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While significantly below year-ago levels, U.S. drilling activity rebounded somewhat in the third quarter, with total well completions up 10.2% from the second quarter, the American Petroleum Institute (API) reported.

U.S. carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from fossil fuels are expected to drop almost 6% below 2008 levels, partly because of the economic recession, the Energy Information Administration (EIA) said Tuesday.

The House climate change bill (HR 2454) would reduce gross domestic product (GDP) below what it would otherwise have been by as much as 0.75% in 2020 and by as much as 3.5% in 2050, according to a new Congressional Budget Office (CBO) study.

The House climate change bill (HR 2454) would reduce gross domestic product (GDP) below what it would otherwise have been by as much as 0.75% in 2020 and by as much as 3.5% in 2050, according to a new Congressional Budget Office (CBO) study.

Not content with the prior session’s punch below the psychological $3 price level to a seven-year low, the bearish natural gas futures movement found follow-through on Friday to notch a new low for the move at $2.776 before closing out the day at $2.804, down 14.1 cents from Thursday and 43.4 cents lower than the previous week’s finish.

Canadian producers are braced for severe summer price lows — possibly below C$2.00/MMBtu (US$1.80) — as international traffic in natural gas continues to slow down on oversupplied markets.

Canadian producers are braced for severe summer price lows — possibly below C$2.00/MMBtu (US$1.80) — as international traffic in natural gas continues to slow down on oversupplied markets.

Projecting that linepack on its California Gas Transmission system would fall below minimum target levels Wednesday and Thursday, Pacific Gas & Electric issued a customer-specific low-inventory OFO for Wednesday.

As natural gas values continue to hover below six-year lows, Massachusetts-based investor-owned electric and gas utility NSTAR informed its natural gas customers this week that they likely will be seeing a 70% decrease in prices starting in May.