Energywatch Scotland, the independent watchdog for gas and electricity consumers, said the expected rise was "wholly unjustified" given stable wholesale gas prices.
There will be no industrial comeback for Michigan, Ohio and Pennsylvania without stable oil and gas prices.
It needs a stable Somaliland to pipe gas from a newly found field in the east to the coast.
Texas, he notes, has a fiscally stable government buttressed by oil and gas revenues and spending from Uncle Sam.
Even though prices for fossil fuels such as oil, gas and coal are stable or even falling, interest in the alternatives is high and rising.
Maersk also benefits from a relatively strong balance sheet and its makeup as a conglomerate with a large oil and gas business that brings in comparatively stable earnings.
Ghana, on the cusp of exploiting its oil and gas wealth, as well as offering a relatively stable model of governance by African standards, is an appealing prospect for the state-backed school.
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It also has some spare gas capcity, massive amounts of resources, a relatively stable government and good pipelines to Europe and a growing LNG capacity in the East.
If the oil prices stay relatively stable, "we may see a few more pennies drop" in gas prices, Lundberg said.
In contrast to natural gas, global coal reserves are widely dispersed and can be bought from politically stable countries such as Australia and America.
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Many operate in the stable "midstream" part of the energy business, merely collecting a toll for transporting and storing oil and gas.
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