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Opponents of Colorado’s revamped natural gas and oil drilling rules on Wednesday took a swipe at Gov. Bill Ritter for officially signing the rules into law — even though they would have taken effect without his signature.

Cooler-than-normal temperatures can be expected across the United States’ northern tier through May, though warmer-than-normal temperatures should move into the Northeast by June and could dominate the northern tier this summer, according to forecaster WSI Corp. of Andover, MA.

Cooler-than-normal temperatures can be expected across the United States’ northern tier through May, though warmer-than-normal temperatures should move into the Northeast by June and could dominate the northern tier this summer, according to forecaster WSI Corp. of Andover, MA.

Even though a statewide ballot initiative to boost natural gas for transportation was defeated soundly by California voters last month, T. Boone Pickens’ gas-powered transportation company, Clean Energy Fuels Corp., said Monday it has won a 10-year contract with the City of Glendale, CA, to build and operate a new large-scale public access compressed natural gas (CNG) fueling facility to support the city’s expanding CNG-powered vehicle fleets.

Even though the traditional natural gas storage injection season ended with last week’s report, traders and analysts, while expecting another injection to be reported by the Energy Information Administration (EIA) for the week ended Nov. 7, were not anticipating the whopping 62 Bcf that was injected into underground storage. As a result, near-month futures on Friday tested support at $6 before rebounding to nearly unchanged from Thursday’s close.

Even though the natural gas storage report for the week ended Oct. 3 revealed an injection 20 Bcf larger than historical comparisons for the week, November natural gas futures prices, after an initial knee jerk lower, were fairly even keel in Thursday trade. Taking a break from declines, the prompt-month natural gas contract gained 8.3 cents to close at $6.825. November crude dropped another $2.36 to finish at $86.59/bbl.

With five named storms already charted this year, including two hurricanes, and Tropical Storm Edouard drenching portions of Texas, the Colorado State University (CSU) hurricane team increased the number of storms it said will form in the Atlantic Basin this year, forecasting a total of 17 named storms, including nine hurricanes, five of them intense (Category 3 or greater).

The East Coast will be at greater risk this coming hurricane season even though the number of named storms is expected to be about average, and Gulf of Mexico interests can expect seven to 10 days with at least the threat of weather disruptions, AccuWeather.com Hurricane Center meteorologists said last week.

The East Coast will be at greater risk this coming hurricane season even though the number of named storms is expected to be about average, and Gulf of Mexico interests can expect seven to 10 days with at least the threat of weather disruptions, AccuWeather.com Hurricane Center meteorologists said Monday.