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Chesapeake Energy Corp.’s natural gas production in nonshale plays peaked in late 2007, fell by 16% in 2008 and is on track to be down more than a third (36%) by the end of this year, company executives said Wednesday.

Natural gas is on track to become the world’s dominant fuel in the next 10 years as intercontinental pipelines crisscross countries and producers unlock the energy inside untold amounts of shale, a Houston-based consultant said Thursday.

Natural gas is on track to become the world’s dominant fuel in the next 10 years as intercontinental pipelines crisscross countries and producers unlock the energy inside untold amounts of shale, a Houston-based consultant said Thursday.

The lowest cash and prompt-month futures natural gas prices of the year are likely still to come as gas storage remains on track to reach record levels by the end of injection season despite a recent tapering of injections, analysts at Barclays Capital warned in a note last week.

The lowest cash and prompt-month futures natural gas prices of the year are likely still to come as gas storage remains on track to reach record levels by the end of injection season despite a recent tapering of injections, analysts at Barclays Capital warned in a note Tuesday.

In anticipation of a robust market for carbon emissions credits, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) is discussing how to keep track of what could become the largest commodity market in the world ($2 trillion within five years) if climate change legislation becomes law later this year.

In anticipation of a robust market for carbon emissions credits, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) is discussing how to keep track of what could become the largest commodity market in the world ($2 trillion within five years) if climate change legislation becomes law later this year.

Rocky Mountain natural gas production is at a crawl and the economy isn’t moving any faster, but El Paso Corp.’s Ruby Pipeline Project is on track to begin service in 2011, executives said last week.

Rocky Mountain natural gas production is at a crawl and the economy isn’t moving any faster, but El Paso Corp.’s Ruby Pipeline Project is on track to begin service in 2011, an executive said Monday.