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Americans like their natural gas molecules to be homegrown, and most of them prefer that they be kept at home instead of shipped abroad as liquefied natural gas (LNG), a recent poll by the University of Texas at Austin (UT) found.

Most executives with privately held energy and natural resources companies would prefer their companies to remain private to better maintain financial control and flexibility, according to a study by the Economist Intelligence Unit and CIT Group Inc.

Most executives with privately held energy and natural resources companies would prefer their companies to remain private so that they can better maintain financial control and flexibility, according to a study by the Economist Intelligence Unit and CIT Group Inc.

R.W. Beck’s second quarter gas price forecast could give bulls something to smile about, but bears might prefer to read a recent note from Citigroup’s futures research department.

R.W. Beck’s second quarter gas price forecast could give bulls something to smile about, but bears might prefer to read the latest from Citigroup’s futures research department.

Regardless of what state and federal officials would prefer,California’s now-Chapter 11-bound former wholesale spot powermarket, the California Power Exchange (Cal-PX) is not goingquietly. The PX perfers to fight to re-attain former utilityfutures contracts seized by the governor and to support theviability of electricity commodity exchanges if regulators andpoliticians will make a commitment to make them work.

The one-day “Natural Gas Summit” held yesterday in Coloradoturned out to be quite an eye-open for industrial gas customers andsuppliers alike, according to participants.

The majority of Brooklyn Union Gas’ (BU) residential gascustomers in New York City and Long Island said they want to keeptheir existing utility as a provider in a competitive retail marketor at least have it offered as an option, according to the resultsof market research conducted for parent KeySpan Energy. Thefindings, which reveal a continuing customer connection to LDCs,fly in the face of the New York Public Service Commission’sdirective ordering all utilities to exit the merchant gas role.

FERC Chairman James Hoecker said this week he would prefer thatthe gas industry reserve any arguments opposing the Commission’sdaily auction proposal for written comments that are due Nov., 9th,and use the workshop to be held on Oct. 20th to focus on thedetails of how an auction could be put into practice.