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While some research has linked global warming with increased intensity of hurricanes, a recent study has found that warming might also contribute to vertical wind shear, which has long been viewed as an inhibitor of hurricane development.

While some research has linked global warming with increased intensity of hurricanes, a recent study has found that warming might also contribute to vertical wind shear, which has long been viewed as an inhibitor of hurricane development.

After cautioning Tuesday that it might need to do so soon, Florida Gas Transmission followed up by issuing an Overage Alert Day for market-area customers Wednesday, noting forecasts of warmer weather in central Florida and low linepack. The tolerance for negative daily imbalances was set at 25%. The pipeline said it would not interrupt any previously scheduled market-area ITS-1 service for Wednesday’s gas day.

After two weeks, none of California’s liquefied natural gas (LNG) proponents or regulators are clear on what, if any, impact a new California Maritime Security Council might have on the review process for up to four proposed LNG receiving terminals along the Southern California coast. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger created the council with an executive order issued Oct. 12, and so far no one among the LNG crowd has commented much.

Contrary to what some of his colleagues might believe, NRG Energy Inc. CEO David Crane says that carbon — its presence in the environment and what that means for global warming — is of preeminent importance to the power industry.

Master limited partnerships (MLPs) in the energy sector have been growing at a rate of about 30% a year, and some might expect the pace to soon begin to flatten out or even decline. But don’t count on it. If anything, MLPs are poised to not only continue to multiply and expand within the energy sector, but they are also developing in what once was an unlikely arena: the exploration and production (E&P) sector.

With master limited partnerships (MLPs) in the energy sector growing at a rate of about 30% a year, some might expect the pace would begin to flatten out or even decline. But don’t count on it. If anything, MLPs are poised to not only continue to multiply and expand within the energy sector but they are also developing in what once was an unlikely arena: the exploration and production (E&P) sector.

Rock icon Meat Loaf might have sang, “You’ll never drill for oil on a city street,” but that’s not stopping Chesapeake Energy Corp. from attempting to tap natural gas below the Dallas-Ft. Worth International Airport (DFW).

Fearing that the protections for Florida offered in the Senate’s Lease Sale 181 bill might be gutted if merged with the House’s more expansive bill for drilling in the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS), Sen. Bill Nelson (D-FL) said he will offer an amendment during debate on the Lease 181 bill this week that will ask senators to reject up-front the competing House offshore bill.