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ATS, a subsidiary of Australia's Woodside Petroleum, said Monday it is 'disappointed' that the board of Energy Partners Ltd. (EPL) recommended that its stockholders reject ATS' US$883 million ($23/share) cash [...]

EU Lands on Norwegian Producers Over Gas Sales Policy In action that may be taken against all companies producing Norwegian natural gas, the European Commission in Brussels has warned Norway's [...]

With one exception, every major oil company is taking a pass on the developing retail natural gas market. Several have joined with gas marketing and trading companies -- firms that [...]

AUSTIN --Southern Union Gas Co., and the state of Texas are attempting to expand voluntary use of natural gas as motor fuel to private vehicles in Austin as the first [...]

Alberta and Southern Gas Company Ltd (A&S), a subsidiary of Pacific Gas and Electric Co of San Francisco, CA, plans to give Canadian gas producers the option of selling gas directly to California customers or dealing through A&S. However, Canadian natural gas producers have not indicated whether they will support the proposal. New regulations from the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) have placed limits on the permissible length of long-term contracts. The producers have requested compensation for the loss of these contracts, which paid higher returns than spot sales, but the CPUC has not agreed., OTTAWA -- Canadian natural gas producers are not yet convinced they will support an Alberta & Southern Gas Co. Ltd. (A&S) proposal to end the company's 31-year monopoly on selling [...]

Agreements between natural gas utilities and service station retailers will be important if natural gas is to be successfully promoted for the transportation market. Gas companies such as Pacific Gas and Electric Co and Minnegasco have already tried to establish such relationships. Some retailers also believe that selling compressed natural gas will help hedge against the loss of gasoline revenues should alternative-fuel vehicles become successful., A growing number of natural gas utilities is beginning to grapple with the unfamiliar task of marketing natural gas in the vehicle transportation market. Targeted first at fleets with central [...]

Utility Opens CNG Refueling Stations for Vehicles in California SAN FRANCISCO - Pacific Gas & Electric Co., which opened this year the first compressed natural gas (CNG) refueling station in [...]

Rising Oil Prices Prompt Conversion To Natural Gas Heating, Utilities Say NEW YORK - As oil prices have risen in tandem with tension in the Middle East, Americans thinking about [...]

Natural Gas Customers Use Surplus, Competition to Reap Significant Gains HOUSTON -- Utilities and industrial users of natural gas are taking advantage of the gas surplus, competition from other fuels [...]