Joins

America’s Natural Gas Alliance (ANGA) has tapped Tom Hassenboehler as vice president of policy development and legislative affairs. He joins ANGA after nearly a decade on Capitol Hill, serving as minority counsel to the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, and as counsel on the House Energy and Commerce Committee. Hassenboehler previously worked in the offices of former Reps. Billy Tauzin (R-LA) and Bob Riley (R-AL). “[His] knowledge of energy and environmental policy, coupled with his deep understanding of Congress and the many benefits of natural gas, will be a tremendous asset to ANGA’s efforts to promote greater utilization of this clean, domestic energy source,” said ANGA President Regina Hopper. Hassenboehler earned a bachelor’s degree and juris doctorate from Louisiana State University.

ConocoPhillips CEO Jim Mulva is hoping ExxonMobil Corp. joins his company and BP plc on the proposed $30 billion Denali pipeline project, which would connect natural gas fields in Alaska’s North Slope to the Lower 48.

ConocoPhillips CEO Jim Mulva said Thursday he hopes ExxonMobil Corp. joins his company and BP plc on the proposed $30 billion Denali pipeline project, which would connect natural gas fields in Alaska’s North Slope to the Lower 48.

Cash prices rose strongly Tuesday as the previous day’s energy futures support was amplified by heating load returning to parts of the Midwest and Northeast and cooling load continuing in California and the desert Southwest. Most points saw even bigger gains than on Monday, with overall advances remarkably homogenous through all regions in ranging from about a dime to a quarter.

The American Gas Association Tuesday filed with FERC to intervene in its heated liquefied natural gas (LNG) jurisdictional case, noting that its 192-member local utility companies deliver more than 80% of the nation’s natural gas supplies distributed directly to end-users. AGA noted that jurisdictional disputes will only “serve to delay” terminal development and construction.

Amerex Energy, based in Sugar Land, TX, announced Tuesday it had joined the Committee of Chief Risk Officers (CCRO), as the first brokerage firm to be invited to join the organization since its inception in late 2002.

Joining the increasing crowd of energy plant developers on North Baja beaches, Shell Mexico Tuesday announced that it received a permit from federal energy regulators in Mexico to build its proposed liquefied natural gas (LNG) receiving terminal in North Baja, joining Sempra Energy and Marathon affiliates that also have obtained approvals from the Comision Regulatodora de Energia (CRE).

With its latest expansion running full and at times over-capacity, Kern River Gas Transmission is considering another 500 MMcf/d expansion of its line from the Rockies to California, Kirk Morgan, pipeline vice president, told Rocky Mountain producers in Denver Wednesday.

Coalbed methane producer CONSOL Energy Inc. has entered into an agreement to allow Triana Energy Inc. to explore for and produce conventional natural gas that may be found beneath CONSOL Energy’s coalbed properties in southwestern Virginia.