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There’s more than enough gas from the Lower 48’s burgeoning shale plays and elsewhere to allow for the export of some of it in the form of liquefied natural gas (LNG), Sabine Pass Liquefaction LLC said in its application to do just that, recently filed with the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Fossil Energy.

Assuming the Pacific Northwest soon will have added natural gas pipeline capacity into Oregon’s Willamette Valley and elsewhere, the power sector’s growing use of renewables, particularly wind, in the region promises to revise the roles played by gas pipelines and storage, Northwest Natural Gas Co. CEO Gregg Kantor said last Wednesday during a second quarter earnings conference call.

Assuming the Pacific Northwest soon will have added natural gas pipeline capacity into Oregon’s Willamette Valley and elsewhere, the power sector’s growing use of renewables, particularly wind, in the region promises to revise the roles played by gas pipelines and storage, Northwest Natural Gas Co. CEO Gregg Kantor said Wednesday during a second quarter earnings conference call.

Losing a great deal of air conditioning demand in the South — without enough heating load elsewhere to compensate for it — along with a prior-day futures drop of 18.1 cents proved sufficient to reverse the two-day cash market advance that began this week. Quotes were down in a large majority of the cash market Wednesday.

Losing a great deal of air conditioning demand in the South — without enough heating load elsewhere to compensate for it — along with a prior-day futures drop of 18.1 cents proved sufficient to reverse the two-day cash market advance that began this week. Quotes were down in a large majority of the cash market Wednesday.

Pennsylvania Gov. Edward Rendell signed legislation Tuesday that requires well production information from the Marcellus Shale and elsewhere in the state to be filed with the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) twice a year, and calls for those reports to be posted online every six months.

Pennsylvania Gov. Edward Rendell signed legislation Tuesday that requires well production information from the Marcellus Shale and elsewhere in the state to be filed with the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) twice a year, and calls for those reports to be posted online every six months.

BP plc’s U.S. arm plans to cease natural gas drilling in La Plata County, CO, for at least six months to pursue development opportunities elsewhere in the United States, the company said Thursday. The news comes as western states reported that gas output fell by double digits in 2009 from 2008.

BP plc’s U.S. arm plans to cease natural gas drilling in La Plata County, CO, for at least six months to pursue development opportunities elsewhere in the United States, the company said Thursday. The news comes as states across the country reported that gas output fell by double digits in 2009 from 2008.