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A new survey conducted by J.D. Power and Associates found that while business customers’ satisfaction with their gas utility company remained flat, less than a third were familiar with the energy-savings programs the utilities provide.

A new survey conducted by J.D. Power and Associates found that while business customers’ satisfaction with their gas utility company remained flat, less than a third were familiar with the energy-savings programs the utilities provide.

The energy analysts with Raymond James & Associates Inc. on Monday offered no good news to gas bulls that had toasted to a prosperous new year in 2011.

Continued softness in U.S. natural gas prices and a slight uptick in coal prices likely will lead to more coal-to-gas switching in 2011, Raymond James & Associates Inc. analysts said Monday.

A judge in Tarrant County, TX, has dismissed four lawsuits against XTO Energy in which plaintiffs alleged that XTO, now a unit of ExxonMobil Corp., shortchanged them in lease payments.

Residential gas utility customers are happier with their service providers this year than last, according to the new J.D. Power and Associates 2010 Gas Utility Residential Customer Satisfaction Study.

The U.S. oil — and natural gas — drilling rig count is beating expectations and more upside is likely, analysts with Raymond James & Associates Inc. said last week.

Residential gas utility customers are happier with their service providers this year than last, according to the new J.D. Power and Associates 2010 Gas Utility Residential Customer Satisfaction Study.

The U.S. oil — and natural gas — drilling rig count is beating expectations and more upside is likely, analysts with Raymond James & Associates Inc. said Monday.