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A five-member review panel released an interim report to the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) Wednesday, indicating it will assess the effectiveness of Pacific Gas & Electric Co.’s (PG&E) and regulators’ safety and risk management work in recent years leading up to the pipeline explosion in San Bruno, CA, last year.

Southern California Gas declared a high-inventory OFO for Monday but as of that afternoon had not renewed it for Tuesday. SoCalGas said it would assess Buy-Back charges to customers who delivered into its system more than 110% of their actual gas usage on the OFO day.

Southern California Gas declared a high-linepack OFO for Saturday, saying it would assess tariff Buy-Back charges to customers that deliver into its system more than 110% of their actual gas usage on the OFO day.

Southern California Gas declared a high-linepack OFO for Saturday, saying it will assess tariff-specified buy-back charges to customers that deliver more than 110% of their actual gas usage on the OFO day. SoCalGas also said it will lose 1.1 Bcf/d of withdrawal capability from Monday through Friday this week as it installs new glycol filters and cleans the dehydration equipment at its Aliso Canyon storage field.

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has sent letters to nine major national and regional hydraulic fracturing (hydrofracing) service providers to assess the impact of the natural gas production practice on drinking water quality and public health.

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has sent letters to nine major national and regional hydraulic fracturing (hydrofracing) service providers to assess the impact of the natural gas production practice on drinking water quality and public health.

Spectra Energy Corp. is holding a pair of open seasons to assess customer requirements for expanded transportation service on its Transportation North (T-North) system and for raw gas gathering and processing service in the Fort Nelson resource area in British Columbia (BC), the Calgary-based company said Tuesday. Both open seasons close May 7.

Spectra Energy Corp. is holding a pair of open seasons to assess customer requirements for expanded transportation service on its Transportation North (T-North) system and for raw gas gathering and processing service in the Fort Nelson resource area in British Columbia (BC), the Calgary-based company said Tuesday. Both open seasons close May 7.

Following the April natural gas futures contract’s 20 cents-plus decline on Thursday, traders on Friday took a break to assess the damage. Despite Friday’s 8.4-cent rise to $4.169, most market watchers still see yet lower prices ahead. The week’s close was 23.1 cents lower than at the end of the prior week.