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Pioneer Natural Resources plans to end a quest to produce coalbed methane (CBM) in the Matanuska-Susitna Borough of Alaska, a region once thought to hold 1 Tcf of natural gas, to focus its attention on North Slope activities.

Gazprom Deputy CEO Alexander Ryazanov said last week that the Russian gas monopoly intends to form a final consortium by mid year to produce and liquefy natural gas from the 113 Tcf Shtokman field in the Barents Sea for export to U.S. markets.

Gazprom Deputy CEO Alexander Ryazanov said over the weekend that the Russian gas monopoly intends to form a final consortium by mid year to produce and liquefy natural gas from the 113 Tcf Shtokman field in the Barents Sea for export to U.S. markets.

Talisman Energy made a major natural gas find in northeastern British Columbia. A successful Paleozoic gas well in its core Monkman area tested at a restricted rate of 40 MMcf/d with maximum open flow potential of more than 75 MMcf/d. The company said the well, 20% of which is owned by Seneca Energy Canada Inc., should begin production at 40 MMcf/d by January.

Talisman Energy made a major natural gas find in northeastern British Columbia. A successful Paleozoic gas well in its core Monkman area tested at a restricted rate of 40 MMcf/d with maximum open flow potential of more than 75 MMcf/d. The company said the well, 20% of which is owned by Seneca Energy Canada Inc., should begin production at 40 MMcf/d by January.

Although production could be a decade away, Calgary-based Husky Energy has begun evaluating the potential to produce and transport natural gas from its White Rose field offshore Newfoundland and Labrador.

Calgary-based Husky Energy has begun evaluating the potential to produce and transport natural gas from its White Rose field offshore Newfoundland and Labrador, but said production may be a decade away.

Growing reliance on natural gas to produce electricity throughout the West is presenting planning challenges to energy planners in California, a panel of government and utility representatives told an industry workshop in San Francisco Tuesday, the first day of a two-day look at “Natural Gas Market Outlook, 2006-2016.”

A consortium of energy concerns headquartered in Mexico, Brazil and Japan were expected to win the second tender to produce natural gas in Mexico’s Burgos Basin.