One of the most contentious issues for Bolivians is control over natural gas.

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Morales gave companies from Brazil, Spain, France and the U.S., six months to negotiate new contracts, providing Bolivia with far greater control over natural gas production.

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Chesapeake Energy has lost control of a natural gas well in the Marcellus shale that was in the process of being fracture stimulated.

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Two years later, they founded Yantai Jereh, which grew into a major supplier of oilfield equipment and services for oil and gas drilling, natural gas liquefaction and environmental control.

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Another irony: like crude oil, a small number of countries--Russia, Iran, Qatar and Saudi Arabia--control the vast majority of the world's natural gas reserves.

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Plattsburgh Press-Republican and Glens Falls Chronicle outdoors columnist Dan Ladd said he understands the need for DEC to control information on contentious topics such as hydrofracturing for natural gas and state land deals, but not those related to hunting and fishing.

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Yesterday the state natural gas monopoly, Gazprom, signed a deal to take control over the country's largest foreign investment, the massive Sakhalin II Gas Complex in the Russian Far East.

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Just five years ago, coal was flourishing in the U.S. With electricity demand and the price of natural gas both rising, coal was viewed as essential to keeping power costs under control.

MSN: Coal producers find themselves in a hard place

Hoping to save yearly operating costs by combining utilities, the city shifted control of its water and sewer system to a not-for-profit trust that also runs the local natural gas.

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