<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>   <rss version="2.0">   <channel>        <title>Platts News: Latest Natural Gas Headlines from Platts.com</title>           		<link>http://www.platts.com?src=Natural Gasrssheadlines1</link>		<description>Natural Gas Headlines from Platts.com: Platts, a Division of The McGraw-Hill Companies (NYSE: MHP), the world's leading provider of energy information.</description>		<language>en-US</language>		<copyright>Copyright &#169; 2006 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.          http://www.mcgraw-hill.com</copyright>				<category>Latest Natural Gas Headlines</category>		<image>			<url>http://www.platts.com/images/latest_natural gas_headlines_title.gif</url>			 <title>Latest Natural Gas Headlines</title>			<link>http://www.platts.com?src=Natural Gasrssheadlines1</link>		</image>		<managingEditor>webeditor@platts.com</managingEditor>		<webMaster>webeditor@platts.com</webMaster>		<pubDate> 7 Oct 2008 20:37:48 GMT</pubDate>                                		<item>	           			<title><![CDATA[US FERC bars interventions in Edison Mission investigation]]></title>			<description> <![CDATA[Washington (Platts) -- 7Oct2008 -- The US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission told state officials and
wholesale power buyers Tuesday that they cannot intervene in an enforcement
action that required Edison Mission Energy to pay $7 million...]]></description> 			<link>http://www.platts.com/Natural Gas/News/6974139.xml?src=Natural Gasrssheadlines1</link>			<category>Natural Gas</category>			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.platts.com/Natural Gas/News/6974139.xml?src=Natural Gasrssheadlines1</guid>			</item>                            		<item>	           			<title><![CDATA[Americans likely to spend 15% more to heat homes this winter: EIA]]></title>			<description> <![CDATA[Washington (Platts) -- 7Oct2008 -- US households can expect to pay an average of about $1,137 this winter to
heat their homes, up about 15% from $986 last year, according to the US Energy
Information Administration.

     EIA said Tuesday...]]></description> 			<link>http://www.platts.com/Natural Gas/News/6974136.xml?src=Natural Gasrssheadlines1</link>			<category>Natural Gas</category>			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.platts.com/Natural Gas/News/6974136.xml?src=Natural Gasrssheadlines1</guid>			</item>                            		<item>	           			<title><![CDATA[Russia expects gas output at 700 Bcm in 2009, up 3% from 2008]]></title>			<description> <![CDATA[Moscow (Platts) -- 7Oct2008 -- Russia's gas output is expected to reach 700 billion cubic meters next
year, up 3.2% from an expected 678 Bcm this year, the Russian energy ministry
said in a draft document published late Monday.

  ...]]></description> 			<link>http://www.platts.com/Natural Gas/News/8077248.xml?src=Natural Gasrssheadlines1</link>			<category>Natural Gas</category>			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.platts.com/Natural Gas/News/8077248.xml?src=Natural Gasrssheadlines1</guid>			</item>                            		<item>	           			<title><![CDATA[Kazakhstan's KazMunaiGaz eyes overseas acquisitions: CEO]]></title>			<description> <![CDATA[Almaty, Kazakhstan (Platts) -- 7Oct2008 -- Kazakhstan's state-owned oil company KazMunaiGazhad is considering
acquiring overseas oil and gas assets in in Turkmenistan, Iran, and Russia,
CEO Kairgeldy Kabyldin said Tuesday.

      &quot;We are not limiting...]]></description> 			<link>http://www.platts.com/Natural Gas/News/8077049.xml?src=Natural Gasrssheadlines1</link>			<category>Natural Gas</category>			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.platts.com/Natural Gas/News/8077049.xml?src=Natural Gasrssheadlines1</guid>			</item>                            		<item>	           			<title><![CDATA[French, Spanish gas TSOs launch subscription for new capacity]]></title>			<description> <![CDATA[London (Platts) -- 7Oct2008 -- French and Spanish gas grid operators TIGF and Enagas have launched the
first open subscription period for new cross-border capacity in the
Larrau-Calahorra pipeline, French energy regulator CREG said...]]></description> 			<link>http://www.platts.com/Natural Gas/News/8076976.xml?src=Natural Gasrssheadlines1</link>			<category>Natural Gas</category>			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.platts.com/Natural Gas/News/8076976.xml?src=Natural Gasrssheadlines1</guid>			</item>                            		<item>	           			<title><![CDATA[China eyes first coalbed methane-to-LNG in Shanxi before year-end]]></title>			<description> <![CDATA[Singapore (Platts) -- 7Oct2008 -- Small-scale coalbed methane liquefaction projects in China's coal-rich
northern Shanxi province are racing to start production before the end of this
year so as to earn the distinction of being the country's...]]></description> 			<link>http://www.platts.com/Natural Gas/News/8076971.xml?src=Natural Gasrssheadlines1</link>			<category>Natural Gas</category>			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.platts.com/Natural Gas/News/8076971.xml?src=Natural Gasrssheadlines1</guid>			</item>                            		<item>	           			<title><![CDATA[Rockies spot gas ignores fundamentals; climbs up to 75 cents]]></title>			<description> <![CDATA[Houston (Platts) -- 6Oct2008 -- Rocky Mountain spot gas prices jumped on Monday, trading on the
IntercontinentalExchange showed, despite weak November NYMEX natural gas and
crude oil futures contracts and temperate weather across the...]]></description> 			<link>http://www.platts.com/Natural Gas/News/8076362.xml?src=Natural Gasrssheadlines1</link>			<category>Natural Gas</category>			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.platts.com/Natural Gas/News/8076362.xml?src=Natural Gasrssheadlines1</guid>			</item>                            		<item>	           			<title><![CDATA[Epcor gets US antitrust OK to buy 177-MW Illinois gas plant]]></title>			<description> <![CDATA[Washington (Platts) -- 6Oct2008 -- Epcor Power and Epcor Power Equity's C$77 million (US$71.7 million)
purchase of a 177-MW natural gas-fired plant in Morris, Illinois, from two
subsidiaries of Japan's Mitsubishi--Diamond Generating and...]]></description> 			<link>http://www.platts.com/Natural Gas/News/8075157.xml?src=Natural Gasrssheadlines1</link>			<category>Natural Gas</category>			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.platts.com/Natural Gas/News/8075157.xml?src=Natural Gasrssheadlines1</guid>			</item>                            		<item>	           			<title><![CDATA[Rosneft to invest $30 bil in Russian offshore to 2030]]></title>			<description> <![CDATA[Moscow (Platts) -- 6Oct2008 -- Russia's largest oil producer, Rosneft, expects to invest around $30
billion through 2030 in the country's offshore hydrocarbon reserves, the
company's vice president Mark Khasanov said Friday.

