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Citing operational difficulties, Dominion said it is currently unable to deliver gas to Columbia Gas via the Coronado Pipeline. Dominion pool operators must cut nominations on Coronado to zero effective Friday until further notice. Pool operators will be notified when normal deliveries can resume.

On the backs of strong drilling results and operational efficiency, Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. posted record annual net earnings of C$1.4 billion, or C$10.48 per share, compared with C$0.6 billion, or C$4.46 per share in 2002.

On the backs of strong drilling results and operational efficiency, Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. posted record annual net earnings of C$1.4 billion, or C$10.48 per share, compared with C$0.6 billion, or C$4.46 per share in 2002.

South Dakota-based NorthWestern Corp., parent of NorthWestern Energy, announced Tuesday that it was granted a handful of bankruptcy motions to continue its utility operations, including energy buying, by the Delaware federal district court following its Chapter 11 filing on Monday.

Late Wednesday afternoon Columbia Gas, in what it called a “pre-Operational Flow Order warning for all transportation rate schedules at MLI 72-23 (UGI Corporation-23),” said it has recently experienced lower than normal pressures on its Lines 1278 and 10110 in Market Area 23. “This low-pressure problem was created by shippers’ excessively high hourly rates at MLI 72-23,” the pipeline continued. See the bulletin board for a list of “actions that Columbia’s shippers can take now to reduce the possibility that Columbia will need to issue an OFO in the future.”

American Petroleum Institute (API) President Red Cavaney said last week at a two-day LNG Ministerial Summit in Washington, DC, that gas and oil industry associations will launch a new LNG coalition, The Center for Liquefied Natural Gas, in January. The coalition will provide public education regarding LNG and advocacy functions.

American Petroleum Institute (API) President Red Cavaney said Wednesday at a two-day LNG Ministerial Summit in Washington, DC, that gas and oil industry associations will launch a new LNG coalition, The Center for Liquefied Natural Gas, in January. The coalition will provide public education regarding LNG and advocacy functions.

CenterPoint issued an Operational Alert after Unit #2 at Delhi Compressor Station went down for unscheduled repairs Monday morning. The outage is a force majeure condition and is expected to last until Oct. 11. It limits the ColumbiaGulf/Perryville delivery point in northwest Louisiana to 270,000 Dth/d, CenterPoint said. No interruptible deliveries will be scheduled during this time and firm delivery nominations will be reduced as necessary.

South Dakota-based NorthWestern Corp., parent of NorthWestern Energy, announced last Tuesday that it was granted a handful of bankruptcy motions to continue its utility operations, including energy buying, by the Delaware federal district court following its Chapter 11 filing on Monday.