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While the Energy Information Administration’s (EIA) natural gas storage report came in near consensus estimates, the 61 Bcf withdrawal for the week ended Dec. 10 was less than half of the 134 Bcf that was withdrawn during the same week last year.

Senators have sent opposing letters to Interior Secretary Gale Norton on the issue of oil and natural gas leasing in off-limit regions of the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS).

Senators have sent opposing letters to Interior Secretary Gale Norton on the issue of oil and natural gas leasing in off-limit regions of the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS).

Exploration for natural gas offshore Canada’s East Coast will take patience, time and a large exploration budget, but producers also have to remain realistic about how many wells will be successful, an official with the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers (CAPP) said last week.

Exploration for natural gas offshore Canada’s East Coast will take patience, time and a large exploration budget, but producers also have to remain realistic about how many wells will be successful, an official with the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers (CAPP) said this week.

Contact Exploration bought rights to explore for coalbed methane on 177,000 acres in the Cumberland Basin located in the Springhill area of Nova Scotia. AMVEST Nova Scotia will be a 50% working interest partner with Contact. The acquisition brings Contact’s gross land position in Nova Scotia to 2.2 million acres. The Springhill area has been noted for its coal mining during the 1900s, which was made particularly difficult as a result of significant methane emissions into underground mine workings. AMVEST has drilled and tested two exploration wells and conducted a detailed geologic and reservoir study of the area. An independent report prepared for AMVEST in 1999 estimated a coalbed methane gas resource in excess of 1 Tcf in the Cumberland Basin. A developing gas infrastructure in Nova Scotia is expected to provide the low-pressure facilities and markets needed to initiate commercialization of coalbed methane produced from the Cumberland Basin. Future large-scale gas production volumes may be introduced into a major gas transmission pipeline that traverses the property.

FERC has ordered a technical conference to be held to explore a proposed tariff filing in which Northern Natural Gas pipeline seeks to set more restrictive specifications on the quality and content of natural gas entering its system.

FERC has ordered a technical conference to be held to explore a proposed tariff filing in which Northern Natural Gas pipeline seeks to set more restrictive specifications on the quality and content of natural gas entering its system.

Sen. Orrin G. Hatch (R-UT), chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, said Friday he plans to hold hearings to determine if the latest run-up in natural gas prices is the “product of collusive pricing or other unlawful activity.”