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Cheap natural gas, courtesy of shale plays, is bringing industry back to the United States, growing economies along the Gulf Coast, in the Northeast and elsewhere. But it has also made holding gas transportation capacity a more dicey prospect for end-users, and there is a risk that some of the energy industry’s risk management muscle could atrophy while on a diet of low prices and low volatility.

Producers that ply shale gas plays could someday benefit from increased insight into shale reservoirs courtesy of researchers at the University of Oklahoma (OU).

Operating under a two-week extension of emergency orders to keeppower and gas supplies flowing, courtesy of the new Bushadministration, California government leaders last week conductedthe state’s first-ever power auction for long-term contracts, andcontinued to work on new legislation to revitalize its crumblingpower structure.

Natural gas customers in Indiana may be seeing a 5% reduction intheir heating bills this winter, courtesy of a proposed taxexemption by Gov. Frank O’Bannon. O’Bannon said last week that hemay suspend the state sales tax of o5% on natural gas, similar to aban he enacted on gasoline sales in June.

Natural gas customers in Indiana may be seeing a 5% reduction intheir heating bills this winter, courtesy of a proposed taxexemption by Gov. Frank O’Bannon. O’Bannon said last week that hemay suspend the state sales tax similar to a ban he enacted ongasoline sales in June.