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As the president and executive director of the two-year-old Marcellus Shale Coalition (MSC), Kathryn Klaber is charged with addressing the needs and wants of the gas industry, the affected communities and stakeholders, as well as the different governing authorities across an area that extends 95,000 square miles over five states.

The Kentucky Public Service Commission (PSC) is seeking comment from residential and small-volume commercial customers and others who would be affected by broader retail competition in the state’s natural gas markets.

TransCanada reported experiencing a mainline rupture Saturday upstream of Station 112 in Ontario. The pipeline said it had isolated the affected section, but did not anticipate any capacity restrictions as a result of the event.

Natural gas development appears to have negatively affected the population size and distribution of wintering mule deer in southwestern Wyoming, but mitigation by producers may be succeeding, a seven-year study has concluded.

Natural gas development appears to have negatively affected the population size and distribution of wintering mule deer in southwestern Wyoming, but mitigation by producers may be succeeding, a seven-year study has concluded.

The major producers and those that are funding exploration developments with free cash flow most likely will be the least affected by the current financial market turmoil, but the smaller independents are probably reviewing their investment plans to decide where to cut back, Douglas-Westwood Ltd. said in a report Monday.

Thursday’s cash market pretty much divided along the lines of what markets would be most affected by Hurricane Ike-related production outages and those that would feel relatively little impact. Prices continued to rise at most locations in the Gulf Coast and Northeast, while the Midcontinent/Midwest and West were mostly softer. Weather remains a minor market factor as few areas outside the desert Southwest have any substantive cooling load remaining.

A 74% spike in crude oil prices since the beginning of 2006 and a 28% dip in the value of the dollar against the euro have substantially affected the competitive positions of domestic energy industries, affecting imports and exports of both gas and coal, and changing usage patterns for natural gas, according to Charles Whitmore of FERC’s Office of Enforcement.

A 74% spike in crude oil prices since the beginning of 2006 and a 28% dip in the value of the dollar against the euro have substantially affected the competitive positions of domestic energy industries, affecting imports and exports of both gas and coal, and changing usage patterns for natural gas, according to Charles Whitmore of FERC’s Office of Enforcement.