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<font size="-1"><i>By Joe Harper, Nov. 19, 2001 (New World Publishing via COMTEX) --</i>

Natural gas import deals signed with Norway and Denmark this year were in doubt last week following an announcement by Germany's Ruhrgas that the government would approve its pipeline project, analysts said. 

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<font size="-1"><i>Nov 19, 2001 (Octane Week/PBI Media via COMTEX) -- </i> 

The Senate came one step closer to putting energy on the agenda when Sen. Larry Craig (R-Idaho) filed a scaled- down version of the House-passed energy bill, H.R. 4, as an amendment to the economic stimulus package being debated in Congress. 

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<font size="-1"><i>AMSTERDAM, Nov 19, 2001 (AFX-Europe via COMTEX) -- </i> 

DSM NV said it will sell its stake in Energie Beheer Nederland to the Dutch government for 1.243 bln eur. 

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<font size="-1"><i>Nov 19, 2001 - FT World Media Abstracts via Comtex</i> 

Germany-based bank WestLB is negotiating with US-based energy concern Enron for a possible acquisition of Wessex Water. 

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<font size="-1"><i>CALGARY, Alberta, Nov 19 (Reuters)</i> 

Canadian spot natural gas prices jumped across the board on Monday, especially in Alberta, where prices nearly doubled from depressed weekend levels on the strength of higher export demand, traders said. 

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<font size="-1"><i>SAN FRANCISCO, Nov 19 (Reuters)</i> 

U.S. spot natural gas prices surged Monday on cold-weather forecasts dealers said were likely to trigger widespread heating demand in the Midwest and Northeast consuming regions. 

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<font size="-1"><i>Nov 19, 2001 (Gas Processors Report/PBI Media via COMTEX) -- </i> 

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<font size="-1"><i>DARWIN, Nov 19, 2001 (AsiaPulse via COMTEX) -- </i> 

Phillips Petroleum today denied a report that it had backed Royal Dutch-Shell's $A4 billion ($US2.08 billion) plan to build the world's first floating liquified natural gas (LNG) plant in the Timor Sea. 

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<font size="-1"><i>By Liz Ruskin, Anchorage Daily News, Alaska, Nov. 16</i> 

A $4 billion financial cloud hanging over the proposed Alaska Highway gas pipeline cleared a little Thursday, when nine energy companies announced they have agreed to come together to settle the problem and pitch a business plan to North Slope natural gas owners. 

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<font size="-1"><i>Brazil, Nov 19, 2001 (BNamericas.com via COMTEX) -- </i> 

Brazil's environment agency Ibama has fined Brazil's federal oil company Petrobras US$4mn (10mn reais) for installing a 4km undersea pipeline to extract natural gas from the Marlim Sul field without the relevant environmental licensing, according to daily newspaper Valor Economico. 

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<font size="-1"><i>Nov 19 - Journal of Alaska Business and Commerce</i> 

A citizen committee asked by Gov. Tony Knowles to evaluate possible state investment in a natural gas pipeline has reached a tentative conclusion to advise against the idea, unless there is some compelling and overriding public interest. 

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Ukraine has passed legislative acts that confirm its pledge not to siphon natural gas from transit pipelines crossing its territory. 

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<font size="-1"><i>Argentina, Nov 19, 2001 (BNamericas.com via COMTEX) -- </i> 

Argentine judge Jorge Pfleger has ordered gas distributor Camuzzi Gas del Sur to not apply increased gas rates for users in Patagonia until negotiations with the government over subsidy payments are concluded, La Nacion reported. 

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<font size="-1"><i>By Herb Jackson, The Record, Hackensack, N.J., Nov. 19</i> 

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<font size="-1"><i>Nov 18 - Associated Press</i> 

In Canada's Northwest Territories, where the Mackenzie River empties into the Beaufort Sea, scientists are studying a vast deposit of frozen methane as a potential energy source. 

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<font size="-1"><i>By Jeff Manning, The Oregonian, Portland, Ore., Nov. 16</i> 

Enron, the once-mighty energy giant, took millions of dollars of its employees' retirement savings down with it as it collapsed with shocking swiftness during the past month. 

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<font size="-1"><i>By Christopher Noble, BOSTON, Nov 19 (Reuters)</i> 

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<font size="-1"><i>Nov 19, 2001 (Petroleum Finance Week/PBI Media via COMTEX) -- </i> 

B.C. Gas Inc. filed a base shelf prospectus with Canadian regulatory authorities to issue up to C$1 billion of debt or subordinated debt over two years. 

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