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The American Public Gas Association (APGA) on Wednesday called on President Bush to include all offshore areas currently under moratoria or “administrative discretionary withdrawal” in the upcoming five-year Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) oil and gas leasing program for 2007-2012.

Energy Transfer Partners said it purchased a majority of the entity that owns Houston Pipe Line and related storage assets from American Electric Power Corp. (AEP) for about $825 million. AEP had been planning to sell the assets since last year as part of its strategy to refocus on core regulated operations.

Energy Transfer Partners said it purchased a majority of the entity that owns Houston Pipe Line and related storage assets from American Electric Power Corp. (AEP) for about $825 million. AEP had been planning to sell the assets since last year as part of its strategy to refocus on core regulated operations.

The American Public Gas Association (APGA), which represents the nation’s public gas systems, urged Interior Secretary Gale Norton to include language in the agency’s next five-year oil and gas leasing plan (2007-2012) that allows for lease sales in areas currently subject to drilling moratoria.

Citing high natural gas prices and imports and declining domestic production, a group of industrials Monday urged the Department of the Interior (DOI) to include all the federal areas currently under moratoria in its development of a new five-year leasing program starting in 2007.

Petro-Canada, Kerr-McGee, Canadian Superior, EOG Resources, Total, Norsk Hydro and BHP Billiton were among the successful bidders in Trinidad and Tabago’s recent offshore acreage sale, which eventually could lead to new gas supply for the Atlantic LNG project, the largest liquefied natural gas (LNG) exporter to the United States.

Petro-Canada, Kerr-McGee, Canadian Superior, EOG Resources, Total, Norsk Hydro and BHP Billiton were among the successful bidders in Trinidad and Tabago’s recent offshore acreage sale, which eventually could lead to new gas supply for the Atlantic LNG project, the largest liquefied natural gas (LNG) exporter to the United States.

The challenges faced by the North American natural gas industry, that include where will needed supplies come from and at what cost, will continue into the next decade, according to a report issued Friday by Wood Mackenzie.

The challenges faced by the North American natural gas industry, that include where will needed supplies come from and at what cost, will continue into the next decade, according to a report issued Friday by Wood Mackenzie.