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The Montana Supreme Court has upheld a natural gas company’s right to drill beneath the Montana ranch of candy billionaire Forrest Mars. The ruling, considered significant for its split-estate implications, also offers a cautionary tale about proper paperwork.

ANR reported that based upon review of its operations and an increase in hydrocarbon dew point (HDP) levels experienced from processing plant operations, it has determined that hydrocarbon liquid fallout is anticipated absent an HDP posting. Thus, effective Friday ANR is establishing an HDP limit of 25 degrees F for receipts between the Defiance and Eunice monitoring points in South Louisiana. This limit, which will not apply to receipt meters flowing 500 Dth/d or less, will remain in effect through Dec. 31, ANR said. See the bulletin board for further details.

PG&E Corp. CEO Peter Darbee has assumed the CEO/president duties for utility subsidiary Pacific Gas and Electric Co., effective upon approval by the California Public Utilities Commission. The move was necessitated by the departure of William Morrow, who told the company he was leaving to reenter the international technology and telecommunications sector. PG&E Corp. said John Keenan will remain as COO at the utility, responsible for day-to-day operations. Darbee called Morrow “an executive of exceptional talent sand abilities,” and thanked him for his contributions to the utility’s pursuit of a vision of being “the leading utility in the United States.” C. Lee Cox, PG&E lead director and the chairman of Pacific Gas and Electric Co., said the expansion Darbee’s of his duties recognizes that the company’s current focus is “built around optimizing the financial and operational performance of our core utility unit.”

PG&E Corp. CEO Peter Darbee has assumed the CEO/president duties for utility subsidiary Pacific Gas and Electric Co., effective upon approval by the California Public Utilities Commission. The move was necessitated by the departure of William Morrow, who told the company he was leaving to reenter the international technology and telecommunications sector. PG&E Corp. said John Keenan will remain as COO at the utility, responsible for day-to-day operations. Darbee called Morrow “an executive of exceptional talent sand abilities,” and thanked him for his contributions to the utility’s pursuit of a vision of being “the leading utility in the United States.” C. Lee Cox, PG&E lead director and the chairman of Pacific Gas and Electric Co., said the expansion Darbee’s of his duties recognizes that the company’s current focus is “built around optimizing the financial and operational performance of our core utility unit.”

TransCanada’s proposal for a gasline to commercialize Alaska’s vast North Slope reserves depends upon the state’s three major producers “solving a maze of problems in Canada…and does not merit state support,” a former Alaska governor wrote in a recent newspaper editorial.

Whether the U.S. gas market will receive an infusion of liquefied natural gas (LNG) in the coming years depends a lot upon what happens in European gas markets, according to an executive with a Gulf Coast regasification terminal developer.

Whether the U.S. gas market will receive an infusion of liquefied natural gas (LNG) in the coming years depends a lot upon what happens in European gas markets, according to an executive with a Gulf Coast regasification terminal developer.

The Department of Energy (DOE) has spent billions upon billions of dollars over the past 30 years on advanced energy technologies in an attempt to diversify the energy portfolio of the United States, but the impact has been minuscule, an official with the Government Accountability Office (GAO) told a House panel last Wednesday. He cautioned that the U.S. energy mix was likely to remain unchanged without more leadership at the federal level.

The Department of Energy (DOE) has spent billions upon billions of dollars over the past 30 years on advanced energy technologies in an attempt to diversify the energy portfolio of the United States, but the impact has been minuscule, an official with the Government Accountability Office (GAO) told a House panel Wednesday. He cautioned that this is likely to continue if more leadership is not seen at the federal level.