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Mexico’s state-owned oil and natural gas company, Petroleos Mexicanos (Pemex), may have a “different fiscal regime” by September, with more of a corporate structure, according to a Pemex official.

The last 10 years have seen mostly above-normal hurricane seasons in the Atlantic and this year won’t be any different, the U.S. government’s weather watchers at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) said last Monday.

The last 10 years have seen mostly above-normal hurricane seasons in the Atlantic and this year won’t be any different, the U.S. government’s weather watchers at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) said Monday.

While many pipelines had holiday weekend restrictions in place to deal with extra-cold weather, it was a different situation for Florida Gas Transmission. Saying market area temperatures were forecasted to be mild and linepack was higher, FGT issued an Underage Alert Day notice Thursday with 20% tolerance for positive daily imbalances.

Sections of the market were moving in different price directions again Friday, a day after all points were united in getting crushed. The West and Midcontinent/Midwest, which can expect some heating load as this week begins, saw quotes rise by as much as 60 cents. But the Gulf Coast and Northeast, where temperatures are expected to remain unseasonably mild, recorded losses at most points that ranged to nearly 40 cents.

Sections of the market were moving in different price directions again Friday, a day after all points were united in getting crushed. The West and Midcontinent/Midwest, which can expect some heating load as this week begins, saw quotes rise by as much as 60 cents. But the Gulf Coast and Northeast, where temperatures are expected to remain unseasonably mild, recorded losses at most points that ranged to nearly 40 cents.

Results from a FERC staff survey sent to energy companies in March show that industry’s confidence in and use of published natural gas price indexes are relatively high, but the level of participation by companies reporting information about their gas trades to publishers’ price surveys still is an open question.

In several different segments of the energy industry, California is forecasting smaller natural gas loads for electricity generation in the years to come.

In a rare show of unanimity, California’s five energy regulators agreed on two different natural gas requests from Sempra Energy’s two utilities — Southern California Gas Co. and San Diego Gas and Electric Co.