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A continued decline in natural gas prices could pose one of the biggest threats to the credit quality of producers in the fourth quarter, according to a new Standard & Poor’s (S&P) report released this week.

Energy Secretary Samuel Bodman reaffirmed his opposition last Tuesday to the creation of an OPEC-like organization for natural gas, saying it would pose problems for both producing and consuming countries.

Energy Secretary Samuel Bodman reaffirmed his opposition Tuesday to the creation of an OPEC-like organization for natural gas, saying it would pose problems for both producing and consuming countries.

Officials with FERC told Alaska lawmakers Thursday that the state’s proposed Alaska Gasline Inducement Act (AGIA) appears to pose no conflict with the federal agency’s certification process.

North America’s apparent dwindling natural gas reserves pose a long-term challenge, but continued price volatility, contractual uncertainty and growing political pressure for regulators to “do something” also have to be addressed to restore confidence in the marketplace, an industry panel concluded Thursday.

North America’s apparent dwindling natural gas reserves pose a long-term challenge, but continued price volatility, contractual uncertainty and growing political pressure for regulators to “do something” also have to be addressed to restore confidence in the marketplace, an industry panel concluded Thursday.

The impact of the 1.325 Bcf/d Alliance Pipeline and the 1 Bcf/dVector Pipeline on Chicago basis prices will be a lot lesssignificant than some may be expecting, according to several marketobservers speaking at the LDC Forum in Chicago last week.

The impact of the 1.325 Bcf/d Alliance Pipeline and the 1 Bcf/dVector Pipeline on Chicago basis prices will be a lot lesssignificant than some may be expecting, according to several marketobservers speaking at the LDC Forum in Chicago yesterday.

Routine drilling operations in the Gulf of Mexico’s deepwaterpose little threat to the environment or human health, and, infact, play a significant role in the socioeconomic status of itsport communities. That’s the conclusion of a new report by theMinerals and Management Service (MMS) of the U.S. Department ofInterior, which published its conclusions for a projected 10-yearperiod on deepwater operations between 1998-2007.