Global demand for energy could triple by 2050 compared with 2000 levels, and production of easily accessible oil and natural gas will not match the projected rate of demand growth worldwide by the end of this decade, according to a report from Royal Dutch Shell. And environmental concerns could make gas even more popular.
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Articles from 2000
Top North American Gas Marketers (Bcf/d)
Despite a decline in the survey’s top spot, overall natural gas marketing was up 6.2% year over year. read more
Top North American Gas Marketers (Bcf/d)
Weak national demand led all but a handful of companies to see natural gas marketing declines during the second quarter as the total volume sold in North America fell 9% — almost 11 Bcf/d — according to NGI’s 2Q2009 Top North American Gas Marketers Ranking. read more
Top North American Gas Marketers (Bcf/d)
Marketers reported an overall 4Q2009 decrease of less than 1% from the previous year’s period, but a flood of of production from shale plays could influence the market’s next move. read more
Four-Year-Old Enron Settlement Boosts PSE Weatherization
As a remnant of the western wholesale power market meltdown of 2000-2001, Bellevue, WA-based Puget Sound Energy (PSE) on Monday said its low-income weatherization funding will double next year, thanks to funds it will receive from the Washington state Attorney General’s Office from a 2005 settlement with Enron Corp. PSE will get more than $2.1 million from the Enron case.
Top North American Gas Marketers (Bcf/d)
Source: Quarterly financial reports with the Securities and Exchange Commission, or if necessary, statements signed by company officials and provided to NGI.
Ninth Circuit Court Remands to FERC West Power Contract
The question of what to do about millions of dollars in refunds from the 2000-2001 energy crisis was passed back to FERC last Thursday by the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals with instructions to regulators to reconsider their decision in conformance with a U.S. Supreme Court decision last June regarding the long-term power contracts (see NGI, June 30).
Raymond James: Big Shift to Horizontal Drilling in Oilpatch
The shift to more complex, unconventional drilling — launched by the success in the Barnett Shale — has doubled since 2000 and led to technological changes across the oil services sector, Raymond James & Associates Inc. energy analysts said last week.
Raymond James: Big Shift to Horizontal Drilling in Oilpatch
The shift to more complex, unconventional drilling — launched by the success in the Barnett Shale — has doubled since 2000 and led to technological changes across the oil services sector, Raymond James & Associates Inc. energy analysts said Monday.
Nymex Sets Trigger for Floor to Electronic Trading ‘Shift’
In a move that was largely anticipated ever since electronic commodity trading began to really take off back in 2000, the New York Mercantile Exchange (Nymex) announced plans last week outlining when and how a commodity contract will make the “shift” from open outcry trading over to full electronic trading.