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< EMERA TO BUY 8.4 PCT STAKE IN SABLE GAS PROJECT
< TORONTO, June 6 (Reuters) - - Canadian energy company Emera Inc.
< said on Wednesday it will spend C$50 million ($33 million) to buy
< an 8.4 percent stake in the Sable Offshore Energy natural gas
< project in Nova Scotia, a smaller investment than one announced
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< KERR-MCGEE GETS ANTITRUST APPROVAL FOR HS BUY
< OKLAHOMA CITY, June 6 (Reuters) - - Oil and gas company Kerr-McGee
< Corp. said on Wednesday it had won U.S. antitrust clearance for
< its $1.3 billion acquisition of natural gas producer HS Resources Inc..
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< NATURAL GAS CASH PRICES FALTER ON LOW DEMAND, FALLING FUTURES
< June 7 (Btu's Daily Gas Wire) - The natural gas cash market lost
< its footing today, losing as much as $2.00 in California where
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< PANCANADIAN SAYS 'SIGNIFICANT' NORTH SEA OIL DISCOVERY
< CALGARY, Alberta, June 6 (Reuters) - - PanCanadian Petroleum Ltd.
< said on Wednesday its crews had made a "significant oil discovery"
< in the central North Sea and it planned further appraisal drilling
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< TENGASCO COMPLETES 36TH AND 37TH OIL AND NATURAL GAS WELLS IN SWAN CREEK
< KNOXVILLE, Tenn., June 7 /PRNewswire/ - Tengasco announced today
< that it has completed its 36th and 37th successful wells in the
< Swan Creek natural gas and oil field located in the Eastern
< Overthrust Belt of the Appalachian Basin in Hancock County, Tennessee.
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< CONGRESS LIKELY TO KEEP LIMITS ON DRILLING
< By Mike Soraghan, The Denver Post -- June 6 - Congress probably
< won't lift restrictions on public lands to increase oil and gas
< production, said Frank Murkowski, outgoing chairman of the
< chairman of the Senate Energy committee.
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< NO OFFSHORE DRILLING FOR NOW, US SAYS
< Jun 07, 2001 - FT World Media Abstracts via Comtex - Interior
< Secretary Gale Norton confirmed in a Senate hearing yesterday that
< the Bush administration would respect present moratoria on
< off-shore oil drilling, but would continue to consider a possible
< lifting of restrictions.
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< CENTURION ENERGY - EL WASTANI EAST - 1 WELL IN EGYPT DRILLING UPDATE
< CALGARY, June 7 /PRNewswire/ - Centurion Energy International Inc.
< is pleased to provide an update regarding drilling operations on
< the El Wastani East - 1 well in Egypt.
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< ANALYSIS-LNG GETS NEW LOOK AS WAY TO EASE US ENERGY WOES
< NEW YORK, June 6 (Reuters) - - With blackouts in California a
< stark example of what is at stake if the United States runs short
< of natural gas, liquefied natural gas, or LNG, is getting a new
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< CANADA NATIVES DELAY HISTORIC PIPELINE OWNERSHIP DEAL
< CALGARY, Alberta, June 6 (Reuters) - - Native leaders in Canada's
< far north and major oil firms failed on Wednesday to reach a deal
< on giving aboriginal people a stake in a huge natural gas pipeline
< proposed for the vast region when one native group said it needed
< more time to study the terms.
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< KINDER MORGAN AND CALPINE REPORT SUCCESSFUL OPEN SEASONS FOR SONORAN
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< HOUSTON, June 7 /PRNewswire/ - Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, L.P.
< and national independent power company Calpine Corporation today
< announced that they received significant interest in the proposed
< Sonoran Pipeline project during the open seasons that closed on
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< NORTHERN INDIANA PUBLIC SERVICE CO. DROPS SOME NATURAL-GAS RATES
< By Anita Munson, South Bend Tribune, Ind. -- June 6 - Customers of
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< POWER PROJECTS
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< DYNEGY TO BUILD POWER PLANT IN MICHIGAN; RENAISSANCE POWER PROJECT
< WILL GENERATE POWER TO MEET PEAK DEMAND IN 2002
< June 7 (News Release) - Dynegy Inc. today announced plans to
< construct a 680-megawatt (MW) natural gas-fired peaking facility
< in Carson City, Mich.
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< BP DRILLS DOWN ON SCIENT EXPERTISE IN BRANDING AND DIGITAL BUSINESS
< NEW YORK, June 6 /PRNewswire/ - Scient, today announced its role
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< STRIKING WORKERS REACH AGREEMENT WITH CHICAGO UTILITY
< By Ted Gregory, Chicago Tribune -- June 6 - Leaders of an
< estimated 1,050 workers on strike against Peoples Gas Co. since
< May 19 reached agreement with the company Tuesday and are
< recommending the union's membership approve the deal.
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< HARKEN ENERGY SEEKS TO REFOCUS ON U.S. NATURAL GAS
< HOUSTON, June 6 (Reuters) - - Harken Energy Corp. said Wednesday
< its directors approved a restructuring effort to focus on its U.S.
< assets, particularly its natural gas prospects.
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< THE FUTURE IS BRIGHT, DTE ENERGY'S EARLEY TELLS ANALYSTS
< TROY, Mich., June 7 /PRNewswire/ - With the merger with MCN Energy
< Group and a firm footing in a host of energy products and
< services, DTE Energy is strategically and financially poised to
< increase earnings growth to 8 percent annually, Anthony F. Earley
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< today at the company's Diversified Growth Conference.
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< ENRON SUBSIDIARY SETS OUT TO CAPTURE PART OF RETAIL NATURAL GAS MARKET
< By Rick Jurgens, Contra Costa Times, Walnut Creek, Calif. -- June
< 6 - An affiliate of Enron Corp., the politically potent and wildly
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< SHELL IN TENDER FOR CHINESE BILLION DOLLAR PROJECT
< Jun 07, 2001 - FT World Media Abstracts via Comtex - Shell, the
< Anglo-Dutch oil company, ExxonMobil and BP Amoco have been
< shortlisted to assist in the construction of a gas transport
< pipeline from Xinjiang to Shanghai.
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< LUNDIN OIL IS FOR SALE
< Jun 07, 2001 - FT World Media Abstracts via Comtex - Lundin Oil,
< the Swedish oil company, is planning a hive off of parts of its
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< GAS NATURAL JOINS FORCES WITH ENEL
< Jun 07, 2001 - FT World Media Abstracts via Comtex - Gas Natural,
< the Spanish gas group, has signed a LPG trading accord with
< Italy's largest electricity company Enel.
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< STATOIL WILL CONTINUE TO SELL THE GOVERNMENT'S OIL AND GAS
< Jun 07, 2001 - FT World Media Abstracts via Comtex - Statoil, the
< Norwegian state-owned oil group, will continue to receive several
< million Norwegian kroner from selling oil and gas for the
< Norwegian government.
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< STAVANGER INHABITANTS ARE MODERATELY INTERESTED IN STATOIL SHARES
< Jun 07, 2001 - FT World Media Abstracts via Comtex - Erling
< Overland, chief executive of Statoil, the Norwegian state-owned
< oil group, hosted the group's first meeting with potential private
< investors yesterday.
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