Monday, March 30, 2009

Privacy Policy

We recognize that privacy of your personal information is important. Here is information on what types of personal information we receive and collect when you use and visit and how we safeguard your information. We never sell your personal information to third parties.

Log Files
As with most other websites, we collect and use the data contained in log files. The information in the log files include your IP (internet protocol) address, your ISP (internet service provider, such as AOL or Shaw Cable), the browser you used to visit our site (such as Internet Explorer or Firefox), the time you visited our site and which pages you visited throughout our site.

Cookies and Web Beacons
We do use cookies to store information, such as your personal preferences when you visit our site. This could include only showing you a popup once in your visit, or the ability to login to some of our features, such as forums.

We also use third party advertisements to support our site. Some of these advertisers may use technology such as cookies and web beacons when they advertise on our site, which will also send these advertisers (such as Google through the Google AdSense program) information including your IP address, your ISP , the browser you used to visit our site, and in some cases, whether you have Flash installed. This is generally used for geotargeting purposes (showing New York real estate ads to someone in New York, for example) or showing certain ads based on specific sites visited (such as showing cooking ads to someone who frequents cooking sites).

DoubleClick DART cookies
We also may use DART cookies for ad serving through Google’s DoubleClick, which places a cookie on your computer when you are browsing the web and visit a site using DoubleClick advertising (including some Google AdSense advertisements). This cookie is used to serve ads specific to you and your interests (”interest based targeting”). The ads served will be targeted based on your previous browsing history (For example, if you have been viewing sites about visiting Las Vegas, you may see Las Vegas hotel advertisements when viewing a non-related site, such as on a site about hockey). DART uses “non personally identifiable information”. It does NOT track personal information about you, such as your name, email address, physical address, telephone number, social security numbers, bank account numbers or credit card numbers. You can opt-out of this ad serving on all sites using this advertising by visiting http://www.doubleclick.com/privacy/dart_adserving.aspx

You can choose to disable or selectively turn off our cookies or third-party cookies in your browser settings, or by managing preferences in programs such as Norton Internet Security. However, this can affect how you are able to interact with our site as well as other websites. This could include the inability to login to services or programs, such as logging into forums or accounts.

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Thursday, March 26, 2009

Natural Gas Inventory Report 3-26-09

Working gas in storage was 1,654 Bcf as of Friday, March 20, 2009, according to EIA estimates. This represents a net increase of 3 Bcf from the previous week. Stocks were 372 Bcf higher than last year at this time and 280 Bcf above the 5-year average of 1,374 Bcf. In the East Region, stocks were 6 Bcf above the 5-year average following net withdrawals of 13 Bcf. Stocks in the Producing Region were 195 Bcf above the 5-year average of 514 Bcf after a net injection of 11 Bcf. Stocks in the West Region were 79 Bcf above the 5-year average after a net addition of 5 Bcf. At 1,654 Bcf, total working gas is within the 5-year historical range.

Natural Gas Investing Chart

Thursday, March 19, 2009

Natural Gas Inventory Report 3-19-09

Working gas in storage was 1,651 Bcf as of Friday, March 13, 2009, according to EIA estimates. This represents a net decline of 30 Bcf from the previous week. Stocks were 326 Bcf higher than last year at this time and 228 Bcf above the 5-year average of 1,423 Bcf. In the East Region, stocks were 27 Bcf below the 5-year average following net withdrawals of 26 Bcf. Stocks in the Producing Region were 183 Bcf above the 5-year average of 515 Bcf after a net injection of 8 Bcf. Stocks in the West Region were 72 Bcf above the 5-year average after a net drawdown of 12 Bcf. At 1,651 Bcf, total working gas is within the 5-year historical range.

3 Year Natural Gas Chart

Thursday, March 12, 2009

Natural Gas Inventory Report 3-12-09

Working gas in storage was 1,681 Bcf as of Friday, March 6, 2009, according to EIA estimates. This represents a net decline of 112 Bcf from the previous week. Stocks were 271 Bcf higher than last year at this time and 197 Bcf above the 5-year average of 1,484 Bcf. In the East Region, stocks were 55 Bcf below the 5-year average following net withdrawals of 90 Bcf. Stocks in the Producing Region were 168 Bcf above the 5-year average of 522 Bcf after a net withdrawal of 18 Bcf. Stocks in the West Region were 83 Bcf above the 5-year average after a net drawdown of 4 Bcf. At 1,681 Bcf, total working gas is within the 5-year historical range.

Natural Gas Chart

Thursday, March 05, 2009

Natural Gas Inventory Report 3-05-09

Working gas in storage was 1,793 Bcf as of Friday, February 27, 2009, according to EIA estimates. This represents a net decline of 102 Bcf from the previous week. Stocks were 270 Bcf higher than last year at this time and 218 Bcf above the 5-year average of 1,575 Bcf. In the East Region, stocks were 32 Bcf below the 5-year average following net withdrawals of 83 Bcf. Stocks in the Producing Region were 172 Bcf above the 5-year average of 536 Bcf after a net withdrawal of 15 Bcf. Stocks in the West Region were 77 Bcf above the 5-year average after a net drawdown of 4 Bcf. At 1,793 Bcf, total working gas is within the 5-year historical range.