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Turning its back on “group think” evidenced in a recent series of winter weather forecasts, WxRisk.com last week said it expects the Midwest — not the East — to experience the coldest temperatures relative to normal this winter.

Turning its back on “group think” evidenced in a recent series of winter weather forecasts, WxRisk.com on Monday said it expects the Midwest — not the East — to experience the coldest temperatures relative to normal this winter.

The U.S. natural gas supply is beginning to fall, but not as fast as many may think, according to public company data reviewed by Raymond James & Associates Inc. Meanwhile, Newfield Exploration Co. last week said it would voluntarily curtail about 2.5 Bcfe of its 3Q2009 output in response to low natural gas prices.

The U.S. natural gas supply is beginning to fall, but not as fast as many may think, according to public company data reviewed by Raymond James & Associates Inc.

Despite protests by natural gas shippers and consumers that a global recession is no time to think about raising tolls, Canadian pipelines have been granted an audience for requests to top up their finances.

It could take up to $2 billion and the next six years, but engineers at Southern California Edison Co. (SCE) think it is realistic to hope that a consortium by 2015 can turn petroleum refinery waste into an integrated gas combined-cycle (IGCC) power plant with carbon capture storage in nearby oil fields. But SCE’s project manager, Mark Nelson, told NGI the first step is to complete a feasibility study.

It’s a long way off, and some think it will never get built, but a gas pipeline from Alaska’s North Slope to serve Lower 48 markets via Canada would be a mixed blessing to the Canadian market, a Calgary-based consultant said last week, noting Canada’s gas industry needs to prepare now to preserve the value of its product.

It’s a long way off, and some think it will never get built, but a gas pipeline from Alaska’s North Slope to serve Lower 48 markets via Canada would be a mixed blessing to the Canadian market, a Calgary-based consultant said, noting Canada’s gas industry needs to prepare now to preserve the value of its product.

Robust production from Arkansas’ Fayetteville Shale, where some think 20-30 Tcf or more gas resides, has spawned an interstate pipeline project backed by Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP (KMP) and Energy Transfer Partners LP.