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In only six months since going live with its full spectrum of over-the-counter (OTC) products, Online trading platform IntercontinentalExchange (ICE), has made a significant impact on the energy and metals markets. The company said over 42,000 trades have been made on ICE since it commenced trading with a combined notional value of $70 billion. Trading volumes on ICE have been growing exponentially with average daily volume in March up 33% from February.

EMK3 reported that after almost three months of operation it has launched the natural gas component of its online energy marketplace, making it the first marketplace on the block to offer domestic buyers and sellers of both oil and natural gas the ability to electronically acquire and sell production at the source, i.e., from the wellhead.

EMK3 reported that after almost three months of operation it has launched the natural gas component of its online energy marketplace, making it the first marketplace on the block to offer domestic buyers and sellers of both oil and natural gas the ability to electronically acquire and sell production at the source, i.e., from the wellhead.

Months after an arbitrator awarded American Central GasTechnologies Co. $8.3 million in a ruling that Union PacificResources (UPR) and Duke Energy Field Services (DEFS) hadmonopolized natural gas processing in Panola County, TX, thecompanies are at it again, this time in an East Texas districtcourtroom (see NGI, Aug. 14, 2000).

Spurred by high gas prices over the last few months, GeorgiaSen. Regina Thomas (D-Savannah) is leading a charge to reverse the1997 deregulation legislation, and re-regulate natural gas in thestate.

Months after an arbitrator awarded American Central GasTechnologies Co. $8.3 million in a ruling that Union PacificResources (UPR) and Duke Energy Field Services (DEFS) hadmonopolized natural gas processing in Panola County, TX, thecompanies are at it again, this time in an East Texas districtcourtroom (see Daily GPI, Aug. 10, 2000).

In the fourth time in as many months, the Ohio Consumers’ Counsel (OCC) filed two similar complaints with the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio (PUCO) against Summit Natural Gas and The Energy Cooperative — which includes Cinergy Resources and Licking Rural Electrification — alleging violations of Ohio’s much maligned natural gas choice program, as well as Ohio law.

In the fourth time in as many months, the Ohio Consumers’Counsel (OCC) filed two similar complaints with the PublicUtilities Commission of Ohio (PUCO) against Summit Natural Gas andThe Energy Cooperative — which includes Cinergy Resources andLicking Rural Electrification — alleging violations of Ohio’smuch maligned choice program, as well as Ohio law.

Almost seven months after the initial agreement, ChesapeakeEnergy Corp. announced it has completed the acquisition of GothicEnergy Corp., making it the 10th largest independent natural gasproducer in the United States. The acquisition marks theturn-around of Chesapeake, which two and a half years ago tried tosell itself due to repeated losses.