Dispute

A hearing Tuesday in a federal district court in Mexico ruled in Sempra Energy’s favor but did not end a bitter legal dispute over Sempra’s liquefied natural gas (LNG) facility along the North Baja California Pacific Coast and a would-be landowner seeking 250 acres adjacent to the site.

A federal appeals court in Washington, DC, Tuesday rejected Washington Gas Light Co.’s (WGL) petition to review a 2008 order in which FERC tried to settle a dispute between the utility and Dominion Cove Point over the impact of liquefied natural gas (LNG) on the distributor’s system.

A federal appeals court in Washington, DC, Tuesday rejected Washington Gas Light Co.’s (WGL) petition to review a 2008 order in which FERC tried to settle a dispute between the utility and Dominion Cove Point over the impact of liquefied natural gas (LNG) on the distributor’s system.

The accuracy of Energy Information Administration (EIA) 914 production data may be in dispute (see related story), but Barclays Capital energy analysts said last week the U.S. natural gas drilling rig count has advanced for 29 weeks, which may arrest production declines this year.

The accuracy of Energy Information Administration (EIA) 914 production data may be in dispute (see related story), but Barclays Capital energy analysts said Wednesday the U.S. natural gas drilling rig count has advanced for 29 weeks, which may arrest production declines this year.

The accuracy of Energy Information Administration (EIA) 914 production data may be in dispute (see related story), but Barclays Capital energy analysts said Wednesday the U.S. natural gas drilling rig count has advanced for 29 weeks, which may arrest production declines this year.

Following a dispute lasting more than three years with the state of Louisiana, AGL Resources subsidiary Jefferson Island Storage & Hub LLC (JISH) has negotiated a tentative agreement with the state, which if approved would resolve the pending lawsuit between the parties over a disputed Lake Peigneur mineral lease that would allow the company to expand its existing natural gas storage facility.

A call for mandatory clearing or pushing all over the counter (OTC) market futures products onto an exchange, particularly nonstandardized products, was one of the main points of dispute among congressmen, financial industry witnesses and critics at an extensive hearing on market reform Thursday before the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry.

Putting to bed the long-running dispute between utilities and environmental advocates over power plant cooling water intake structures, the U.S. Supreme Court said last week that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) can run a cost-benefit analysis to determine the best technology for mitigating the environmental impact rather than simply selecting the best technology available. The high court’s 6-3 ruling overturned a decision made last year by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.