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July natural gas is expected to open a penny lower Friday morning at $2.70 as traders sense continued price weakness and an eventual long-term supply surplus. Overnight oil markets rose.

July natural gas is expected to open a penny lower Friday morning at $2.70 as traders sense continued price weakness and an eventual long-term supply surplus. Overnight oil markets rose.

Thanks to a strong El Nino event that is expected to sweep the United States this summer and ward off significant heat waves in key population centers, the demand for air conditioning is expected to be on the low side, which in turn will keep pressure off of natural gas supplies, according to Weather Services International (WSI) and ESAI Power LLC.

Thanks to a strong El Nino event that is expected to sweep the United States this summer and ward off significant heat waves in key population centers, the demand for air conditioning is expected to be on the low side, which in turn will keep pressure off of natural gas supplies, according to Weather Services International (WSI) and ESAI Power LLC.

June natural gas is expected to open 3 cents lower Friday morning at $2.92 as traders mull new and lower trading targets and look for buying opportunities. Overnight oil markets fell.

June natural gas is expected to open 3 cents lower Friday morning at $2.92 as traders mull new and lower trading targets and look for buying opportunities. Overnight oil markets fell.

As Columbia Pipeline Group (CPG) prepares to split from NiSource Inc. into a separately traded company, the new management team is preparing for major growth in the Appalachian Basin, with billions of dollars of investments planned for midstream expansions and new-builds in the region.

As Columbia Pipeline Group prepares to split from NiSource Inc. into a separately traded company, the new management team is preparing for major growth…

NiSource Inc. and its Columbia Pipeline Group (CPG) are on track to split into two separately traded companies by July, management said Thursday, in a move that sets the stage for billions of dollars of infrastructure, interstate pipeline and midstream upgrades at both companies over the next two decades.