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The Interior Department’s decision to not open up new offshore areas in its proposed 2012-2017 leasing plan, particularly offshore Virginia, is a “missed opportunity with little to no justifiable policy rationale,” the National Ocean Industries Association (NOIA) said in comments filed with the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM).

The natural gas market could set a new price floor of $1.94/Mcf this September as robust output — particularly from the nation’s shale plays — and relatively mild winter weather continue to drag down prices, according to Bentek Energy LLC.

Kinder Morgan Inc. (KMI) pipelines have virtually no exposure to low natural gas prices, but they are subject to shifting continental gas flows, particularly those resulting from developing shale gas supply basins.

Kinder Morgan Inc. (KMI) pipelines have virtually no exposure to low natural gas prices, but they are subject to shifting continental gas flows, particularly those resulting from developing shale gas supply basins.

With only a few days left before the Pennsylvania General Assembly recesses for the year, some groups are calling on lawmakers to pass an impact fee on Marcellus Shale development now, while others are criticizing the bills currently on the table.

As attractive hedging positions begin to roll off in 2012 and 2013 for exploration and production (E&P) companies, particularly for natural gas, energy analysts will be keyed in to which companies add new hedges and at what prices, according to Tudor, Pickering, Holt & Co. (TPH).

As attractive hedging positions begin to roll off in 2012 and 2013 for exploration and production (E&P) companies, particularly for natural gas, energy analysts will be keyed in to which companies add new hedges and at what prices, according to Tudor, Pickering, Holt & Co. (TPH).

Most of the market continued to rise Wednesday, but nearly all of the increases were smaller than Tuesday. Predictions of warmer temperatures approaching, particularly in the Midwest and South and to a lesser extent in the Rockies, create a moderately bearish price outlook through the end of the week.

Battered by negative influences seeming to come from all directions — mostly mild to chilly (but not particularly cold) weather, weak prior-day futures, storage injection capacity growing ever tighter and any tropical storm threat to Gulf of Mexico production deemed unlikely for the rest of the season — the cash market fell at nearly all points Thursday.