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natural gas stories: 41 news summaries

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 Penn Hangs Again 
 With Pal Chavez 

Actor and anti-American leader tour natural gas pipeline

Oct 21, 08 11:22 AM CDT
(Newser) - Sean Penn is again in Venezuela visiting President Hugo Chavez, the New York Post reports. The two met last year, and the actor calls Chavez—who tends to be critical of the US, to put it mildly—"a fascinating guy," while the prez and equally ardent Bush-hater has... More »

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Venezuela • Sean Penn • Hugo Chávez • natural gas • Iraq war

  Utah Drivers Fill Up With Cheap Natural Gas 

State's drivers corner the market in natural gas cars

Aug 30, 08 7:43 AM CDT
(Newser) - Utah drivers are lining up to fill their cars and trucks with natural gas, at the equivalent of just 87 cents a gallon, the New York Times reports. State regulations keeping natural gas cheap have fueled a surge of interest in natural gas vehicles among drivers in the state, who... More »

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vehicle emissions • Utah • natural gas • Honda Civic • cars • greenhouse-gas emissions

Drilling Boom Sends Natural Gas Supplies Soaring

Boom raises hope for cheaper prices as reserves expand

Aug 25, 08 7:55 AM CDT
(Newser) - The US is ramping up natural gas production in a manner not seen since the post-World War II boom—scoring a nearly 9% increase through the first five months of 2008, reports the New York Times. The drilling boom comes as new technology is able to release gas long believed... More »

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global warming • fossil fuel • natural gas • oil prices • Chesapeake Energy

 As Oil Costs Bubble, Alternative Heating Gets Hot

With home heating oil prices rising, natural gas looks like a better deal

Aug 13, 08 9:35 AM CDT
(Newser) - Northeasterners expecting the price of heating oil to hit $4.35 a gallon are creating an avalanche of new business for heating and cooling contractors as they increasingly look to convert from oil heat to natural gas, reports the Wall Street Journal. A conversion to natural gas heat can cost... More »

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energy prices • natural gas • alternative fuels • heating oil • oil prices

OPINION

Pickens' 'Energy Plan' Lacking
in Actual Detail

Talk may be cheap, but oilman spending $58M to push empty rhetoric

Aug 6, 08 11:44 AM CDT
(Newser) - T. Boone Pickens has plenty of ideas about making the US less dependent on oil, and he has plenty of reasons why. But broad generalizations about using wind power to generate electricity and natural gas to power cars doesn’t offer enough “how-to-get-it-done” detail to make it an actual... More »

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Persian Gulf • natural gas • Energy crisis • T. Boone Pickens • foreign oil

 Oil, Gas Prices Continue Slide

A glimmer of hope in otherwise gloomy economy as crude prices sink

Jul 30, 08 6:59 AM CDT
(Newser) - A dip in the price of energy is providing a welcome respite from an otherwise grim economic picture. Oil, which neared $150 a barrel earlier this month, has dropped $23, or 16%, since July 3; natural gas prices are down 33%. AAA says nationwide gas prices have dropped to $3.... More »

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OPEC • gas prices • natural gas • economy • oil prices

 Natural Gas
 Fuels La.
 'Gold Rush' 

Untapped deposits create overnight millionaires

Jul 29, 08 3:33 PM CDT
(Newser) - The energy crunch is a positive in at least one area, which lies above what may be the largest natural gas supply in the Lower 48. As energy companies buy up real estate, some residents of the south-central US find themselves suddenly flush with money, and some are even becoming... More »

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energy • Texas • Louisiana • natural gas • Haynesville Shale

French Energy Giant Drops
Iran Gas Project

Bush victory as Total pulls investment in
oil field development

Jul 10, 08 11:32 AM CDT
(Newser) - French energy giant Total, the last major Western energy group that planned to invest in development of Iran's huge natural gas fields, is dropping out of the project, the Financial Times reports. The turnabout is a victory for the Bush administration's efforts to isolate Iran over its nuclear program; it's... More »

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Iran • energy • gas fields • nuclear facilities • natural gas • Total SA

Oil Tycoon
Kicks Off Energy Campaign

Pickens wants to wean us from foreign supply with wind, natural gas

Jul 8, 08 3:51 PM CDT
(Newser) - Billionaire oilman T. Boone Pickens is fed up with America’s dependence on oil and today launched a huge ad campaign to persuade the nation to kick its crude addiction, the Dallas Morning News reports. His "Pickens Plan" proposes that Americans swap gasoline for natural gas, then replace natural... More »

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oil • alternative energy • gas • solar power • oil price • energy dependence • natural gas • T. Boone Pickens • wind power • energy independence

Shutoffs Loom as Heating
Costs Spiral

With record number behind on bills, federal grants fall short

Apr 25, 08 10:02 AM CDT
(Newser) - As heating-fuel costs climb, millions of Americans are behind on electric and gas bills—and a record number will face a shutoff over the next 2 months, the New York Times reports. A federal grant program to help beleaguered consumers keep the heat on covers just 35% of a winter's... More »

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Federal aid • natural gas • heating oil • fuel costs • energy costs

WWII Mines Block Egypt's Access to Oil

4.8B barrels of crude
lie under 22M mines, shells in desert

Mar 12, 08 6:27 PM CDT
(Newser) - Millions of land mines and unexploded artillery shells left over from World War II are hampering Egypt's efforts to get at a treasure trove of oil and gas beneath the desert, der Spiegel reports. The ordnance is an unwelcome reminder of the North African conflict between Brits and Erwin Rommel’... More »

