Threats

A proposed first-ever direct shipment of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Yemen, where Al-Qaeda threats have intensified, to Boston Harbor tentatively in February has prompted the U.S. Coast Guard there to review its tanker security.

A first-ever proposed direct shipment of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Yemen, where Al-Qaeda threats have intensified, to Boston Harbor tentatively in February has prompted the U.S. Coast Guard there to review its tanker security.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) has established no system to track cumulative threats or injuries to most of the species considered threatened or endangered on millions of acres of federally managed lands in the western United States, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) said in a new report to Congress.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) has established no system to track cumulative threats or injuries to most of the species considered threatened or endangered on millions of acres of federally managed lands in the western United States, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) said in a new report to Congress.

Remember January 2008 (see NGI, Jan. 9, 2008) when U.S. natural gas prices hovered at around $7-8/Mcf and the biggest threats to prices were the weather and rising liquefied natural gas imports? Memories can be fleeting. Now several energy analysts predict that prices will have a tough time rising above the $5-6 level — for the entire year.

Threats to the Gulf Coast — hurricanes and coastal erosion among them — have inspired energy industry leaders, environmentalists and conservationists to launch a sustainability initiative to protect the region, which is an energy breadbasket for the nation.

Threats to the Gulf Coast — hurricanes and coastal erosion among them — have inspired energy industry leaders, environmentalists and conservationists to launch a sustainability initiative to protect the region, which is an energy breadbasket for the nation.

Wrapping up a wild week of price swings, November natural gas futures on Friday pushed lower as the potential storm threats in the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic continued to show no interest in strengthening. The prompt month traded between $7.060 and $7.320 before closing out the week at $7.073, down 33.9 cents on the day but 20.3 cents higher than the previous Friday’s close.

A continued decline in natural gas prices could pose one of the biggest threats to the credit quality of producers in the fourth quarter, according to a new Standard & Poor’s (S&P) report released last week.