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To: Archie Meeties who wrote (90305)	1/9/2008 5:35:40 PM
From: Crimson Ghost	Respond to of 110194

Good points A!

To: Archie Meeties who wrote (90305)	1/9/2008 5:38:45 PM
From: microhoogle!	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 110194

Add Fertilizers, Oil Sand industries to the list as well

To: Archie Meeties who wrote (90305)	1/10/2008 9:28:41 AM
From: Crimson Ghost	Respond to of 110194

Platts: High fuel oil prices lead more US generators to burn gas: Bentek High fuel oil prices lead more US generators to burn gas: Bentek Washington (Platts)--9Jan2008 Sharply higher fuel oil prices pushed up daily natural gas deliveries to US power plants capable of burning either fuel by an average of 31%--or 500,000 Mcf/d--in 2007 compared with 2006, analyst Bentek Energy said in a report Wednesday. Bentek added that 2007 gas consumption by dual-fuel power plants was 52% above 2005 levels. Natural gas prices have been at a discount to fuel oil for much of 2007," Bentek senior analyst Jack Weixel said in a statement. "This leaves natural gas as the low-cost fuel alternative when compared to increasing petroleum prices." In its report, Golden, Colorado-based Bentek estimated total natural gas burn at US power plants was up 2.1 Bcf/d in 2007, 13% above 2006. The 500,000 Mcf/d attributed to dual-fuel power plants accounted for nearly 25% of the overall increase, the company added. Bentek analyzed more than 460 US gas-fired power plants, of which 112 are capable of burning both gas and fuel oil. The dual-fuel facilities have a baseload capacity of about 94,000 MW, or 8% of total US generation. Weixel said that while he does not know how much more gas deliveries to dual-fuel power plants will rise in 2008, he does expect to see more use of gas as long as "fuel oil continues to rise on the back of crude oil prices."