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Chesapeake Energy Corp.’s continued acquisitiveness this year has given the producer an even bigger bag of domestic shale prospects to develop, but the buying spree and questions about its accounting practices have drawn a “sell” recommendation from one veteran analyst.

Given the difference in prices for natural gas liquids (NGL) and dry gas, NGL content in the Eagle Ford Shale “makes for a much more pleasant experience” for producers there, Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP (KMP) Chief Rich Kinder told financial analysts Wednesday. And burgeoning activity in the South Texas play has filled up a KMP midstream project there.

Given the difference in prices for natural gas liquids (NGL) and dry gas, NGL content in the Eagle Ford Shale “makes for a much more pleasant experience” for producers there, Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP (KMP) Chief Rich Kinder told financial analysts last week. And burgeoning activity in the South Texas play has filled up a KMP midstream project there.

Given a little boost from the modestly firmer expiration of October futures and an almost imperceptible return of higher temperatures in the South, the September daily market ended Wednesday with a near-repeat of Tuesday’s trading — prices nearly all within a narrow range around unchanged.

The upgrade of a tropical wave in the southern Bahamas to Tropical Depression 3 (TD3) was almost a given during cash business Thursday, but it didn’t seem to impress traders. Neither did a heat wave forecast for the South and highs reaching the low to mid 90s in parts of the Midwest and Rockies.

Given current natural gas prices, Devon Energy Corp. has made a decision to not accelerate its North American dry gas production growth other than to secure an acreage position or to test “a few new concepts,” CEO J. Larry Nichols said Wednesday.

Winter has given most of the nation a beating this year, but consumers who heat their homes with natural gas could save as much as $300 per household on heating costs compared to last year, according to American Clean Skies Foundation (ACSF) CEO Gregory C. Staple.

Winter has given most of the nation a beating this year, but consumers who heat their homes with natural gas could save as much as $300 per household on heating costs compared to last year, according to American Clean Skies Foundation (ACSF) CEO Gregory C. Staple.

Winter has given most of the nation a beating this year, but consumers who heat their homes with natural gas could save as much as $300 per household on heating costs compared to last year, according to American Clean Skies Foundation (ACSF) CEO Gregory C. Staple.