U.S. Daily Market Briefs - 7/8/2008




Coal
 
Washington (Platts) -- 7Jul2008 -- Platts weekly broker emissions indexes, along with its monthly broker emissions indexes and the daily OTC coal broker indexes are posted here so all market participants can evaluate our results. Our "Methodology... (Source: Platts - http://www.platts.com)

 
Washington (Platts) -- 2Jul2008 -- Platts weekly broker emissions indexes, along with its monthly broker emissions indexes and the daily OTC coal broker indexes are posted here so all market participants can evaluate our results. Our "Methodology... (Source: Platts - http://www.platts.com)

 
Washington (Platts) -- 1Jul2008 -- Platts weekly broker emissions indexes, along with its monthly broker emissions indexes and the daily OTC coal broker indexes are posted here so all market participants can evaluate our results. Our "Methodology... (Source: Platts - http://www.platts.com)

 
Washington (Platts) -- 27Jun2008 -- Platts weekly broker emissions indexes, along with its monthly broker emissions indexes and the daily OTC coal broker indexes are posted here so all market participants can evaluate our results. Our "Methodology... (Source: Platts - http://www.platts.com)

 
Washington (Platts) -- 30Jun2008 -- Platts weekly broker emissions indexes, along with its monthly broker emissions indexes and the daily OTC coal broker indexes are posted here so all market participants can evaluate our results. Our "Methodology... (Source: Platts - http://www.platts.com)

Crude
 
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Singapore (Platts) -- 24Jun2008 -- China National Offshore Oil Corp. has signed a Sales and Purchase Agreement to buy 2 million mt/year of LNG over 25 years from Qatargas, Qatari newspaper The Peninsula reported Tuesday. The deal was... (Source: Platts - http://www.platts.com)

 
London (Platts) -- 17Jun2008 -- Crude futures markets were weaker Tuesday extending the large downward movement which began in late trading Monday. At 1009 GMT, the August ICE Brent contract traded at $132.59/barrel, down $2.12... (Source: Platts - http://www.platts.com)

 
Oil prices eased a day after hitting a trading record of nearly $140 a barrel as investors weighed increased production from Saudi Arabia against the ability to supply developing countries. (Source: Yahoo - www.yahoo.com)

 
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Electricity
 
The Maryland Public Service Commission vowed Monday to pursue a complaint with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission that could save Marylanders $2 billion on electricity costs over the next three years. (Source: BizJournals - http://www.bizjournals.com)

Emissions
 
Washington (Platts) -- 3Jul2008 -- The holiday-shortened week saw little excitement in the sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide markets. The spot price at the end of the week for seasonal 2008 NOx remained flat at $855/short ton, while the... (Source: Platts - http://www.platts.com)

 
Washington (Platts) -- 3Jul2008 -- Platts weekly broker emissions indexes, along with its monthly broker emissions indexes and the daily OTC coal broker indexes are posted here so all market participants can evaluate our results. Our "Methodology... (Source: Platts - http://www.platts.com)

 
A new draft plan from the California Air Resources Board points the way towards cutting the state's greenhouse gas emissions by 30% by 2020. The plan includes the expanded use of renewable energy and energy efficiency, plus a variety of other measures. (Source: USA.gov - http://www.usa.gov)

 
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - California on Thursday took a major step forward on its global warming fight by unveiling an ambitious plan for clean cars, renewable energy and stringent caps on big polluting industries. (Source: Reuters - http://www.reuters.com)

 
California will introduce a plan to cut greenhouse gas emissions to 1990 levels in 12 years, mostly by capping emissions from utilities and other businesses. (Source: The New York Times - http://www.nytimes.com)

Natural Gas
 
(Source: NYMEX - http://nymex.mediaroom.com)

 
London (Platts) -- 3Jul2008 -- French energy group EDF is to wait until the end of 2009 to decide whether or not to build a 9-10 billion cu m/year LNG terminal at Dunkirk, northern France, with the scheduled start date 2013, a year... (Source: Platts - http://www.platts.com)

 
LONDON, Ky.----Kentucky USA Energy, Inc. , an early stage natural gas exploration and production company, announced today that the Company has received the first 2 permits of the 5 permit applications submitted to drill on the previously identified initial well sites in its New Albany Shale leasehold in western Kentucky. (Source: Yahoo - www.yahoo.com)

 
GE Energy has made a deal to help the nation of Qatar in its quest to become the world's top supplier of liquefied natural gas (LNG). (Source: BizJournals - http://www.bizjournals.com)

 
Washington (Platts) -- 19Jun2008 -- Voracious demand in South Korea and Spain will keep liquefied natural gas deliveries in the US low, which will be bullish to US gas prices, analysts at US investment bank Goldman Sachs said. Analysts... (Source: Platts - http://www.platts.com)