     The...]]></description> 			<link>http://www.platts.com/Natural Gas/News/8073016.xml?src=Natural Gasrssheadlines1</link>			<category>Natural Gas</category>			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.platts.com/Natural Gas/News/8073016.xml?src=Natural Gasrssheadlines1</guid>			</item>                            		<item>	           			<title><![CDATA[Australia's LNGL defers offtaker selection for Gladstone project]]></title>			<description> <![CDATA[Singapore (Platts) -- 6Oct2008 -- Perth-based Liquefied Natural Gas Limited has deferred selection of an
offtaker for output from its proposed 1.5 million mt/year Fisherman's Landing
gas liquefaction facility at Gladstone in Australia...]]></description> 			<link>http://www.platts.com/Natural Gas/News/8073001.xml?src=Natural Gasrssheadlines1</link>			<category>Natural Gas</category>			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.platts.com/Natural Gas/News/8073001.xml?src=Natural Gasrssheadlines1</guid>			</item>                            		<item>	           			<title><![CDATA[UBS set to be out of US gas, power trading by end-October]]></title>			<description> <![CDATA[Washington (Platts) -- 3Oct2008 -- Swiss investment bank UBS hopes to be out of the US gas and power trading
business by the end of October, sources close to the situation said Friday.

     Earlier Friday (story, 0722 GMT), UBS said it...]]></description> 			<link>http://www.platts.com/Natural Gas/News/6972859.xml?src=Natural Gasrssheadlines1</link>			<category>Natural Gas</category>			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.platts.com/Natural Gas/News/6972859.xml?src=Natural Gasrssheadlines1</guid>			</item>                            		<item>	           			<title><![CDATA[US House passes financial bailout bill in 263-171 vote]]></title>			<description> <![CDATA[Washington (Platts) -- 3Oct2008 -- The US House of Representatives voted 263 to 171 Friday to enact the $700
billion financial crisis bill that also includes a package of federal tax
credits with $17 billion for renewable and low-emissions...]]></description> 			<link>http://www.platts.com/Natural Gas/News/6972857.xml?src=Natural Gasrssheadlines1</link>			<category>Natural Gas</category>			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.platts.com/Natural Gas/News/6972857.xml?src=Natural Gasrssheadlines1</guid>			</item>                            		<item>	           			<title><![CDATA[Another Midcontinent market falls to 10-year low on weak demand]]></title>			<description> <![CDATA[Houston (Platts) -- 3Oct2008 -- Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line spot natural gas prices in the Midcontinent
dropped to their lowest levels in nearly 10 years Friday after CenterPoint
Energy Gas Transmission East pool in the same region hit...]]></description> 			<link>http://www.platts.com/Natural Gas/News/6972722.xml?src=Natural Gasrssheadlines1</link>			<category>Natural Gas</category>			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.platts.com/Natural Gas/News/6972722.xml?src=Natural Gasrssheadlines1</guid>			</item>                            		<item>	           			<title><![CDATA[US House may vote on $700-bil bailout, green energy tax credits]]></title>			<description> <![CDATA[Washington (Platts) -- 3Oct2008 -- The US House of Representatives is slated to vote later Friday on whether
to enact a $700 billion financial crisis bill that includes a package of tax
credits with $17 billion for renewable and low-emissions...]]></description> 			<link>http://www.platts.com/Natural Gas/News/6972721.xml?src=Natural Gasrssheadlines1</link>			<category>Natural Gas</category>			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.platts.com/Natural Gas/News/6972721.xml?src=Natural Gasrssheadlines1</guid>			</item>                          </channel></rss>	