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An opening hearing Monday at city hall in Long Beach, CA on a joint draft environmental impact report (EIR) on Sound Energy Solutions proposed liquefied natural gas (LNG) receiving terminal in the Port of Long Beach drew a crowd of about 150 people, 35 of whom spoke, and the split was about even between those favoring and opposing the plans for the terminal.

As an opening salvo in the permitting process for the first of up to four or five competing liquefied natural gas (LNG) receiving terminal proposals in the Pacific Northwest, more than 300 residents and local officials turned out at a FERC hearing in the Columbia River town of Bradwood Thursday night to hear about the most advanced of the LNG proposals in Oregon.

Unsure of Emily’s direction on Wednesday, traders pushed August natural gas futures lower at the opening bell before allowing another run back into $8.00 territory in the afternoon. Ultimately the contract ended up settling at $7.900, up 1.5 cents from Tuesday’s close.

Virginia’s Senate last Thursday passed an amended bill that advocates opening for the first time the state’s coastal waters to natural gas exploration and production (E&P) activities.

Virginia’s Senate on Thursday passed an amended bill that advocates opening for the first time the state’s coastal waters to natural gas exploration and production (E&P) activities.

A coalition of 23 environmental groups last Monday called on Virginia Gov. Mark Warner to veto a bill that advocates opening for the first time the state’s coastal waters to natural gas exploration and production (E&P) activities.

A coalition of 23 environmental groups on Monday called on Virginia Gov. Mark Warner to veto a bill that advocates opening for the first time the state’s coastal waters to natural gas exploration and production (E&P) activities.

TFS Energy, LLC, an affiliate of the international TFS Brokers, has announced the opening of a Houston office, complementing its existing energy offices in Stamford, CT, on the New York Mercantile Exchange (Nymex), and in New York, London, Frankfurt, Singapore and Sydney.

A bipartisan group of senators led by Barbara Boxer (D-CA) and Elizabeth Dole (R-NC) is opposed to opening up restricted areas of the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) to oil and natural gas exploration as part of upcoming omnibus energy legislation.