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Abundant supplies have changed the North American natural gas game, and EnCana Corp. said last week that as a low-cost producer with large positions in unconventional gas basins it is poised to double its production in the next five years.

FPL Group Inc. has proposed to shareholders that its name be changed to NextEra Energy Inc., the Juno Beach, FL-based company said Friday.

Abundant supplies have changed the North American natural gas game, and EnCana Corp. said Tuesday that as a low-cost producer with large positions in unconventional gas basins it is poised to double its production in the next five years.

Abundant supplies have changed the North American natural gas game, and EnCana Corp. said Tuesday that as a low-cost producer with large positions in unconventional gas basins it is poised to double its production in the next five years.

The fundamentals of the natural gas industry worldwide have changed, with reduced demand and an oversupply creating a “strategic change” for suppliers and a “tougher” long-term pricing outlook, Wood Mackenzie researchers said in a report.

The fundamentals of the natural gas industry worldwide have changed, with reduced demand and an oversupply creating a “strategic change” for suppliers and a “tougher” long-term pricing outlook, Wood Mackenzie researchers said in a new report.

Horizontal drilling into shale rock using multiple fractures (fracs) has “clearly” changed the game for the U.S. natural gas industry, but the drilling process also has the potential to give conventional gas formations, like tight gas sands, an economic boost, Raymond James & Associates Inc. said last week.

Horizontal drilling into shale rock using multiple fractures (fracs) has “clearly” changed the game for the U.S. natural gas industry, but the drilling process is showing the potential to give conventional gas formations, like tight gas sands, an economic boost, Raymond James & Associates Inc. said Monday.

Most prices in the East were little changed either up or down Friday, while significant losses dominated at a majority of Midcontinent and non-Rockies western points. The overall softness reflected a continuing dearth of weather-based demand along with the previous day’s 4.1-cent descent by June futures and the usual weekend decline of industrial load.