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On the same day an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) panel heard Pennsylvania residents describe their worries about hydraulic fracturing in the state’s portion of the Marcellus Shale, a state lawmaker spoke out against another item near and dear to the hearts of the state’s gas producers: forced pooling.

On the same day an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) panel heard Pennsylvania residents describe their worries about hydraulic fracturing in the state’s portion of the Marcellus Shale, a state lawmaker spoke out against another item near and dear to the hearts of the state’s gas producers: forced pooling.

Natural gas prices that some might describe as astronomically low and the unfolding of the North American shale gas story aren’t enough to dissuade the chief executives of at least two Midwestern utilities from their tried-and-true gas procurement strategies.

Natural gas prices that some might describe as astronomically low and the unfolding of the North American shale gas story aren’t enough to dissuade the chief executives of at least two Midwestern utilities from their tried-and-true gas procurement strategies.

Jacob Dweck, a lawyer and principal with the LNG Solutions Group, would rather not describe gas quality/interchangeability issues as a “hurdle” for liquefied natural gas (LNG) developers, utilities and end-users, but rather as an opportunity.

Jacob Dweck, a lawyer and principal with the LNG Solutions Group, would rather not describe gas quality/interchangeability issues as a “hurdle” for liquefied natural gas (LNG) developers, utilities and end-users, but rather as an opportunity.

The phrase “if you build it, they will come” sounds too ancientto describe the nascent e-commerce scene. Perhaps it’s moreappropriate to ask, “if everyone builds something, will they knowwhere to go?” The months ahead will see no dearth of online tradingoptions for energy and related properties, products and services asplayers scramble to create new sites or get on board existing ones.Among this week’s happenings:

The phrase “if you build it, they will come” sounds too ancientto describe the nascent e-commerce scene. Perhaps it’s moreappropriate to ask, “if everyone builds something, will they knowwhere to go?” The months ahead will see no dearth of online tradingoptions for energy and related properties, products and services asplayers scramble to create new sites or get on board existing ones.Among this week’s happenings:

“Orderly” and “quiet” are not words that typically describe thenatural gas futures market-especially during hectic expiration-daytrading at Nymex. However, yesterday they were fitting descriptionsof a market that was only able to inch higher amid light commercialshort-covering. The June contract closed out its tenure as theprompt month with a 2.6-cent gain to settle at $2.226.