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An early spring thaw — or break-up season as it’s known in Canada — has slowed work in the country’s oil patch, improving the odds that it will be a down year for drilling, according to energy experts.

A panel of experts and several studies are at odds over the distance at which heat from an ignited liquefied natural gas (LNG) tanker would pose a hazard to the public, according to a Government Accountability Office report released last Wednesday. The agency called on the Department of Energy (DOE) to expand the issues under review in a current study to resolve this uncertainty and others.

A panel of experts and several studies are at odds over the distance at which heat from an ignited liquefied natural gas (LNG) tanker would pose a hazard to the public, according to a Government Accountability Office report released Wednesday. The agency called on the Department of Energy (DOE) to expand the issues under review in a current study to resolve this uncertainty and others.

The odds that had once favored a spring natural gas “mega-glut” have suddenly dropped to zero, and the late surge of extreme cold weather will impact North American gas markets through most of the year, Stephen Smith Energy Associates said last week.

The odds that had once favored a spring natural gas “mega-glut” have suddenly dropped to zero, and the late surge of extreme cold weather will impact North American gas markets through most of the year, Stephen Smith Energy Associates said Wednesday.

The Bush administration’s support for increased imports of liquefied natural gas (LNG) is at odds with its position against producing countries forming a worldwide gas cartel, said Rep. John Peterson (R-PA) last Wednesday.

The Bush administration’s support for increased imports of liquefied natural gas (LNG) is at odds with its position against producing countries forming a worldwide gas cartel, said Rep. John Peterson (R-PA) Wednesday.

Often at odds in the past when utility takeover measures regularly appeared on the municipal ballot, Pacific Gas and Electric Co. and the City/County of San Francisco Tuesday continued their newfound lovefest, joining hands in a new collaborative effort to deliver energy savings/efficiency programs to residential and commercial customers in the utility’s headquarters city. Running through next year, the three-year San Francisco Energy Watch effort will spend up to $11.5 million to achieve millions more dollars in savings, the utility said.

Kenneth D. Schisler, who as chairman of the Maryland Public Service Commission (PSC) has been increasingly at odds with the General Assembly and new governor, resigned last week. Schisler’s resignation followed the resignation of Patricia A. Smith, Maryland’s top advocate for utility customers, who left her post in mid-January.