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Commodity is king when it comes to liquefied natural gas (LNG). In today’s market the companies that control LNG supply are calling the shots. And more often not, national oil companies are “getting smarter” and not giving up control of their natural gas/LNG supplies.

Commodity is king when it comes to liquefied natural gas (LNG). In today’s market the companies that control LNG supply are calling the shots. And more often not, national oil companies are “getting smarter” and not giving up control of their natural gas/LNG supplies.

The Department of Energy (DOE) gets a failing grade when it comes to meeting its statutory obligation to issue rules on minimum energy efficiency standards for consumer products and industrial equipment, according to a new report by the Government Accountability Office (GAO). The poor performance could cost the nation billions of dollars in lost savings, it said.

The Department of Energy (DOE) gets a failing grade when it comes to meeting its statutory obligation to issue rules on minimum energy efficiency standards for consumer products and industrial equipment, according to a new report by the Government Accountability Office (GAO). The poor performance could cost the nation billions in lost savings, it said.

The 1,500 residents of the tiny town of Red Boiling Springs, TN, face an uncertain future when it comes to who will be running their natural gas utility. The city council recently failed to approve a franchise for the private company that wants to buy the town’s troubled gas utility.

The 1,500 residents of the tiny town of Red Boiling Springs, TN, face an uncertain future when it comes to their natural gas supply. Last Thursday the city council failed to approve a franchise for the private company that wants to buy the town’s troubled gas utility.

The combined market capitalization of Anadarko Petroleum Corp. and its latest acquisition targets — Kerr-McGee Corp. and Western Gas Resources Inc. — comes to nearly $41 billion, almost double that of Anadarko alone and rivaling EnCana Corp. at $42.28 billion.

Anyone watching and listening to energy markets knows that with higher and more volatile commodity prices comes the more frequent utterance of words such as “speculation” and “manipulation,” often in the same breath.

Anyone watching and listening to energy markets knows that with higher and more volatile commodity prices comes the more frequent utterance of words such as “speculation” and “manipulation,” often in the same breath.