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Worldwide spending on the liquefied natural gas (LNG) business is expected to balloon by $39 billion over the next four years, as LNG developers add new liquefaction trains, build new LNG ships and add new LNG import terminals in order to meet growing demand that is led by the United States, according to a new report by UK-based Douglas-Westwood Ltd.

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has set the Commission staff to report on the viability of replacement price index formulas to be used in a negotiated rate transaction between Natural Gas Pipeline Co. of America (NGPL) and Occidental Energy Marketing (RP99-176-089).

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has set the Commission staff to report on the viability of replacement price index formulas to be used in a negotiated rate transaction between Natural Gas Pipeline Co. of America (NGPL) and Occidental Energy Marketing (RP99-176-089).

As Canadian natural gas exports to the United States turn up again, reversing shrinkage experienced in the last contract year, supply questions are moving out of the realm of theory and into practical cases.

As Canadian natural gas exports to the United States turn up again, reversing shrinkage experienced in the last contract year, supply questions are moving out of the realm of theory and into practical cases.

Despite the Alaskan gas pipeline project being deemed uneconomic at the end of a study conducted by BP, ExxonMobil and ConocoPhillips, David Welch, BP president of Alaska-Canada Gas, said Thursday the company’s new fiscal package could not only make the project viable, but more importantly, could get it up and running by the end of 2011 if the energy bill goes through this year.

Despite the Alaskan gas pipeline project being deemed uneconomic at the end of a study conducted by BP, ExxonMobil and ConocoPhillips, David Welch, BP president of Alaska-Canada Gas, said Thursday the company’s new fiscal package could not only make the project viable, but more importantly, could get it up and running by the end of 2011 if the energy bill goes through this year.

A feasibility study on a Mackenzie Delta pipeline won’t be ready before the middle of 2003, and a completed project’s timing now falls between 2007-2010, said a Shell Canada Ltd. executive last week. Shell Canada is one of the partners in a consortium to move natural gas from the prolific region, but despite the delay, the company has begun buying more land and developing the frontier basin in anticipation of laying a pipe.

A feasibility study on a Mackenzie Delta pipeline won’t be ready before the middle of 2003, and a completed project’s timing now falls between 2007-2010, said a Shell Canada Ltd. executive Monday. Shell Canada is one of the partners in a consortium to move natural gas from the prolific region, but despite the delay, the company has begun buying more land and developing the frontier basin in anticipation of laying a pipe.