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Will this country’s abundant, home-grown natural gas shale resources reach their full potential as a bridge fuel to a clean, green energy future or will market forces and onerous government restrictions combine to ratchet down their explosive development? Industry leaders at the 24th annual GasMart will be discussing how companies now are moderating their spending on natural gas development while emphasizing oil and liquids-rich properties, just as the economy and industrial markets are coming back to life.

Will this country’s abundant, home-grown natural gas shale resources reach their full potential as a bridge fuel to a clean, green energy future or will market forces and onerous government restrictions combine to rachet down their explosive development? Industry leaders at the 24th annual GasMart will be discussing how companies now are moderating their spending on natural gas development while emphasizing oil and liquids-rich properties, just as the economy and industrial markets are coming back to life.

Will this country’s abundant, home-grown natural gas shale resources reach their full potential as a bridge fuel to a clean, green energy future or will market forces and onerous government restrictions combine to rachet down their explosive development? Industry leaders at the 24th annual GasMart will be discussing how companies now are moderating their spending on natural gas development while emphasizing oil and liquids-rich properties, just as the economy and industrial markets are coming back to life.

A massive cold wave forecast through next week for the Northeast and areas as far south as Atlanta could continue to drive the prices of home heating fuels higher, according to AccuWeather.com.

Microsoft Corp. entered the home energy efficiency sector Wednesday, launching a free website, Microsoft Hohm, as a place where consumers can “save energy and money.”

Private equity appears to be finding a home in some onshore natural gas plays after two more deals were struck last week.

Private equity appears to be finding a home in the Marcellus Shale after Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. (KKR) became the second firm in two weeks to invest money in an Appalachian Basin producer. KKR will invest $350 million in privately held East Resources Inc., considered one of the most active players in the natural gas play.

Heading into what they hope is the home stretch for their permitting process, backers of the Jordan Cove liquefied natural gas (LNG) project at Coos Bay, OR, said last Monday they have reached an agreement with the Oregon Department of Energy on the would-be terminal’s future commitments to state, county and other governmental agencies. The announcement comes as the Jordan Cove backers await a final FERC environmental assessment May 1.

Heading into what they hope is the home stretch for their permitting process, backers of the Jordan Cove liquefied natural gas (LNG) project at Coos Bay, OR, announced Monday they have reached an agreement with the Oregon Department of Energy on the would-be terminal’s future commitments to state, county and other governmental agencies. The announcement comes as the Jordan Cove backers await a final FERC environmental assessment May 1.