While oversupply and pricing issues continue to be problematic, it is premature to write off natural gas liquids (NGL) with the prospect that increased U.S. natural gas exports would help bolster NGL trade, an equity research team at Wells Fargo Securities LLC said after meeting with two Houston-based NGL companies.
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Sempra Ties Future to More Gas, Less Price Differences
Having exited the global trading space and facing merchant power markets that are problematic, San Diego-based Sempra Energy will be placing renewed emphasis on its varied natural gas investments along with its California and foreign utilities. That was the essence of presentations at the energy holding company’s financial analysts’ meeting last Wednesday in New York City.
Sempra Ties Future More Closely to Natural Gas
Having exited the global trading space and facing merchant power markets that are problematic, San Diego-based Sempra Energy will be placing renewed emphasis on its varied natural gas investments along with its California and foreign utilities. That was the essence of presentations at the energy holding company’s financial analysts’ meeting Wednesday in New York City.
Local Board Reverses Course on Oregon LNG Pipeline
One of two problematic liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal proposals in Oregon took a step backward when a newly constituted local county elected board voted 4-1 to rescind approval for a pipeline that would connect Oregon LNG’s proposed terminal along the Columbia River at Warrenton, OR, with the metropolitan Portland area.
Montana Presents Obstacle to NorthWestern Sale to Babcock & Brown
Already problematic at the state regulatory level, NorthWestern Energy’s pending $2.2 billion sale to Australian-based Babcock & Brown Infrastructure (BBI) faced a new potential obstacle last Friday from a proposed state law to create a public power entity to potentially take over the utility’s Montana operations if the Public Service Commission (PSC) turns down the BBI purchase later this year. The utility holding company had no immediate reaction to the new state Senate bill (SB 558).
CAISO and SDG&E Repeat Summer Forecast, Conservation Call
Zeroing in on a portion of the state that may be the most problematic regarding peak-demand electricity supplies this summer, the California Independent System Operator (CAISO) and San Diego Gas and Electric Co. last week urged more conservation in San Diego County this summer as an added precaution against supplies getting tight during periods of high peak demand.