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In an apparent move to have a deal in place before the end of the year, Alaska Gov. Frank Murkowski on Wednesday assigned Jim Clark, his chief of staff, to focus only on developing the North Slope natural gas pipeline project.

The cash market showed little apparent rhyme or reason Tuesday as September swing trading opened with a hodgepodge of mixed price movement that nevertheless favored the upside in a majority of cases. Prices may have found more weather-related load than expected, and the screen’s gain of nearly a nickel Monday may have played a part.

Apparent soft demand in the Mid-Atlantic market has forced Greenbrier Pipeline Co. LLC to ask FERC for a two-year extension to build and put into operation its proposed 279-mile pipeline that’s intended to serve local distributors and power generators in the region. This comes after Greenbrier announced an indefinite delay of the project in November.

Apparent soft demand in the Mid-Atlantic market has forced Greenbrier Pipeline Co. LLC to ask FERC for a two-year extension to build and put into operation its proposed 279-mile pipeline that’s intended to serve local distributors and power generators in the region. This comes after Greenbrier announced an indefinite delay of the project in November.

The New England gas industry Thursday had its fingers crossed that its apparent success maintaining deliveries during the sub-zero temperatures so far this week would last through the bitter cold on Friday morning.

North America’s apparent dwindling natural gas reserves pose a long-term challenge, but continued price volatility, contractual uncertainty and growing political pressure for regulators to “do something” also have to be addressed to restore confidence in the marketplace, an industry panel concluded Thursday.

North America’s apparent dwindling natural gas reserves pose a long-term challenge, but continued price volatility, contractual uncertainty and growing political pressure for regulators to “do something” also have to be addressed to restore confidence in the marketplace, an industry panel concluded Thursday.

The apparent tightening in the gas market, combined with strong heating demand and the related strong storage draw in the past few weeks have set the stage for higher natural gas prices, at least into early next year, according to Lehman Brothers analyst Thomas Driscoll.

Natural gas storage injection rates have been more bearish than the market understands, and gas prices may need to fall over the next two months to lead consumers to burn more, according to Lehman Brothers’ energy analyst Thomas Driscoll.