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In an effort to prod the White House into following through on its promise to renominate William Massey, a Democrat, to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) has blocked many of President Bush’s judicial and other nominees.

In an effort to prod the White House into following through on its promise to renominate William Massey, a Democrat, to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) has blocked many of President Bush’s judicial and other nominees.

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission last Wednesday gave Southern Natural Gas the green light to place into service another piece of its South System Expansion II.

With expectations that liquefied natural gas (LNG) will chosen to plug the hole in the United States’ natural gas supply deficit in the future, ChevronTexaco Corp. announced plans Thursday for an LNG receiving terminal in Mexico and an LNG shipping facility in Nigeria. The company also updated its progress on a receiving terminal to be located offshore Louisiana, where other top operators are aggressively trying to establish toeholds in the U.S. LNG marketplace (see Daily GPI, Oct. 30).

Williams’ Northwest Pipeline has put its Evergreen pipeline expansion into service, adding about 276,625 Dth/d of new firm gas transportation capacity in Washington from Sumas to Chehalis to serve new power plants and to serve existing customers in the Columbia River Gorge Corridor (see NGI, July 1, 2002). The project was approved by FERC last year.

Williams’ Northwest Pipeline has put its Evergreen pipeline expansion into service, adding about 276,625 Dth/d of new firm gas transportation capacity in Washington from Sumas to Chehalis to serve new power plants and to serve existing customers in the Columbia River Gorge Corridor (see Daily GPI, June 27, 2002). The project was approved by FERC last year.

According to 400 oil and gas executives and investors, the largest issue currently facing the U.S. energy industry is the shortage of domestic sources of natural gas. The poll — taken at an industry conference in Houston held by RBC Capital Markets — found that more than half of the respondents likened the situation to being as bad as or worse than the oil crisis of the 1970s, while 48% said this crisis would be manageable.

NUI Corp. stunned the financial community on Friday by announcing that it will sell the entire integrated natural gas business within the next few months. CFO A. Mark Abramovic said the board of directors of the New Jersey-based firm considered a sale in the best interests of all stakeholders going forward because of credit downgrades and “adverse business conditions.”

NUI Corp. stunned the financial community on Friday by announcing that it will sell the entire integrated natural gas business within the next few months. CFO A. Mark Abramovic said the board of directors considered a sale in the best interests of all stakeholders going forward because of credit downgrades and “adverse business conditions.”