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Assuming the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) decides to allow export of U.S. liquefied natural gas (LNG), the agency will likely leave it up to markets to determine how much LNG is sent abroad, two industry veterans told NGI.

U.S. shale liquids production could triple during the next few years, nearing 1.5 million b/d, according to an “Energy Insight” report from a Massachusetts-based energy consulting firm, Energy Security Analysis Inc. (ESAI). The eventual impact on U.S. imports and exports of energy could be significant, but there are still uncertainties and challenges.

The money will be there when the Canadian arctic natural gas project decides to go ahead with construction, the sponsors have learned. “Interest from the banks at the moment is amazing,” said Bob Reid president of the Aboriginal Pipeline Group, which has a one-third interest in the proposed Mackenzie Valley route.

The money will be there when the Canadian arctic natural gas project decides to go ahead with construction, the sponsors have learned. “Interest from the banks at the moment is amazing,” said Bob Reid, president of the Aboriginal Pipeline Group (APG), which has a one-third interest in the proposed Mackenzie Valley route.

The utility is obligated under a franchise agreement to pay the city a fee based on its income from gas sales to customers. However, since deregulation those fees have fallen as large customers have migrated to alternative suppliers. The city charged that the utility purposely violated its franchise agreement by allowing large customers to buy gas from other companies (see Daily GPI, July 6, 1998).

The Energy Information Administration (EIA) has decided to continue to refrain from making revisions to its storage data based on its estimation procedure, but it will make revisions at regularly scheduled times if survey respondents report changes that total more than 7 Bcf, the agency said in a Federal Register notice last Tuesday.

The Energy Information Administration (EIA) has decided to continue to refrain from making revisions to its storage data based on its estimation procedure, but it will make revisions at regularly scheduled times if survey respondents report changes that total more than 7 Bcf, the agency said in a Federal Register notice Tuesday.

Houston’s office space and unemployed energy professionals may grow if Williams Cos. decides to consolidate and move its Texas operations to its Tulsa headquarters. The company, which wants to trim at least $200 million more in costs a year, confirmed that consolidation and relocation discussions have begun, but no final decision has been announced.

In a move that will have a significant impact on the natural gas market, the American Gas Association has decided to discontinue its weekly storage survey at the end of the year, citing the “labor intensive” nature of the project as a key factor in its decision.