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Encana Oil & Gas (USA) Inc. and a drilling partner are packing up and moving operations out of two Pennsylvania counties after determining that the first natural gas wells drilled in Luzerne County, PA, “were unlikely to produce natural gas in commercial quantities.”

The continuing La Nina event in the equatorial Pacific Ocean will bring above-normal temperatures to a huge area stretching from the Rocky Mountains to the Mid-Atlantic over the next three months, but it is less clear how it will affect winter temperatures in the Northeast, according to forecasters at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

The continuing La Nina event in the equatorial Pacific Ocean will bring above-normal temperatures to a huge area stretching from the Rocky Mountains to the Mid-Atlantic over the next three months, but it is less clear how it will affect winter temperatures in the Northeast, according to forecasters at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

Tim Wirth, a former Colorado senator and now president of the United Nations Foundation, told delegates at the Rocky Mountain Energy Epicenter last week that they have the power to shape the natural gas industry’s future.

Tim Wirth, a former Colorado senator and now president of the United Nations Foundation, told delegates at the Rocky Mountain Energy Epicenter Thursday that they have the power to shape the natural gas industry’s future.

El Paso Corp. awaits a right-of-way (ROW) grant from the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to launch construction of the Ruby Pipeline to carry natural gas from the Rocky Mountains to the West Coast, but construction remains on track to begin late this month or in early July, an official told NGI last week.

El Paso Corp. awaits a right-of-way (ROW) grant from the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to launch construction of the Ruby Pipeline to carry natural gas from the Rocky Mountains to the West Coast, but construction remains on track to begin late this month or in early July, an official told NGI Tuesday.

Denver-based Bill Barrett Corp., whose fortunes are tied to the natural gas transportation system out of its core Rocky Mountain operations, is seeing “improving infrastructure” for both gas and liquids, COO Joe Jaggers told financial analysts last week.

Junior producer Pinnacle Gas Resources Inc., which explores for coalbed methane (CBM) across the Rocky Mountains, said Wednesday it would be taken private in an all-cash transaction by an investor group that agreed to pay a 28% premium to the company’s closing price on Wednesday.