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Although it represents a delay of about a month, the Northeast Gateway LNG is expected to receive its first cargo in May.  This Massachusetts offshore terminal will be the fourth new LNG terminal to start operations since April 1st of this year.  The four new terminals combined will almost...

A joint Canadian and Japanese research team have, for the first time, successfully produced a constant stream of natural gas from a gas hydrate well.  Using modified conventional technologies, the team was able to achieve steady flow without heating the surrounding ice.

Sustained high natural gas prices have spurred significant new exploration in North America, and these efforts are beginning to pay off.  Shale gas plays in the northeast, Texas and Louisiana, Quebec, and the upper midwest are expected to add 10 percent to U.S./Canadian gas reserves and 6...

The United States Geological Survey (USGS) has released its much anticipated report on the Bakken Formation, a potentially oil-rich area centered in western North Dakota, but extending into eastern Montana, and central Canada (Man., Sask.).  The report found 25 times the recoverable...

Australia, at least, is moving forward with a plan to sequester carbon dioxide in a depleted natural gas field.  A new plant in Victoria has opened that promises to store 100,000 tons, a significant increase in scale over previous efforts in Canada, Norway, and Algeria.  The plant...