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On a jam-packed information day for U.S. natural gas, traders were dealt two bearish reports on Thursday, which ended up sinking June natural gas futures back below $4.

Three days of local town hall sessions conducted by a FERC administrative law judge (ALJ) that ended last Thursday in Portland, OR, regarding a proposal to build a third LNG receiving terminal in the state drew strong criticism from the project’s backers, who allege that the process is secretive and undemocratic. Separately, a second LNG terminal proponent filed in the Oregon Court of Appeals against the state Land-Use Board of Appeals (LUBA) for rejecting county approvals of its project.

A day after it ended an Overage Alert Day (OAD) that had been in effect for the previous five days but warned that another one might become necessary soon, Florida Gas Transmission followed through by issuing a new OAD for market-area customers Wednesday with a 25% tolerance for negative daily imbalances.

A day after it ended an Overage Alert Day (OAD) that had been in effect for the previous five days but warned that another one might become necessary soon, Florida Gas Transmission followed through by issuing a new OAD for market-area customers Wednesday with a 25% tolerance for negative daily imbalances.

Florida Gas Transmission ended a nearly two-week-long Overage Alert Day status for market-area customers Saturday.

Florida Gas Transmission ended a nearly two-week-long Overage Alert Day status for market-area customers Saturday.

Williams Cos. Inc. and its subsidiaries combined to lift 4Q2009 profits 50% from a year earlier, and with its pipeline partnership transaction now complete, the Tulsa-based producer is looking for new exploration and midstream opportunities, CEO Steve Malcolm said Thursday.

Southern Natural Gas canceled Wednesday the Type 6 OFO for short imbalances that it had implemented last Sunday.

Tennessee lifted Saturday a Critical Day 1 OFO for its farthest upstream Zone 0, and ended the same OFO for all other zones Sunday.