Dominate

After a cooler than normal March across much of the country, warmer than normal temperatures will dominate the U.S. weather map during April and May, and early indications are that summer temperatures will be above normal in the East, according to forecaster WSI Corp. of Andover, MA. Spring temperatures are expected to be cooler than normal north and west of a line from San Diego to Minneapolis.

After a cooler-than-normal March across much of the country, warmer-than-normal temperatures will dominate the U.S. weather map during April and May, and early indications are that summer temperatures will be above normal in the East, according to forecaster WSI Corp. of Andover, MA. Spring temperatures are expected to be cooler than normal north and west of a line from San Diego to Minneapolis.

Colder-than-normal temperatures will dominate much of the northern United States and warmer-than-normal temperatures will be seen elsewhere through April, WSI Corp. forecasters said last Tuesday.

Colder-than-normal temperatures will dominate much of the northern United States and warmer-than-normal temperatures will be seen elsewhere through April, WSI Corp. forecasters said Tuesday.

Wind and solar power are growing rapidly and will supply about 1% of global energy demand by 2030, but fossil fuels will continue to dominate until then and beyond, executives with ExxonMobil International Ltd. and Royal Dutch Shell plc said Tuesday.

The weather (or lack thereof), record storage levels and the credit crunch are likely to dominate and pressure natural gas pricing across the United States for at least two months and up to the end of the year, according to several energy analysts.

Hurricane activity and the credit crunch caused by subprime mortgages are likely to dominate both oil and natural gas pricing in the next two months, according to a new report by a Winchester, MA-based energy research firm.

About 43% of respondents to an informal electronic poll of attendees at one independent producers session at the Offshore Technology Conference in Houston Wednesday found that they expect commodity prices to stay roughly the same for the next three to five years. However, 38% of the respondents think that oil prices will drop back to $40-60/bbl soon.

With a stated desire to “dominate the next evolution of the energy markets,” GFI Group Inc. earlier this month agreed to purchase Amerex Energy’s North American gas and power brokerage operations and assets for $86 million. New York-based GFI Group said the deal would help it become one of the largest and fastest growing energy businesses in North America.