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In the wake of a recent decision by a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit upholding Maryland’s denial of a water quality certification for AES Sparrows Point liquefied natural gas (LNG) import terminal in Baltimore County, a company spokesman said it was considering several option, including petitioning for rehearing by the full court.

In the wake of last week’s decision by a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit upholding Maryland’s denial of a water quality certification for AES Sparrows Point liquefied natural gas (LNG) import terminal in Baltimore County, a company spokesman said it was considering several option, including petitioning for rehearing by the full court.

A panel of industry executives with a focus on Western Canada painted a near-term future for British Columbia (BC) that could see the province greatly expand its gas production from 3 Bcf/d to 5 Bcf/d based on growing potential for new supplies from shale. That raises the possibility some of the gas could be exported as liquefied natural gas (LNG).

While pushing back the potential of Alaska natural gas until the 2025 time frame, a panel of industry executives with a focus on Western Canada painted a near-term future for British Columbia (BC) that could see the province greatly expand its gas production from 3 Bcf/d to 5 Bcf/d based on growing potential for new supplies from shale. As a result, the executives who spoke Wednesday at the LDC Gas Forum: West & Rockies in Irvine, CA, think the idea of exporting some of those supplies as liquefied natural gas (LNG) is still a real possibility.

The price level wholesale natural gas settles into could have an impact on the mix of renewable-based electric generation developed in the future, a panel of utility industry top executives said last Tuesday at the Bank of America Merrill Lynch Power & Gas Leaders Conference in New York City. Wind can be the most price-competitive, and solar is the most costly right now, the executives said.

The price level wholesale natural gas settles into could have an impact on the mix of renewable-based electric generation developed in the future, a panel of utility industry top executives said Tuesday at the Bank of America Merrill Lynch Power & Gas Leaders Conference in New York City. Wind can be the most price-competitive, and solar is the most costly right now, the executives said.

The head of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Wednesday.told a Senate panel that the agency has the skill and experience to regulate trading of carbon emissions, but it will need more funding from Congress to carry it out.

The first panel of the third and final Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) hearing on potential position limits on speculative entities in the energy markets turned quickly into a debate on whether noncommercial traders — i.e., funds — were responsible for the price run-ups in crude and natural gas seen in recent years.

The first panel of the third and final Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) hearing on potential position limits on speculative entities in the energy markets turned quickly into a debate on whether noncommercial traders — i.e., funds — were responsible for the crude and natural gas price run-ups seen in recent years.