Congress needs to take steps to regulate all natural gas commodity markets equally, impose a limit on traders’ positions, enforce the statutory prohibition against excessive speculation and give the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) a bigger budget to prevent a replay of the Amaranth hedge fund collapse last year, which took a major toll on consumers, said the chairman of the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations last Monday.
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Senate Panel Seeks Congressional Action to Prevent Amaranth Replay
Congress needs to take steps to regulate all natural gas markets equally, impose a limit on traders’ positions, enforce the statutory prohibition against excessive speculation and give the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) a bigger budget to prevent a replay of the Amaranth hedge fund collapse last year, which took a major toll on consumers, said the chairman of the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations Monday.
Canada’s Energy Patch Awaits Fallout From Trust Tax Shocker
Last week’s announcement by Canadian Finance Minister Jim Flaherty of a proposal to tax income trusts shocked many in his country’s oil patch, but soon a degree of calm had returned as it sunk in that existing trusts wouldn’t be affected until 2011. Some even predicted a silver lining of greater fiscal discipline among energy trusts, should the measure pass, while many still found much not to like.
Long Beach Council Votes 5-4 to Continue LNG Talks
Before a packed chamber split about equally between opponents and supporters, the Long Beach, CA, City Council just past midnight Wednesday morning voted 5-4 to continue discussions with proponents of a liquefied natural gas (LNG) receiving terminal in the city’s harbor. As a result, the city municipal energy department will resume talks that were cut off more than a year ago for a pipeline and LNG supplies from the proposed plant for the city’s natural gas distribution utility.
Long Beach Council Votes 5-4 to Continue LNG Talks
Before a packed chamber split about equally between opponents and supporters, the Long Beach, CA, City Council just past midnight Wednesday morning voted 5-4 to continue discussions with proponents of a liquefied natural gas (LNG) receiving terminal in the city’s harbor. As a result, the city municipal energy department will resume talks that were cut off more than a year ago for a pipeline and LNG supplies from the proposed plant for the city’s natural gas distribution utility.
Screen’s Price Boost Likely to Be Reversed
As the screen giveth, so can the screen taketh away. That was the gist of opinion about substantially higher cash prices Tuesday that are expected to be followed by equally substantial declines in Wednesday’s quotes.
Canadian Superior Defends Mariner Drilling Halt; Says Action Forced by El Paso
Leaving analysts and the press equally befuddled, Canadian Superior said the abandonment of the El Paso Mariner I-85 well in the Atlantic Ocean off Nova Scotia, following 3-1/2 months of drilling, was actually not out of the ordinary when dealing with a new prospect.
Problems, Rewards Equally Large for Deepwater Scotian Players
Before the prolific but unexplored deepwater basins offshore Nova Scotia can be tapped, the players will have to ask themselves what comes first: the chicken or the egg? Or, in energy terms, will there be gas wells or pipelines first? To answer that question and overcome the considerable challenges in the region, producers and pipeline operators will need to work together establish a regional infrastructure before production actually can begin, an industry executive said Tuesday in Houston.
Colder Weather Generates Moderate Price Upticks
A moderate advance in weather load got a market response of equally moderate price increases Wednesday. With quite a few points registering close to flat again, a preponderance of the gains were 7 cents or less.