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U.S. Ethane presents a “wall of worry” to gas producers and processors (which fear margin collapse), pipelines (which fret over volumes) and consumers (which fear scarcity and high prices), an industry analyst said in Houston Monday. There is always something to worry about, but there’s always something on which to disagree, too.

U.S. Ethane presents a “wall of worry” to gas producers and processors (which fear margin collapse), pipelines (which fret over volumes) and consumers (which fear scarcity and high prices), an industry analyst said in Houston Monday. There is always something to worry about, but there’s always something on which to disagree, too.

Nabors Industries Ltd., North America’s largest onshore drilling contractor, expects operating results in the second quarter to fall below Wall Street expectations, primarily because of a slump in pressure pumping services and higher operations costs. To improve efficiencies, the company plans to consolidate its U.S. well servicing and pressure pumping operations.

As the Dodd Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act rules continue to come into focus, trading exchanges are modifying the way they do business in order to better comply with current and anticipated rules and regulations. The latest move came from CME Group, which last week announced the launch of CME Direct, a new technology offering side-by-side trading of exchange-listed and over-the-counter (OTC) markets.

As the Dodd Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act rules continue to come into focus, trading exchanges are modifying the way they do business in order to better comply with current and anticipated rules and regulations. The latest move came from CME Group, which this week announced the launch of CME Direct, a new technology offering side-by-side trading of exchange-listed and over-the-counter (OTC) markets.

In confirming that Wall Street is embracing natural gas in the transportation fueling sector, an investment banker and major energy and automotive stakeholders agreed that for the most part natural gas vehicles (NGV) aren’t a “science project” anymore, the bulk of their research and development work has been completed, the experts said as part of a wide-ranging panel discussion Thursday at the ACT Expo 2012 conference in Long Beach, CA.

Natural gas bulls already have seen the writing on the wall for exploration and production (E&P) companies’ earnings reports for 1Q2012. Minus those with gas hedging programs or an already solid turn to liquids and oil basins, it’s not going to be a pretty picture.

From blogs to Wall Street there was louder talk in recent weeks about natural gas in transportation, prompting signs that there is more market pull and a tipping point of sorts may be reached after several decades of ups and downs for the natural gas vehicle (NGV) sector.

The House Financial Services Committee Wednesday voted out three bills that clarify and polish up parts of Title VII of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform Act, but make no substantive changes.