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The cloak and dagger spy activity of the Cold War era has gone on-line, according to current and former national security officials, who report that one of the main targets of these cyberspies is the U.S. electrical grid infrastructure.

The cloak and dagger spy activity of the Cold War era has gone on-line, according to current and former national security officials, who report that one of the main targets of these cyberspies is the U.S. electrical grid infrastructure.

Weeks after Halloween’s tricks and treats were gone, natural gas futures traders felt tricked anew Thursday on news of an upward revision in natural gas storage figures by the Energy Information Administration (EIA). News of more gas in storage than first expected along with Thursday’s report of a 16 Bcf build for the week ended Nov. 14 gave the bears the upper hand in morning trade as December futures pushed lower, ultimately settling at $6.316, down 42.7 cents on the day.

A year after it closed, a deal between Quicksilver Resources of Fort Worth, TX, and Los Angeles-based BreitBurn Energy Partners LP has gone south, with Quicksilver alleging in a lawsuit that it was misled by BreitBurn with respect to plans for the partnership’s ownership structure and governance.

A year after it closed, a deal between Quicksilver Resources of Fort Worth, TX, and Los Angeles-based BreitBurn Energy Partners LP has gone south, with Quicksilver alleging in a lawsuit that it was misled by BreitBurn with respect to plans for the partnership’s ownership structure and governance.

With the year’s fifth named tropical storm already come and gone and more than three months remaining in the 2008 hurricane season, forecasters at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Climate Prediction Center and Colorado State University (CSU) increased the number of named storms and hurricanes in their tropical storm forecasts.

With the year’s fifth named tropical storm already come and gone and more than three months remaining in the 2008 hurricane season, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Climate Prediction Center increased the number of named storms and hurricanes in its tropical storm forecast.

The days of $3/MMBtu natural gas may be gone, but with unconventional U.S. production economic at $6-7/MMBtu, medium-term domestic prices aren’t likely to match the $18-20 highs fetched by liquefied natural gas (LNG) cargoes overseas — which in turn could deter some LNG imports for as long as five years, according to energy analysts.

The days of $3/MMBtu natural gas may be gone, but with unconventional U.S. gas production becoming economic at $6-7/MMBtu, medium-term domestic prices aren’t likely to match the $18-20 highs fetched by liquefied natural gas (LNG) cargoes overseas — which in turn could deter some LNG imports for as long as five years, according to energy analysts.