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The 66-month regulatory ordeal of Canada’s Arctic natural gas project includes epic efforts to drum up aboriginal participation in the process, according to a summary provided to the National Energy Board (NEB) by the federal justice department.

The 66-month regulatory ordeal of Canada’s Arctic natural gas project includes epic efforts to drum up aboriginal participation in the process, according to a summary provided to the National Energy Board (NEB) by the federal justice department.

The futures market sauntered into the weekend Friday in a verysimilar fashion to the way it traded throughout the week-in aboring, hum-drum manner. The March contract was limited to a paltry2.5-cent trading range, slipping 0.1 cents lower to settle at$1.745. Estimated volume was evidence of the quiet trading as only42,085 contracts changed hands.

One of the Gas Industry Standard Board’s (GISB) goals in thecoming year will be to drum up participation in the standardsorganization among local distribution companies, while 33 of GISB’s157 members are LDCs – making the industry segment the third mostheavily represented, behind pipelines and service providers – LDCinput into standards development could be greater, conceded GISBExecutive Director Rae McQuade.