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The boom in shale gas and the increased use of natural gas will solve some, but not all, of the world’s problems with energy use, according to an essay, one of two articles on the world impact of shale gas in a recent issue of the British weekly news magazine, The Economist.

While the Energy Information Administration (EIA), among others, has thrown in some last minute challenges to the efficacy of government support for an Alaska gas pipeline, industrial consumers Wednesday charged that the energy bill being constructed in Congress completely misses the point of how to serve the nation’s need for natural gas.

A small but promising start has been made on biological engineering to eat — literally — an obstacle to producing about one-fourth of Canadian natural-gas reserves — so-called “sour” deposits laced with lethal hydrogen-sulphide.

A small but promising start has been made on biological engineering to eat — literally — an obstacle to producing about one-fourth of Canadian natural-gas reserves — so-called “sour” deposits laced with lethal hydrogen-sulphide.

To solve the question of where gas supplies will come from for its new generating plant in San Diego, the Otay Mesa Generating Co. has asked the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission for authorization to build gas import facilities at the California-Mexico border to import up to 110 MMcf/d to fuel a 510 MWh station to be sited near San Diego (see NGI, Oct. 16, 2000).

To solve the question of where gas supplies will come from for its new generating plant in San Diego, the Otay Mesa Generating Co. LLC on Friday asked the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission for authorization to build gas import facilities at the California-Mexico border to import up to 110 MMcf/d to fuel a 510 MWh station to be sited near San Diego (see Daily GPI, Oct. 12, 2000).

Speaking prior to the launch of numerous state legislative proposals last week designed to solve California’s power crisis, FERC Chairman Curt Hebert expressed disappointment with the speed and direction the state has taken so far in attempting to manage its predicament.

Speaking prior to the launch of numerous state legislativeproposals yesterday designed to solve California’s power crisis,FERC Chairman Curt Hebert expressed disappointment with the speedand direction the state has taken so far in attempting to manageits predicament.

As the battle over how best to solve California’s electricitywoes bounces around the regulatory and political halls inCalifornia and Washington, DC, an immovable stumbling block thatcan’t be fixed by new legislation or regulatory decisions is anoverworked electricity highway called “Path 15.”