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A group of industrial natural gas consumers fired off a letter to Interior Secretary Ken Salazar last Wednesday expressing their concern that the agency may restrict or possibly prevent the use of “categorical exclusions” to fast-track oil and gas activity on public lands.

A group of industrial natural gas consumers fired off a letter to Interior Secretary Ken Salazar Wednesday expressing their concern that the agency may restrict or possibly prevent the use of “categorical exclusions” to fast-track oil and gas activity on public lands.

FERC last Thursday approved, with conditions, Florida Gas Transmission’s (FGT) $2.45 billion Phase VIII Expansion Project to serve gas-fired power generators and utilities in Florida.

FERC Thursday approved, with conditions, Florida Gas Transmission’s (FGT) $2.45 billion Phase VIII Expansion Project to serve gas-fired power generators and utilities in Florida.

The public capital markets have turned to energy in a big way this year — this despite general economic turmoil and low commodity prices. Wil VanLoh, CEO of Houston-based private equity firm Quantum Energy Partners thinks natural resources are seen by investors as an inflation hedge.

BG Group plc has fired another warning shot at its North American competition after exercising an option to acquire a bigger stake in a prospective natural gas development offshore Trinidad. BG’s offer preempts a $142.5 million cash offer by Centrica plc.

BG Group plc Thursday fired another warning shot at its North American competition after exercising an option to acquire a bigger stake in a prospective natural gas development offshore Trinidad. BG’s offer preempts a $142.5 million cash offer by Centrica plc.

“Mischief” at several well sites in a rural area near Fort St. John, BC — including valves being tampered with and shots fired at structures — does not appear to be related to a series of minor explosions along an EnCana Corp. natural gas pipeline near Dawson Creek, BC, earlier this year, Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) investigators said on Thursday.

Florida Gas Transmission (FGT) has submitted an application at FERC to build 483.2 miles of pipeline facilities to meet expanding gas-fired power generation demand in the Sunshine State.