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Sempra Energy unit Sempra Pipelines & Storage is offering up to 2.5 Bcf of firm gas storage service from a pipeline and storage expansion that would enable firm receipts and deliveries on the Gulfstream Natural Gas system at Coden, AL.

In an effort to remove carbon dioxide from natural gas, which could enable the commercialization of gas with a higher carbon dioxide content, ExxonMobil announced it is committing more than $100 million to complete development and testing of an improved natural gas treating technology that could make carbon capture and storage more affordable and significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

In an effort to remove carbon dioxide from natural gas, which could enable the commercialization of gas with a higher carbon dioxide content, ExxonMobil announced Monday that it is committing more than $100 million to complete development and testing of an improved natural gas treating technology that could make carbon capture and storage more affordable and significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

“Operational momentum” that began to build toward the end of 2007 should enable BP plc to not only meet but exceed the production goals that it promised to deliver through 2020, the company’s CEO said Thursday.

“Operational momentum” that began to build toward the end of 2007 should enable BP plc to not only meet but exceed the production goals that it promised to deliver through 2020, the company’s CEO said Thursday.

A Senate committee last Wednesday approved an energy industry-backed “Law of the Sea” treaty that could enable producers to establish legal claims to greater oil and natural gas resources off the coast of Alaska and in the Gulf of Mexico.

A Senate committee Wednesday approved an energy industry-backed “Law of the Sea” treaty that could enable producers to establish legal claims to greater oil and natural gas resources off the coast of Alaska and elsewhere.

Calgary-based EnCana Corp. has cut in half its long-term annual growth target to 5% from 10% through 2007 to free up cash and enable more share buybacks, CEO Randy Eresman said Monday. Eresman also acknowledged EnCana had been poised to spin off C$20 billion of its mature natural gas assets into an energy income trust until the Canadian government last week decided to make the trusts begin paying corporate taxes (see Daily GPI, Nov. 3).

Maritimes & Northeast Pipeline filed an application with FERC for a 418,000 Dth/d pipeline expansion to support gas from the Canaport liquefied natural gas (LNG) import terminal, which is being built by Irving Oil and Repsol in Saint John, NB. The pipeline expansion would include the addition of five compressor stations in Maine, 1.7 miles of 30-inch diameter pipeline and modifications to other existing U.S. facilities.