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NorthernStar Natural Gas Friday delivered nearly 800 supporter postcards to Oregon Gov. Ted Kulongoski as part of a two-month campaign to rally labor organizations, families and small businesses in support of its plans to build a liquefied natural gas (LNG) receiving terminal at Bradwood Landing on the Oregon side of the Columbia River just east of where it meets the Pacific Ocean. A total of 1,460 cards have been collected during the past two months, the company said.

Prices were surging again Wednesday in mostly double-digit advances. Traders mentioned late-season storage buying and substitution of gas-fired generation during nuclear plant outages as having minor roles in the bullishness, but for most, it was a case of “following the screen.”