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Improved integrity management principles should continue to be favored, rather than prescriptive rules, to ensure pipeline safety, the Interstate Natural Gas Association of America (INGAA) said in comments filed Wednesday on an advanced notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPR) issued by the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) (see NGI, Aug. 25).

Improved integrity management principles should continue to be favored, rather than prescriptive rules, to ensure pipeline safety, the Interstate Natural Gas Association of America (INGAA) said in comments filed Wednesday on an advanced notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPR) issued by the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) (see Daily GPI, Aug. 25).

Louisiana’s Mineral and Energy Board collected more than $11.5 million in bonuses in its March lease sale in which buyers heavily favored tracts in South Louisiana as opposed to the northern part of the state.

Those whose interests are favored by liquefied natural gas (LNG) forsaking U.S. shores can thank more attractive oil-indexed pricing in Asia and European demand for holding back the long-predicted tide of cargoes, at least for this year and next, according to an analysis by Tudor, Pickering, Holt & Co. Securities Inc. (TPH).

Those whose interests are favored by liquefied natural gas (LNG) forsaking U.S. shores can thank more attractive oil-indexed pricing in Asia and European demand for holding back the long-predicted tide of cargoes, at least for this year and next, according to an analysis by Tudor, Pickering, Holt & Co. Securities Inc. (TPH).

Those whose interests are favored by liquefied natural gas (LNG) forsaking U.S. shores can thank more attractive oil-indexed pricing in Asia and European demand for holding back the long-predicted tide of cargoes, at least for this year and next, according to an analysis by Tudor, Pickering, Holt & Co. Securities Inc. (TPH).

As another sign that natural gas continues to be favored over coal as the go-to fuel for power generation, the North Carolina Utilities Commission (NCUC) on Thursday gave Duke Energy Carolinas the necessary regulatory approval to build two combined-cycle, gas-fired generating units, while shutting down some older coal-fired units.

The Second Circuit Court of Appeals has reversed an earlier lower court decision that had favored Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc. in its dispute with Allegheny Energy Inc. over the 2001 sale of Merrill’s energy commodities trading unit to Allegheny, remanding the case back to the district court for reconsideration.

The odds that had once favored a spring natural gas “mega-glut” have suddenly dropped to zero, and the late surge of extreme cold weather will impact North American gas markets through most of the year, Stephen Smith Energy Associates said last week.