Audience

If natural gas prices stay in a range of $8-10, “we’ll do fine,” and so will the power industry, Chesapeake Energy CEO Aubrey McClendon told an audience of Gulf Coast power industry executives in Texas as he delivered his “message of optimism about natural gas supply.”

James Yardley, president of El Paso Pipeline Group, told a Houston audience last week “it’s an absolutely terrific time to be in our business.” But while times may be good for natural gas pipeliners, they are not without their challenges, which Yardley enumerated.

James Yardley, president of El Paso Pipeline Group, told a Houston audience Monday “it’s an absolutely terrific time to be in our business.” But while times may be good for natural gas pipeliners, they are not without their challenges, which Yardley enumerated.

The veteran liquefied natural gas (LNG) executive behind the embattled Weaver’s Cove terminal project in Fall River, MA, told a Houston audience Tuesday that despite community opposition the project will begin construction in nine to 12 months. Additionally, Hess LNG CEO Gordon Shearer said the modestly sized (400 MMcf/d) terminal will secure LNG supplies where others have failed.

The veteran liquefied natural gas (LNG) executive behind the embattled Weaver’s Cove terminal project in Fall River, MA, told a Houston audience Tuesday that despite community opposition the project will begin construction in nine to 12 months. Additionally, Hess LNG CEO Gordon Shearer said the modestly sized (400 MMcf/d) terminal will secure LNG supplies where others have failed.

Mexican Congressman Eduardo De La Torre told a Houston audience Thursday that strategies his country’s government has espoused over the last nine years have been a failure. He called for a more modern vision as Mexico embraces the principles of a market economy. That vision includes integration with Central America, both economically and through infrastructure projects, particularly those related to energy. “Our society is lost when we are just importers,” he said.

Mexican Congressman Eduardo De La Torre told a Houston audience Thursday that strategies his country’s government has espoused over the last nine years have been a failure. He called for a more modern vision as Mexico embraces the principles of a market economy. That vision includes integration with Central America, both economically and through infrastructure projects, particularly those related to energy. “Our society is lost when we are just importers,” he said.

Kenneth L. Lay told a Houston audience Tuesday that when he stepped down as CEO of Enron in February 2001 “he was confident that Enron was financially strong, highly profitable, growing rapidly….” Yet 10 months later the company filed for bankruptcy.

FERC Chairman Joseph Kelliher told an audience of power industry officials last Wednesday that the Commission will not “blindly approve” existing so-called “Version Zero” reliability standards adopted by the North American Electric Reliability Council (NERC) and then work to improve them over time, assuming that those standards are ultimately submitted to FERC.