Ends

The Atlantic Hurricane Season — which ends every year on Nov. 30 — in 2008 produced a record number of consecutive storms to strike the United States and was one of the more active seasons in the 64 years since comprehensive record-keeping began, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

The Atlantic Hurricane Season — which ends every year on Nov. 30 — in 2008 produced a record number of consecutive storms to strike the United States and was one of the more active seasons in the 64 years since comprehensive record-keeping began, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

El Paso Natural Gas and the Navajo Nation signed an interim agreement Friday that ends a months-long stalemate over the fair dollar value of the gas pipeline’s access to tribal lands in western states.

If this winter ends up with a normal number of heating degree days (HDDs), natural gas storage should be tighter than last year but still well above 10-year norms, an energy consultant said last week. That realization seemed to resonate across the market as the Energy Information Administration (EIA) reported a lower-than-expected 162 Bcf storage withdrawal on Thursday. January futures crashed $1.348 on Thursday and then collapsed another 64 cents Friday to end the week at $12.283.

El Paso Corp.’s El Paso Natural Gas pipeline subsidiary on Friday said it completed repairs on its Wenden GE Unit #1 turbine, putting an end to a month-long “force majeure” curtailment of transportation capacity on its Havasu Crossover.

Spot prices rose sharply early Tuesday as expected following Nymex’s wild 76.7-cent rise on Monday, but cash points managed only 30- to 45-cent increases on average and weakened toward the end of trading.

FERC put an end to one of the most tortuous cases in its history last Thursday, approving with one modification a $1.7 billion settlement of California’s allegations that an El Paso Corp. pipeline drove up natural gas prices in the state by withholding capacity during the state’s energy crisis, and that it gave preferential treatment to its power merchant affiliate during bidding on transportation capacity.

FERC put an end to one of the most tortuous cases in its history Thursday, approving with one modification a $1.7 billion settlement of California’s allegations that an El Paso Corp. pipeline drove up natural gas prices in the state by withholding capacity during the state’s energy crisis, and that it gave preferential treatment to its power merchant affiliate during bidding on transportation capacity.

Distrigas of Massachusetts LLC (DOMAC), a major supplier of liquefied natural gas (LNG), on Tuesday informed FERC that it was withdrawing its application to build a send-out line in the wake of Algonquin Gas Transmission’s decision to scrap its plans for a Boston-area lateral extension.