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Despite numerous proposed power generation projects, California faces a seven-year window (2017-2024) in which an adequate amount of natural gas-fired power is uncertain without costly upgrades to an aging fleet of coastal facilities, according to a long-term strategic plan by the California Independent System Operator (CAISO).

Despite numerous proposed power generation projects, California faces a seven-year window (2017-2024) in which adequate amounts of natural gas-fired power is uncertain without costly upgrades to an aging fleet of coastal facilities, according to a long-term strategic plan by the California Independent System Operator (CAISO).

The world shale gas industry has undergone big changes industrywide in just a year’s time and it still faces a “period of great uncertainty and policy challenges,” an energy expert said last week.

The world shale gas industry has undergone big changes industrywide in just a year’s time and it still faces a “period of great uncertainty and policy challenges,” an energy expert said Tuesday.

New England’s electrical grid faces a series of challenges in coming years, including potential problems that could result from an increased reliance on natural gas, according to independent grid operator ISO New England (ISO-NE).

New England’s electrical grid faces a series of challenges in coming years, including potential problems that could result from an increased reliance on natural gas, according to independent grid operator ISO New England (ISO-NE).

The U.S. natural gas pipeline industry faces increased costs from expected stiffer safety regulations now unfolding, but the credit standing of the major pipeline operators should not suffer, according to a report released Wednesday by Standard & Poor’s Ratings Service (S&P).

Despite the pomp surrounding Wednesday’s introduction of the New Alternative Transportation to Give Americans Solutions Act (NAT GAS Act) to Congress, an investment bank warns the bill faces “significant” hurdles to passage.

The global upstream industry faces the loss of 5,000 experienced “petrotechnical professionals (PTP)” by 2014, according to a human resources (HR) benchmark study by Schlumberger Business Consulting (SBC).