...fund owns shares in six foreign companies that do. The biggest stock holding is Sinopec, a giant Chinese oil company that last year backed an unsuccessful bid from an Anchorage construction company for a state natural gas pipeline license.

...Canadian company TransCanada is doing some lobbying in Washington, D.C. The energy company seeks a state natural gas pipeline license, and is lobbying for the federal government to cover the cost of the project should it fail to get enough...