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oil • OPEC • Egypt • World War II • natural resources • land mines • natural gas • Erwin Rommel

Qatar Navigates Persian Gulf Minefield

Geography forces balancing act; gas wealth make it a player

Mar 5, 08 7:00 PM CST
(Newser) - The challenges of being Qatar, a peninsular nation bordering Saudi Arabia in the Persian Gulf, could be a hint of the diplomatic discourse to come, Bloomberg reports. The emirate cannily attends to the demands of its Saudi and Iranian neighbors, and it hosts US military forces; it also has learned... More »

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Iran • Saudi Arabia • Persian Gulf • Hezbollah • Qatar • Al Jazeera • natural gas • Sheikh Hamad bin Jasim bin Jaber al-Thani • Sheik Hamad

UPDATED

Russia, Ukraine Settle Gas Flap

Agreement reached; export flow to Europe not in danger

Mar 5, 08 2:24 PM CST
(Newser) - Ukraine and Russia announced today that their natural-gas companies had settled the dispute that had caused Russia to cut gas supply to Ukraine by 50%—and spurred worries that the flow of gas to Western Europe would be disrupted, the AP reports. "The restrictions on deliveries for Ukrainian consumers... More »

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Russia • Gazprom • Ukraine • Viktor Yushchenko • Western Europe • natural gas • Dmitry Medvedev • Boyarka • Naftogaz • gas pipelines

Alaska Against Polar Bear's Protection

State could lose $26 billion gas pipeline
if species is called threatened

Feb 23, 08 7:52 PM CST
(Newser) - Alaska is opposing calls to save its polar bear population, fearing the state would have to protect dwindling sea ice and give up a multibillion-dollar gas project, the AP reports. Calls to save the bears have been "subverted by the lawyers for the extreme environmental organizations and the liberal... More »

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environment • Alaska • global warming • Arctic • polar bear • threatened species • natural gas • Arctic oil

US Drilling Deals Spark New Fears for Polar Bears

Oils companies to explore frozen seas

Feb 7, 08 3:24 AM CST
(Newser) - The US government has announced $2.7 billion in winning bids for oil drilling rights in 2.8 million acres of Alaska's frozen Chukchi Sea, despite angry objections of lawmakers and environmentalists. The bids include a record $105 million offer from Shell for a single 9-square-mile tract. Environmental groups say... More »

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oil • Alaska • global warming • gas • polar bear • natural gas • Sierra Club • Chukchi Sea • exploration rights • walruses • bowhead wales • Interior Dept.

An Oil Giant, Alaska Faces Gas Crisis

Poor infrastructure, focus on oil exploration behind costly supply issues

Jan 24, 08 8:07 AM CST
(Newser) - Alaska—home of America's largest energy reserves—is facing a major energy crunch. The problem is a lack of infrastructure to get natural gas where it needs to be, the Christian Science Monitor reports. "It's the goofiest thing in the world, to be sitting on top of some of... More »

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energy • oil • Alaska • alternative energy • infrastructure • gas prices • natural gas • oil supply • oil drilling

Political Rift
Weakens
Ahmadinejad

Ayatollah overrules Iranian president on
gas for villagers

Jan 22, 08 5:57 AM CST
(Newser) - Iran's firebrand president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad suffered a serious political humiliation  yesterday when the nation's supreme leader sided with his opponents to force him to supply a billion dollars worth of natural gas to remote villages suffering power cuts. Iran's poorest communities are enduring one of the harshest winters in years,... More »

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Iran • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • nuclear program • natural gas • Turkmenistan • Ayatollah Ali Khamenei • power cuts • harsh winter

Russia's Gas Giant Faces
Big Squeeze

Powerful Gazprom
has too little oil
to meet demands

Dec 24, 07 9:00 PM CST
(Newser) - Russia faces a threat to its international trump card as Gazprom—its powerful natural gas company—struggles to meet massive worldwide demand, Newsweek reports. The company gets much of its oil dirt cheap from former Soviet republics in Central Asia, then resells it a handsome profit to Europe. Now... More »

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China • Russia • Vladimir Putin • Gazprom • Kazakhstan • natural gas • Central Asia

Exxon Plans $1B Floating Refinery

Platform 4 miles off New Jersey would supply natural gas for 5M

Dec 12, 07 8:51 AM CST
(Newser) - In an effort to bypass project-stalling terrestrial opposition, Exxon yesterday said it plans a $1 billion floating liquid natural-gas refinery 20 miles off New Jersey's coast, Market Watch reports. The project, which could open by 2015, would supply enough natural gas for 5 million residential customers in New York and... More »

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energy • environment • New Jersey • ExxonMobil • natural gas • LNG • BlueOcean Energy

Bundle Up — Heating Costs Rising This Winter

Rising crude futures could signal cold winter for heating-oil users

Oct 20, 07 1:05 PM CDT
(Newser) - Skyrocketing crude prices are sending shivers through American homeowners, who enter winter facing the highest heating oil prices in history. The average oil-heated household will spend $1,785 to keep warm this winter, the Washington Post reports, up 22% from last year. Natural gas users will see a 10% percent... More »

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Congress • crude oil • natural gas • heating oil

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