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The broad-based energy bill being negotiated by House and Senate members of the conference panel may not be finished this year, according to a spokeswoman for the Conference Committee chairman, Sen. Pete Domenici (R-NM).

On a day when the Aug. 14 blackout dominated Capitol Hill, a major interstate natural gas pipeline group last Wednesday urged the top energy lawmakers in the Senate and House not to overlook the importance of natural gas as they move to conference on a comprehensive energy bill, particularly its role in producing electricity.

A broad coalition of business, government and consumer leaders called on U.S. industrial leaders to take the “10 Percent Pledge” to lower their energy use and costs by 10% to help ease the potential shortfall in natural gas supplies this winter.

A group of six energy trade associations, a broad coalition of producers, consumers and utilities and the Committee of Chief Risk Officers (CCRO) late Monday submitted a comprehensive proposal identifying the key natural gas price reporting issues that it reached consensus on, as well as the issues on which agreement was not achieved.

The report would be due within six months after the enactment of a Senate energy bill, and would provide a comprehensive analysis of gas supply and demand in the United States for the period between 2004 and 2015. It would recommend federal actions to balance supply and demand. The National Petroleum Council (NPC), an oil and gas advisory group to the DOE secretary, already is working on a report on gas demand and supply issues, which is expected to be released in September.

As part of a broad North American search for ways to make western wholesale natural gas markets more competitive, Humboldt Bay in the northern end of California’s 1,000-mile coastline is the unlikely site of a proposed combination electric generating plant and liquefied natural gas (LNG) receiving terminal envisioned by San Jose, CA-based Calpine Corp., a major national developer of gas-fired power plants.

As part of a broad North American search for ways to make western wholesale natural gas markets more competitive, Humboldt Bay in the northern end of California’s 1,000-mile coastline is the unlikely site of a proposed combination electric generating plant and liquefied natural gas (LNG) receiving terminal envisioned by San Jose, CA-based Calpine Corp., a major national developer of gas-fired power plants.

The Minerals Management Service (MMS) said it has given broad approval for use of the world’s first cell spar in a deepwater oil and gas project. The third generation of spar technology reduces the reserve threshold needed for a stand-alone economic development in deep waters.

The Minerals Management Service (MMS) said it has given broad approval for use of the world’s first cell spar in a deepwater oil and gas project. The third generation of spar technology reduces the reserve threshold needed for a stand-alone economic development in deep waters.