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Firing back at a skeptical regulatory staff’s earlier allegations, Pacific Gas and Electric Co. (PG&E) on Friday made an impassioned plea to California state regulators that it is “on the right path” to improve pipeline safety and its four-year upgrade and safety-strengthening plan should be supported for the most part by gas utility ratepayers.

Ohio University (OU) said last week for the next five months the campus heating and power plant plans a switch from coal and will run entirely on natural gas.

Range Resources Corp.’s natural gas net output in the third quarter reached 537.2 MMcf/d, which was 7% more than in the year-ago period, the Fort Worth, TX-based independent said Tuesday.

Governor sees a change of attitude among negotiators, based in part on a compromise plan proposed Tuesday.

Firing up some of the currently idled ethanol plants in the not-too-distant future could spell an increase in natural gas demand just as the results of the lower rig count begin to show up in declining natural gas production, according to an analysis from Newedge, a global brokerage firm.

Firing up some of the currently idled ethanol plants in the not-too-distant future could spell an increase in natural gas demand just as the results of the lower rig count begin to show up in declining natural gas production, according to an analysis from Newedge, a global brokerage firm.

Firing power plants with regasified liquefied natural gas (LNG) is a better bet for the environment than burning coal to generate electricity, even in advanced technology plants, according to a study commissioned by the Washington, DC-based Center for LNG. The findings contradict research released in 2007 by Pittsburgh, PA-based Carnegie Mellon University.

Firing power plants with regasified liquefied natural gas (LNG) is a better bet for the environment than burning coal to generate electricity, even in advanced technology plants, according to a study commissioned by the Washington, DC-based Center for LNG. The findings contradict research released in 2007 by Pittsburgh, PA-based Carnegie Mellon University.

Firing off of Friday’s 22.9-cent jump, bulls attempted to capitalize on the momentum Monday by pushing June natural gas futures to a high of $7.930. The contract ended up backing off slightly to close at $7.863, up 3.2 cents from Friday’s close.