 2013, most energy observers forecast the world’s most reliably gas-guzzling market to consume less fuel this year. What was once thought to be a structural ...
Ukraine refuses Russian demand for advance gas payment
May 9th, 2014
Ukraine will not pay in advance for Russian gas at Gazprom’s new, higher price, the Ukrainian Energy Minister Yuriy Prodan has said. Russia made the demand after saying Ukraine had failed to pay the bill for its April natural ...
German company starts gas deliveries to Ukraine
April 15th, 2014
German utility company RWE said Tuesday it has started sending natural gas to Ukraine, a move that could support the country if Russia acts on its threat to cut off supplies because of a massive debt for past deliveries. ...
GASB Sets Guidelines for Measuring Assets and Liabilities
April 15th, 2014
The Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) on Monday defined two approaches for measuring assets and liabilities, which officials said will guide the standard-setting organization in establishing accounting and financial reporting standards for state and local governments. The two approaches, ...
Putin Could Stop Selling Gas to Ukraine. Here’s Why He Won’t
April 14th, 2014
For a time this week, Vladimir Putin looked ready to turn off the gas. In an April 10 letter to 18 European heads of state, he warned that Russia could “completely or partially cease gas deliveries” to Ukraine, in ...
British Gas must pay £5.6m for blocking firms from switching
April 10th, 2014
British Gas has been ordered to pay £5.6m in compensation and fines for blocking businesses from switching suppliers and failing to tell others their contracts were ending, Ofgem said. The company, one of the Big Six suppliers, had already ...