Tooth

In the world of shale gas plays, the Haynesville is rather long in the tooth compared to the Eagle Ford, Marcellus and others. However, wells in the play are running “faster” for longer, enough so that production has continued to climb while the rig count has dropped. Analysts at Goldman Sachs said they’ve figured out how the Haynesville does it.

Among natural gas shale plays, the Barnett Shale in North Texas is getting a bit long in the tooth, but it can hold its own with the nation’s other shale plays when it comes to proved reserves.

Montana Power last week offered up plenty of signs that it is ready to fight tooth and nail over a move by the Montana Public Service Commission (MPSC) to assert authority over the rates Montana Power can charge default supply customers. The utility worries that the state commission’s stance could ultimately put it in the position of having to buy power at high market prices and sell that same power at below market prices.

Montana Power last week offered up plenty of signs that it is ready to fight tooth and nail over a move by the Montana Public Service Commission (MPSC) to assert authority over the rates Montana Power can charge default supply customers. The utility worries that the state commission’s stance could ultimately put it in the position of having to buy power at high market prices and selling that same power at below market prices.

By springtime, the little old ladies and a few congressmen who have been fighting northeastern pipeline construction tooth and nail for the past few years may be screaming “where’s the gas” if prices spike to the levels expected.