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Market Steps Up for TransCanada Southeast Mainline Reversal

TransCanada Corp.'s ANR Pipeline secured almost 2 Bcf/d of firm natural gas transportation commitments on its Southeast Main Line (SEML) at maximum rates for an average term of 23 years during a recent open season.

March 31, 2014

Louisiana to Tackle ‘Legacy Lawsuits,’ Again

Legislation aimed at cleaning up energy industry environmental mistakes of the past and clearing courts of lawsuit abuse of the present was expected to be filed in the state senate Monday by Sen. Robert Adley, (R-Benton).

March 31, 2014

Texas Production, Well Completions Chart Gains

Texas crude oil and natural gas production climbed in January, based on preliminary figures; oil well completions continued their climb in February, but gas well completions were down; and the pace of drilling permitting slackened from a year ago, according to the Railroad Commission of Texas (RRC).

March 31, 2014

Industry Brief

GDF Suezhas struck an agreement to deliver 800,000 tons per year of liquefied natural gas (LNG) to Taiwan’s state-owned oil and gas company, CPC Corp., from the Cameron LNG terminal in Cameron Parish, LA. The deliveries are to be for a 20-year period starting in 2018. GDF Suez is a partner in the export project…

March 31, 2014

Lesser Prairie-Chicken ‘Threatened;’ Energy Interests Feel Likewise

The lesser prairie-chicken has been listed as "threatened" by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), the agency said Thursday. The declaration comes with a rule intended to limit the impact of the listing on landowners and businesses, such as those in the oil and gas industry.

March 28, 2014

Texas Regulators Hire Their Quake Czar

With growing attention being paid to tremors thought to be associated with drilling waste injection wells, the Railroad Commission of Texas (RRC) has made good on its promise to hire a seismologist to study the issue.

March 28, 2014
Texas Gas Targeting Marcellus for Midwest, Southbound Projects

Texas Gas Targeting Marcellus for Midwest, Southbound Projects

Boardwalk Pipeline Partners LP, which has seen its fortunes fade in the shale gas era, is offering prospective shippers multiple projects…

March 28, 2014
Kinder’s $1B CO2 Project to Serve Permian EOR Activities

Kinder’s $1B CO2 Project to Serve Permian EOR Activities

Increasing enhanced oil recovery (EOR) activities in the Permian Basin are driving up demand for carbon dioxide (CO2), which Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP plans to help meet with a new 213-mile, 16-inch diameter pipeline.

March 26, 2014
Trunkline Files at FERC for Lake Charles Export Terminal

Trunkline Files at FERC for Lake Charles Export Terminal

Trunkline LNG Co. LLC and Trunkline LNG Export LLC Wednesday filed at FERC for their planned Lake Charles, LA, liquefied natural gas (LNG) export project.

March 26, 2014
Sinopec Stepping Up China’s Shale Game; 353 Bcf by 2017

Sinopec Stepping Up China’s Shale Game; 353 Bcf by 2017

China Petroleum and Chemical Corp. (Sinopec) said Monday it has “made significant breakthroughs” in shale gas exploration and development and that it plans to develop the country’s first shale gas field — Fuling —  faster than previously thought, with annual production of 10 billion cubic meters (353 Bcf) by 2017. “This marks an important strategic…

March 25, 2014