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U.S. natural gas production in 2004 did not fall as much as some analysts contend nor did it grow as much as federal officials report, a top consultant with Energy and Environmental Analysis Inc. (EEA) said Friday. Kevin Petak, who directs EEA’s energy modeling and forecasting, said the “right” answer is probably somewhere in the middle.

U.S. natural gas production in 2004 did not fall as much as some analysts contend nor did it grow as much as federal officials report, a top consultant with Energy and Environmental Analysis Inc. (EEA) said Friday. Kevin Petak, who directs EEA’s energy modeling and forecasting, said the “right” answer is probably somewhere in the middle.

Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corp. and Trunkline Gas pipeline contend that their existing tariff provisions governing discount rates at secondary transportation points fully comply with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s discount policy. But if necessary, Transco, a Williams pipeline, said it was willing to remove certain words from its tariff to quell agency concerns about its discounting practices.

Indicated Shippers contend ANR Pipeline’s proposal to providenew hourly transportation services primarily for electricgeneration is discriminatory because the services would be limitedsolely to shippers who are “supplying or obtaining gas” for thatmarket.

The sponsors of Independence Pipeline and Millennium Pipelineprojects contend CNG Transmission Corp. is speaking with a forkedtongue when it comes to assessing the future need for new pipelinecapacity to the Northeast market.

The Independence Pipeline and Millennium Pipeline projectscontend CNG Transmission Corp. is speaking with a forked tonguewhen it comes to the need for new pipeline capacity to supply thegrowth in gas demand that’s expected for the Northeast market.

Merger partners Sempra Energy and KN Energy contend that QuestarPipeline, which claims the marriage would subvert gas and electriccompetition in southern California, is seeing monsters where noneexist. Nevertheless, they agreed to make certain concessions toQuestar to remove a potential threat to their merger transaction.