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The biggest, oldest block of Canadian natural gas wound up in the hands of a household name in the West — and a major customer — when Cargill Ltd. took over the traditional “aggregator”-managed supply pools of Alberta and British Columbia from Mirant Corp. on Thursday (see Daily GPI, May 2).

A 32-year veteran of efforts to build an Arctic natural gas pipeline is betting against one being constructed from either Alaska or the Mackenzie Delta. Harvie Andre, chairman of Arctigas Resources Corp., said “it’s just a small bet (C$100, US$66). I hope I’m wrong. But it smells like the 1970s all over again.”

A 32-year veteran of efforts to build an Arctic natural gas pipeline is betting against one being constructed from either Alaska or the Mackenzie Delta. Harvie Andre, chairman of Arctigas Resources Corp., said “it’s just a small bet (C$100, US$66). I hope I’m wrong. But it smells like the 1970s all over again.”

FERC last Wednesday rejected the Connecticut Attorney General’s bid for review of the agency’s order approving the proposed Connecticut-to-New York Islander East Pipeline project, which seeks to deliver natural gas to the expanding Long Island, NY, market.

FERC on Wednesday rejected the Connecticut Attorney General’s bid for review of the agency’s order approving the proposed Connecticut-to-New York Islander East Pipeline project, which seeks to deliver natural gas to the expanding Long Island, NY, market.

Southwest Gas Corp.’s plea to further push back the date for the conversion of full-requirements (FR) service on El Paso Natural Gas to contract-demand (CD) service is merely a foot-dragging ploy on the part of the local distribution company (LDC), and should be rejected by FERC outright, said a group of major natural gas producers and marketers served by the pipeline.

Southwest Gas Corp.’s plea to further push back the date for the conversion of full-requirements (FR) service on El Paso Natural Gas to contract-demand (CD) service is merely a foot-dragging maneuver on the part of the local distribution company (LDC), and should be rejected by FERC outright, said a group of major natural gas producers and marketers served by the pipeline.

A 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruling Monday upheld a lower court decision to block oil and natural gas exploration off the central California coast, prompting an immediate favorable reaction from Gov. Gray Davis, who has continued to resist federal efforts for more drilling offshore in federal waters.

The Connecticut Attorney General’s Office has called on the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to grant a stay of an order approving the proposed Connecticut-to-New York Islander East Pipeline project, which seeks to deliver natural gas to the expanding Long Island, NY, market.