Message-ID: <2578733.1075845277159.JavaMail.evans@thyme> Date: Thu, 7 Jun 2001 05:34:31 -0700 (PDT) From: jbelcher@chemweek.com To: blalock.steve@enron.com, kelly.spencer@enron.com, snow.nick@enron.com, aucoin.mary@enron.com, lang.karl@enron.com, joe.parks@enron.com, gill.doug@enron.com, sweet.david@enron.com, schaffer.shannon@enron.com Subject: Fw: Daily Gas News - 6/7/01 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-From: "Jack Belcher - Exchange" @ENRON X-To: steve blalock , Spencer Kelly , Nick Snow , Mary Aucoin , Karl Lang , Parks, Joe , Doug Gill , David Sweet , Shannon Schaffer X-cc: X-bcc: X-Folder: \Parks, Joe\Parks, Joe\Deleted Items X-Origin: PARKS-J X-FileName: Parks, Joe.pst ----- Original Message ----- From: To: Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2001 8:23 PM Subject: Daily Gas News - 6/7/01 > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > ENERGY CENTRAL GAS NEWS FOR 6/7/01 - 22 NEW ITEMS > ______________________________________________________________________ > > ** TO CHANGE TO THE HTML-ENHANCED VERSION OF THIS SERVICE - > ** go to http://www.energycentral.com/sections/services > > For more news visit us at http://www.energycentral.com/sections/gasnews. > See the end of this message for information on submitting press releases, > subscribing/unsubscribing, advertising and other Energy Central products. > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > ENERGY CENTRAL NEWS SPONSOR > ______________________________________________________________________ > > Free 2-week trial to Restructuring Today is available to Energy > Central users. 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> > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > FUEL > ______________________________________________________________________ > > JULY FUTURES DROPS TO 1-WEEK LOW ON SIZEABLE STORAGE BUILD > June 6 (Btu's Daily Gas Wire) - July natural gas futures settled > down 9.1 cents at $3.801 after the American Gas Association > detailed a 117 billion cubic feet increase to storage during the > week ended Friday (6/1), a figure at the top end of most estimates. > --> NEWS SUBSCRIBERS can access this article for free! > [ ] 55-40: You can request a free 4 week free trial to BTU's Daily > Gas Market Report. > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > ENVIRONMENTAL > ______________________________________________________________________ > > SHELL CONTRIBUTES $1 MILLION TO HELP PRESERVE LAGUNA MADRE > HOUSTON, June 6 /PRNewswire/ - The Shell Oil Company Foundation > today announced a $1 million commitment to The Nature Conservancy > to help save the Laguna Madre ecosystem on the Gulf of Mexico. > Provided over a four-year period, this contribution will be used > to purchase land and fund conservation activities. > --> NEWS SUBSCRIBERS can access this article for free! 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