http://www.theenergydaily.com Energy Portal en-us 2008 Wed, 19 Nov 2008 18:39:23 EST In yet another big-dollar energy trading scam, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission and federal and local prosecutors Tuesday laid out an elaborate scheme to defraud the Bank of Montreal by a former natural gas trader for the bank and executives at... http://www.theenergydaily.com/natural_gas/1714.html Wed, 19 Nov 2008 0:00:00 EST In a setback to one aspect of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s enforcement case against Energy Transfer Partners LP over alleged violation of natural gas market rules, a FERC administrative law judge last week ruled that the commission had not... http://www.theenergydaily.com/natural_gas/1703.html Tue, 18 Nov 2008 0:00:00 EST The Interior Department’s Minerals Management Service announced Wednesday plans to initiate oil and gas leasing 50 miles off the Virginia coast near the Chesapeake Bay, saying the agency will publish in the Federal Register today a notice of intent to... http://www.theenergydaily.com/natural_gas/1686.html Thu, 13 Nov 2008 0:00:00 EST Columbia Gas Transmission Corp. and Columbia Gulf Transmission Co. have agreed to pay a $1 million civil penalty and disgorge $9 million in profits to resolve allegations brought by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission that the pipelines violated FERC... http://www.theenergydaily.com/natural_gas/1677.html Wed, 12 Nov 2008 0:00:00 EST Missouri voters this week approved a ballot initiative to create the state’s first renewable portfolio standard, but Californians killed high-profile proposals to boost use of renewable energy and natural gas-fueled vehicles and Colorado residents... http://www.theenergydaily.com/natural_gas/1666.html Fri, 7 Nov 2008 0:00:00 EST In a project that is expected to increase the flow of natural gas from the blockbuster Bakken Shale Formation in North Dakota and Montana, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has approved a proposal by Alliance Pipeline LP to waive gas quality... http://www.theenergydaily.com/natural_gas/1636.html Mon, 3 Nov 2008 0:00:00 EST The U.S. liquefied natural gas industry faces challenges in the near term due to growing supplies of cheaper domestically produced gas, but LNG imports will become more competitive in the future as overseas production increases and brings down global prices... http://www.theenergydaily.com/natural_gas/1619.html Wed, 29 Oct 2008 0:00:00 EDT The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, continuing its sharp-edged enforcement of rules on re-allocation of natural gas pipeline capacity, has imposed hefty penalties on Enbridge Marketing LP and Integrys Energy Services Inc. for failing to follow ownership... http://www.theenergydaily.com/natural_gas/1610.html Tue, 28 Oct 2008 0:00:00 EDT In a warning shot to natural gas pipeline companies, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Wednesday reprimanded Southern Star Central Gas Pipeline Inc. for failing to file numerous contracts containing material deviations from its pro forma tariff. In... http://www.theenergydaily.com/natural_gas/1593.html Thu, 23 Oct 2008 0:00:00 EDT Suez Energy North America, an affiliate of GDF Suez, the state-controlled French energy giant, last week announced major progress on a liquefied natural gas facility to be built offshore Massachusetts, saying it completed a sub-sea pipeline that will link the... http://www.theenergydaily.com/natural_gas/1595.html Thu, 23 Oct 2008 0:00:00 EDT