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McNamee, longtime Texas GOP attorney, will step down from FERC- oil and gas 360

McNamee, longtime Texas GOP attorney, will step down from FERC

Houston Chronicle WASHINGTON – Bernard McNamee, a former advisor to Texas Republican Sen. Ted Cruz and fellow at the conservative Texas Public Policy Foundation, said Thursday he would not seek a second term on the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. With only six months left in his term, the announcement puts a near end date on the service of a powerful

Carlyle looking at 'relatively cheap' energy assets: Rubenstein- oil and gas 360

Carlyle looking at ‘relatively cheap’ energy assets: Rubenstein

Reuters Fears about the future of energy assets have led to a sell-off, but this has created “very good opportunities” for the Carlyle Group, its founder, David Rubenstein, said on Thursday. Rubenstein, co-executive chairman of the private equity (PE) giant, told the Reuters Global Markets Forum that securing bank loans for such deals had become harder, however. Big investors are