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Rhode Island Gov. Donald L. Carcieri has signed into law a bill that would prevent tankers carrying liquefied natural gas (LNG) from using the state’s waters to deliver the chilled fuel to the proposed Weaver’s Cove LNG import terminal in Fall River, MA.

Rhode Island Gov. Donald L. Carcieri has signed into law a bill that would prevent tankers carrying liquefied natural gas (LNG) from using the state’s waters to deliver the chilled fuel to the proposed Weaver’s Cove LNG import terminal in Fall River, MA.

The cargo of a tanker truck reported to be carrying liquefied natural gas (LNG) caught fire on a stretch of Interstate Highway 80 about 30 miles east of Reno, NV, causing the highway to be shut in both directions and residents and businesses within a one-mile radius evacuated. A pipeline safety engineer from the Nevada Public Utilities Commission was headed to the scene early in the afternoon for a fire that broke out near a truck rest stop about 11 a.m. PDT.

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) is carrying out an industry-wide review of major natural gas storage owners and operators to determine if they may have over- or under-reported their storage withdrawal estimates to the federal government in late 2003 and early this year to such an extent that it influenced gas futures prices.

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) is carrying out an industry-wide review of major natural gas storage owners and operators to determine if they may have over- or under-reported their storage withdrawal estimates to the federal government in late 2003 and early this year to such an extent that it influenced gas futures prices.

Carrying out its new policy on liquefied natural gas (LNG) projects, FERC last Wednesday dismissed a request by Weaver’s Cove Energy, a proposed Massachusetts’ LNG terminal, for a preliminary determination (PD), saying essentially that it was an unnecessary step for the project and others like it.

Carrying out its new policy on liquefied natural gas (LNG) projects, FERC on Wednesday dismissed a request by Weaver’s Cove Energy, a proposed Massachusetts’ LNG terminal, for a preliminary determination (PD), saying essentially that it was an unnecessary step for the project and others like it.

After being cleared by FERC and the U.S. Coast Guard, the mothballed Cove Point liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal on the eastern shore of Maryland received its commissioning LNG shipment Friday.

After being cleared by FERC and the U.S. Coast Guard last week, the mothballed Cove Point liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal on the eastern shore of Maryland received its commissioning LNG shipment Friday.