Looking to create a better wheel, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) said it has teamed with the Pennsylvania State University to establish and operate a consortium on underground gas storage technology.
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Canadian Deliveries to U.S. Up 4.5% at Start of Winter
Canadian natural gas exports took a sharp turn for the better in the opening month of the new sales contract year last November. Deliveries to the United States rose by 4.5% to 312 Bcf from 299 Bcf in November of 2001, according to records kept on the trade by Canada’s National Energy Board.
Canadian Deliveries to U.S. Up 4.5% at Start of Winter
Canadian natural gas exports took a sharp turn for the better in the opening month of the new sales contract year last November. Deliveries to the United States rose by 4.5% to 312 Bcf from 299 Bcf in November of 2001, according to records kept on the trade by Canada’s National Energy Board.
Former U.S. Senator Sees Hope for Energy Bill Action in This Congress
The new Congress with slim Republican majorities in each house has a better chance to pass a trimmed down energy bill or to sneak through an Alaska National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) drilling bill in the next two years, according to Slade Gorton, a former three-term Republican senator from the state of Washington.
Former U.S. Senator Sees Hope for Energy Bill Action in This Congress
The new Congress with slim Republican majorities in each house has a better chance to pass a trimmed down energy bill or to sneak through an Alaska National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) drilling bill in the next two years, according to Slade Gorton, a former three-term Republican senator from the state of Washington.
S&P Warns Credit Slide May Get Worse Before It Gets Any Better
Standard & Poor’s issued a warning Thursday that more credit rating declines and possible defaults “loom on the horizon” even though the industry already has experienced its sharpest credit slide in decades.
Mirant, RRI No Longer Covet Top Spot as Gas Trader
No longer believers in the Enron Corp. energy trading mantra that “bigger is better,” Mirant Corp. and Reliant Resources Inc. executives said Thursday that the focus now is on cash — finding it, paying off debts with it and keeping as much of it as they can. They both conceded that for them, anyway, physical gas trading has not become a cash cow.
Mirant, RRI No Longer Covet Top Spot as Gas Trader
No longer believers in the Enron Corp. energy trading mantra that “bigger is better,” Mirant Corp. and Reliant Resources Inc. executives said Thursday that the focus now is on cash — finding it, paying off debts with it and keeping as much of it as they can. They both conceded that for them, anyway, physical gas trading has not become a cash cow.
Better Producer Disclosure, Dialogue With Investors Would Help Share Value
Potential rewards for improved disclosure of company operations and finances can revitalize investor confidence, leading to higher valuations, less stock price volatility, more long-term investment and a lower cost of capital, according to a survey of natural gas and oil producers and investors by PricewaterhouseCoopers.
Petro-Canada Doubles Production in 2Q, Increases Capital Spending
With its upstream production doing better than anticipated, Calgary-based Petro-Canada plans to increase its capital spending program for western Canada, the Mackenzie Delta and along the East Coast, where it has assets in White Rose and drilling prospects along the Scotian Shelf. Second quarter earnings were down from a year earlier, mostly on lower oil and gas prices, but its production more than doubled for the period, fueled by an international acquisition as well as its Terra Nova asset.