The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) is an independent agency of the United States government that regulates the interstate transmission and wholesale sale of electricity and natural gas and regulates the prices of interstate transport of petroleum by pipeline. FERC also reviews proposals to build interstate natural gas pipelines,natural gas storage projects,and liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminals,in addition to licensing non-federal hydropower projects.
The International Energy Agency (IEA) is a Paris-based autonomous intergovernmental organisation,established in 1974,that provides policy recommendations,analysis and data on the global energy sector. The 31 member countries and 13 association countries of the IEA represent 75% of global energy demand.
PJSC Gazprom is a Russian majority state-owned multinational energy corporation headquartered in the Lakhta Center in Saint Petersburg. The Gazprom name is a contraction of the Russian words gazovaya promyshlennost. In January 2022,Gazprom displaced Sberbank from the first place in the list of the largest company in Russia by market capitalization. In 2022,the company's revenue amounted to 8 trillion rubles.
Dan Jannik Jørgensen is a Danish politician of the Social Democrats who has served as Minister for Development Cooperation and Global Climate Policy in the government of Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen since 2022.
The Railroad Commission of Texas is the state agency that regulates the oil and gas industry,gas utilities,pipeline safety,safety in the liquefied petroleum gas industry,and surface coal and uranium mining. Despite its name,it ceased regulating railroads in 2005,when the last of the rail functions were transferred to the Texas Department of Transportation.
The British Columbia Energy Regulator (BCER),formerly the BC Oil and Gas Commission,is the Crown Corporation responsible for energy regulation in British Columbia,Canada.
Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi is a Nigerian politician,who served as the federal minister of transportation of Nigeria from 2015 to 2022 under the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari. He resigned to contest for Nigeria's presidency under the governing All Progressive Congress (APC). He had previously served as governor of oil-rich Rivers State,from 2007 to 2015 and earlier,as speaker of the Rivers State House of Assembly from 1999 to 2007. On 9 April 2022,Amaechi declared interest to contest in the presidential election in 2023. He polled second position in the APC presidential primaries held in June 2022 behind eventual president Bola Tinubu with 316 delegate votes against Tinubu's 1271 votes.
Bill P. Wielechowski is an American lawyer serving as a Democratic member of the Alaska Senate representing District K,which is located in Northeast Anchorage,Alaska. Prior to the 2022 redistricting process,he represented District H from 2013 to 2023. Wielechowski also previously represented District J from 2007 to 2013.
Miguel Arias Cañete is a Spanish politician who served as European Commissioner for Energy and Climate Action in the Juncker Commission from 2014 to 2019.
Melford Obiene Okilo had a long and distinguished career as a politician in Nigeria from the start of independence in 1960 until shortly before his death in 2008. He was a member of parliament (1956–1964) and a Minister in the Nigerian First Republic. He was the first elected Governor of Rivers State,Nigeria (1979–1983) during the Nigerian Second Republic. Later he was Senator for Bayelsa East,in Bayelsa State (1999–2003) during the Nigerian Fourth Republic.
Dmitry Nikolaevich Kobylkin is a Russian politician who served as Governor of Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug from 4 May 2012 until 29 May 2018,and as Minister of Natural Resources of the Russian Federation from May 2018 until November 2020.
David Jerome Porter is an American politician and accountant who served as a member of the Texas Railroad Commission from 2011 to 2017. Formerly in a private CPA practice in Midland,Porter since relocated to Giddings.
Walter Wayne Christian is an American politician and financial planner from Center,Texas,who serves as a Republican member of the Texas Railroad Commission,having first won the position in the general election of November 8,2016.
Sambit Patra is an Indian politician and surgeon who serves as the Member of Parliament in the 18th Lok Sabha from the Puri constituency. He has served as the national spokesperson of the Bharatiya Janata Party since 2014 and currently serving as a chairman in tourism department. Patra had his first job at Hindu Rao Hospital. He was appointed an independent director of the board of Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited (ONGC) in 2017. On 30 November 2021,Patra was appointed Chairman of the India Tourism Development Corporation.
The following is a timeline of the governorship of Ezenwo Nyesom Wike,also known as the Wike administration,from his inauguration as Governor of Rivers State on 29 May 2015 to 29 May 2023.
Onimim Ernestina Jacks is a Nigerian lawyer who served from June 2015 to September 2017 as the Rivers State Commissioner of Agriculture. She is a member of the Rivers State People's Democratic Party.
The North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA),known as the Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) until March 2022,is a private company limited by shares wholly owned by the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero. It is responsible for maximising the economic recovery of oil from the North Sea. It is empowered to license and regulate activity in relation to oil and gas in the United Kingdom,including oil and gas exploration,carbon capture and storage,and offshore gas storage.
Amos J. Hochstein is an American businessman,diplomat,and former lobbyist. He is a top national and economic security official in the Biden administration. Hochstein has worked in the U.S. Congress,has testified before congressional panels and has served in the Barack Obama administration under Secretaries of State Clinton and Kerry. He was appointed Deputy Assistant Secretary of State in 2011 and as Special Envoy and Coordinator for International Energy Affairs in 2013. In 2015,President Barack Obama nominated Hochstein to be the Assistant Secretary of State for Energy Resources but the Senate did not act on the nomination.
Dakuku Adol Peterside is a Nigerian politician. He was formerly the Director General of Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency from March 2016 to March 2020. Prior to his role at NIMASA,he was a member of the Nigerian House of Representatives.
Christopher Eric Bouchat is an American politician. He is a member of the Maryland House of Delegates for District 5,which encompasses Carroll County,Maryland. He was previously a member of the Carroll County Board of Commissioners from 2018 to 2022,representing District 4 in southwest Carroll County.
