Popping

Proposed North American natural gas liquefaction projects have been popping up like dandelions over the last several months. By the count of Barclays Capital analysts, there are now nine proposals to liquefy the continent’s gas and send it abroad. Asian markets appear to be the most attractive destination, they said.

As gasoline pump prices continue to soar, proponents for more natural gas use as a transportation fuel are popping up around the nation, using environmental and economic drivers to promote their cause. Cities including Chicago and gas-rich states like Texas and Wyoming are getting in on the act.

Sempra Energy senior officials were popping superlatives, if not champagne corks, Friday, celebrating the first shipments for their liquefied natural gas (LNG) West Coast project and the western half of the Rockies Express Pipeline, along with an increase in first-quarter net income compared to the same period in 2007 ($242 million, or 92 cents/share, versus $228 million, or 86 cents/share, last year).

With liquefied natural gas (LNG) projects popping up across the globe — some in unlikely places — EOG Resources Inc. CEO Mark Papa said the outlook for domestic LNG remains something of a mystery, but his company remains bullish about U.S. gas prices.

With liquefied natural gas (LNG) projects popping up across the globe — some in unlikely places — EOG Resources Inc. CEO Mark Papa said the outlook for domestic LNG remains something of a mystery, but his company remains bullish about U.S. gas prices.

Sempra Energy senior officials were popping superlatives, if not champagne corks, Friday, celebrating the first shipments for their liquefied natural gas (LNG) West Coast project and the western half of the Rockies Express Pipeline, along with an increase in first-quarter net income compared to the same period in 2007 ($242 million, or 92 cents/share, versus $228 million, or 86 cents/share, last year).

With one to two dozen new stations popping up annually in California, the opening of another compressed natural gas (CNG) fueling station for vehicles in Bakersfield, CA, earlier this month was not viewed as anything extraordinary by the industry, even in a period of record high wholesale natural gas prices.

With one to two dozen new stations popping up annually in California, the opening of another compressed natural gas (CNG) fueling station for vehicles in Bakersfield, CA, earlier this month was not viewed as anything extraordinary by the industry, even in a period of record high wholesale natural gas prices.

With one to two dozen new stations popping up annually in California, the opening of another compressed natural gas (CNG) fueling station for vehicles in Bakersfield, CA, earlier this month was not viewed as anything extraordinary by the industry, even in a period of record high wholesale natural gas prices.