Destiny

A plan to pipe treasured Alaskan North Slope gas reserves through Canada to Lower 48 markets would put the state’s gasline destiny in the hands of foreigners, a former Alaska governor said Thursday in denouncing a proposal before the state’s legislature to allow TransCanada Corp. to develop the gasline.

The gas industry’s own version of Manifest Destiny continued to unfold Tuesday as the companies behind two Rockies-related pipeline projects sought permission from FERC to place facilities into service.

Financially battered Calpine Corp. ended the week squarely facing a date with destiny, but how soon the day would come was still unknown.

Armed with interests in natural gas production, gathering and treating operations, the Southern Ute tribe, one of the smaller Native American tribes in terms of population, is fast becoming a major energy force to be reckoned with in the West.

Armed with interests in natural gas production, gathering and treating operations, the Southern Ute tribe, one of the smaller Native American tribes in terms of population, is fast becoming a major energy force to be reckoned with in the West.

A producer predicted “in the toilet” as the destiny of the cash market Friday after market influences were almost unanimously price-negative Thursday. As signaled by late retreats in Wednesday’s trading, swing quotes Thursday failed to sustain the midweek break in recent price slides except for flat to mildly firmer numbers at some points in the Pacific Northwest and Western Canada — not coincidentally the areas subject to most of the current winter weather.