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Natural gas use has to be part of any climate-friendly policy, but the industry so far has done a poor job of convincing a skeptical public that it can find, develop and deliver gas at a reasonable price without harming the environment, Questar Corp. CEO Keith O. Rattie said Tuesday.

With increased natural gas drilling just not getting the job done any more in North America, the energy industry will have to rely on increased liquefied natural gas (LNG) imports along with renewable sources of energy in order to close the ever-widening supply/demand gap, according to Ken Snodgrass, senior vice president of Shell Trading Gas and Power/Coral Energy.

With increased natural gas drilling just not getting the job done any more in North America, the energy industry will have to rely on increased liquefied natural gas (LNG) imports along with renewable sources of energy in order to close the ever-widening supply/demand gap, according to Ken Snodgrass, senior vice president of Shell Trading Gas and Power/Coral Energy.

The departure of embattled Minerals Management Service (MMS) Director Johnnie Burton (see Daily GPI, May 9) is a good first step, but much more needs to be done to improve the integrity of the agency, said a Washington, DC-based independent watchdog group.

Enterprise Products Partners LLC holds a substantial share of the U.S.natural gas liquids (NGL) market, and its intrastate natural gas pipeline system in Texas is stronger than ever. So what’s next? CEO Robert Phillips said last week the master limited partnership (MLP) now has its sights set on the interstate gas pipeline market.

Natural gas futures have done a “far better job” of predicting gas prices than crude oil futures have of forecasting oil prices, a noted energy economist said last Wednesday.

Despite five-year-old promises of significantly increased liquefied natural gas (LNG) imports in the United States, the reality is that not much has been done to transform LNG from a niche business to a mainstream operation, according to James W. Duncan, director of Structured Products for ConocoPhillips Gas & Power.

Despite five-year-old promises of significantly increased liquefied natural gas (LNG) imports in the United States, the reality is that not much has been done to transform LNG from a niche business to a mainstream operation, according to James W. Duncan, director of Structured Products for ConocoPhillips Gas & Power.

Because of unprecedented damage from last year’s record hurricane season, Gulf of Mexico (GOM) oil and natural gas production and infrastructure remain vulnerable to even modest storms, which could affect commodity prices this season, according to energy consultant Wood Mackenzie.