Chris McGill Natural Gas Market Indicators

Posted on November 30, 2011 by Chris McGill and Richard Meyer | 1 Comment


The current market summary for natural gas is fairly straight forward and reflects the events of the past year. Domestic production is growing and even though U.S. consumption of natural gas is up slightly (about 2.5 percent) due primarily to gas to power generation and seasonal heating loads in early 2011, prices are down.

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Arushi Sharma Federal Agencies Gear Up For “Retrospective Review”: A Long-Term Regulations Overhaul

Posted on November 29, 2011 by Arushi Sharma | Leave a comment


Thanks to the “take care” clause in our Constitution, our Presidents have exercised varying degrees of authority to enforce laws and implement executive branch policies through Executive Orders.  While many an order has incited political and legal controversy for taking over Congress’s role, some orders stick to their original purposes (also heavily debated)— to give direction to agencies overseen by the Administration and generally manage the federal government’s operations.

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Dan Gibson A natural gas app for your phone from CNGnow

Posted on November 23, 2011 by Dan Gibson | Leave a comment


If you decide to build your own compressed natural gas fueled roadster, you’re probably going to want to download this CNGnow app for your iPhone or Droid. The app is designed to help you find the nearest refueling station.

They started out with data from the Department of Energy and actually contacted stations to confirm the data and add prices. They didn’t stop there though. They’ve built community functionality that lets you rate stations, comment on them, update their prices and add photos. You’ll need to create a CNGnow profile and connect it to your app to send your updates to the community.

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Dan Gibson Magnolia Roadster Completes its Cross-Country Drive

Posted on November 22, 2011 by Dan Gibson | 1 Comment


The New York Times has a great story on the Magnolia Roadster that runs on natural gas. We originally did a story on them over the summer before they started their cross-country trip.

This beautiful car was built from the ground up by J.T. Nesbitt in his shop, Bienville Studios, in New Orleans. You can see the care that was taken in the design and construction of the vehicle in its many custom features.

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