Puzzle

The natural gas industry can play a key role in solving the world’s climate change puzzle, but time is running out for the industry to step into the breech, according to Tim Wirth, president of the United Nations Foundation and a former U.S. senator from Colorado.

The natural gas industry can play a key role in solving the world’s climate change puzzle, but time is running out for the industry to step into the breech, according to Tim Wirth, president of the United Nations Foundation and a former U.S. senator from Colorado.

Another piece of the giant puzzle known as the Rockies Express Pipeline LLC Project is falling into place. Questar Corp.’s Overthrust Pipeline has filed an application at FERC seeking authorization to build a nearly 80-mile extension that would be the westernmost end of the Rockies Express project, a 1,663-mile, 42-inch diameter pipeline that would transport Rocky Mountain gas supplies to markets in the Midwest and East.

Finding a proven, economical way to move natural gas onshore from far out in the North Atlantic has long been a puzzle for the Canadian oil and gas industry, but Husky Energy Inc. may be close to finalizing an agreement to use compressed natural gas (CNG) tankers to transport gas reserves from its White Rose oil prospect, an executive told a Calgary audience last week.

Thursday’s explosion of prices in which gains ranged from about 30 cents to 90 cents (Algonquin citygate) left quite a few traders befuddled and groping for an explanation. Several were able to offer suggestions about potential contributing factors, but added that they didn’t believe their suggestion alone rationalized the big gains. “Beats me” was the essence of most answers.

How does the gas industry get to the Internet? Debate. Whilepipelines puzzle over what FERC meant when it prescribed Internetaccess for pipeline transactions, industry players debate where andhow far standardization should go.