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Laflin, PA-based coal company Silverbrook Anthracite has leased approximately 1,635 acres for Marcellus Shale gas exploration in Lackawanna County, PA, to a Texas land services firm in what county officials are calling the largest such lease ever recorded in the northeastern Pennsylvania county.

North America’s growing shale gas plays were the key determinant in pushing global liquefied natural gas (LNG) supply away from American shores. But now the gravity of the shale gas bubble is so strong it could pull in empty tankers to take American gas away to Asian, European and other markets.

Energy Transfer Partners LP (ETP) said Monday the ETC Tiger Pipeline and the Fayetteville Express Pipeline (FEP) will both be in service on Dec. 1, well ahead of their previously scheduled in-service dates and “significantly under budget,” the partnership said.

Revised projections show less liquefied natural gas (LNG) coming to the United States than analysts at Barclays Capital previously thought. However, domestic production growth has been more robust than they expected. Gas will need to displace coal for power generation in order for the storage injection season to end with about 4 Tcf underground, the analysts said in a recent note.

Revised projections show less liquefied natural gas (LNG) coming to the United States than analysts at Barclays Capital previously thought. However, domestic production growth has been more robust than they expected. Gas will need to displace coal for power generation in order for the storage injection season to end with about 4 Tcf underground, the analysts said in a recent note.

Total demand for natural gas will average 64.9 Bcf/d in 2010 and 64.6 Bcf/d in 2011, about 0.5 Bcf/d higher than previously forecast, driven primarily by strong growth in the industrial and electric power sectors, according to a Short-Term Energy Outlook released by the Energy Information Administration (EIA) last week.

Total demand for natural gas will average 64.9 Bcf/d in 2010 and 64.6 Bcf/d in 2011, about 0.5 Bcf/d higher than previously forecast, driven primarily by strong growth in the industrial and electric power sectors, according to a Short-Term Energy Outlook released by the Energy Information Administration (EIA) Tuesday.

The build-out of pipeline infrastructure in recent years has contributed to the efficiency of the nation’s natural gas delivery grid, as previously stranded gas can now reach high-demand markets. New trading activity and pricing locations have emerged, prompting NGI to establish new price indices for Transwestern San Juan (TSJ) and the Clarington, OH, terminus of Rockies Express (REX).

The build-out of pipeline infrastructure in recent years has contributed to the efficiency of the nation’s natural gas delivery grid as previously stranded gas can now reach high-demand markets. New trading activity and pricing locations have emerged, prompting NGI to establish new price indices for Transwestern San Juan (TSJ) and the Clarington, OH, terminus of Rockies Express (REX).