Fortnightly Magazine - May 2006

Getting the Gas

The search for supply goes global, for better or worse.

The expected increase in gas consumption for electric generation and high commodity prices has fueled a renewed interest in developing more LNG and other non-conventional resources (coal-bed methane, tight sands and shales, Arctic gas)

Power Plant Sales: Valuing Optionality

Market risks and volatilities are driving asset values higher.

About 10 percent of the power-generating capacity in the United States has changed hands in the past three years. How buyers factor the variables and predict the future will distinguish winners from losers in the evolving power-generation industry.

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