Challenge

A federal appeals court — responding to a challenge filed by a coalition of conservation groups to a decision by the U.S. Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to allow construction of a natural gas pipeline in western Colorado — has issued a temporary injunction to halt the pipeline’s construction until a Wednesday (June 18) hearing.

A federal appeals court — responding to a challenge filed by a coalition of conservation groups to a decision by the U.S. Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to allow construction of a natural gas pipeline in western Colorado — has issued a temporary injunction to halt the pipeline’s construction until a June 18 hearing.

The Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin (WCSB) has “clearly” been a challenge for natural gas producers in recent years, but the success from unconventional plays in the Lower 48 has led many to revise their “gloom and doom” outlook for the region, a Nexen Inc. executive said last week.

The Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin (WCSB) has “clearly” been a challenge for natural gas producers in recent years, but the success from unconventional plays in the Lower 48 has led many to revise their “gloom and doom” outlook for the region, a Nexen Inc. executive said Wednesday.

FERC Friday rejected a challenge by failed hedge fund Amaranth Advisors and affiliates to FERC’s claim that it has jurisdiction to sanction manipulative trading of natural gas futures contracts when that activity significantly affects prices in the physical gas market, over which the agency has exclusive jurisdiction.

Quarterly results were essentially flat when excluding nonrecurring items for Southwest Gas Corp. which faces the challenge of fine tuning its strategy for maximizing its regulatory climate and gaining rate changes. Last week the Las Vegas, NV-based company reported a loss of $337,000, or 1 cent/share, for the second quarter, compared with profits of $3.7 million, or 9 cents/share, for the same period last year.

Responding to a legal challenge, a U.S. federal appeals court delayed until at least mid-August Royal Dutch Shell plc’s plans to begin exploration activities in the Beaufort Sea off the Alaskan coast.

Would-be importers overcame a challenge by the Alberta government to win a landmark victory in opening eastern Canada to offshore cargoes of liquefied natural gas (LNG) with rolled-in tolls for connections to the new supplies. The National Energy Board cited the growing aggregate demand of all shippers combined with the expected decline of supplies from the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin as driving its decision.

Would-be importers overcame a challenge by the Alberta government to win a landmark victory in opening eastern Canada to offshore cargoes of liquefied natural gas (LNG) with rolled-in tolls for connections to the new supplies. The National Energy Board cited the growing aggregate demand of all shippers combined with the expected decline of supplies from the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin as driving its decision.