June 19 (Reuters) - U.S. manufacturers have not soaked up as much excess shale gas in the first half of 2015 as expected, but the shortfall may be an anomaly as a Gulf Coast manufacturing boom is poised to insulate the sector from seasonal demand fluctuations.
BERLIN, June 22 (Reuters) - The planned new gas package for Ukraine for winter will cost around 1.5 billion dollars according to German minutes from a meeting of the Council of the European Union.
June 22 (Reuters) - Energy Transfer Equity LP confirmed it had made a $48 billion unsolicited bid for natural gas pipeline company Williams Companies Inc, hours after Williams rejected the offer as significantly too low.
--Clyde Russell is a Reuters columnist.
KARACHI, June 22 (Reuters) - An intense heat wave killed more than 120 people over the weekend in Pakistan's southern city of Karachi, officials said on Monday, as the electricity grid crashed during the first days of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.
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