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As part of a trio of measures voted out by the House Natural Resources Committee Wednesday, Republicans defeated an attempt by Democrats to block future exports of natural gas produced on the coastal plain of Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR).

Royal Dutch Shell plc won’t be sitting on the sidelines as others attempt to turn North America into a liquefied natural gas (LNG) exporting hub, CFO Simon Henry said Thursday. Shell not only plans to join a growing list of competitors, but it also is considering projects to turn natural gas into motor fuels and chemicals, he said.

Royal Dutch Shell plc won’t be sitting on the sidelines as others attempt to turn North America into a liquefied natural gas (LNG) exporting hub, CFO Simon Henry said Thursday. Shell not only plans to join a growing list of competitors, but it also is considering projects to turn natural gas into motor fuels and chemicals, he said.

The National Energy Board (NEB) has foiled — for now — an attempt by TransCanada Corp. to tack a 2011 surcharge onto tolls for its natural gas Mainline between Alberta, central Canada and eastern export points into the United States.

The National Energy Board (NEB) has foiled — for now — an attempt by TransCanada Corp. to tack a 2011 surcharge onto tolls for its natural gas Mainline between Alberta, central Canada and eastern export points into the United States.

FERC has blocked Kern River Gas Transmission’s attempt to force shippers within the same class whose contracts are expiring to agree to renew for the same term or face higher rates.

FERC has blocked Kern River Gas Transmission’s attempt to force shippers within the same class whose contracts are expiring to agree to renew for the same term or face higher rates.

California’s first legislative attempt (AB 591) to address hydraulic fracturing (fracking) will be placed in the state Senate Appropriation Committee’s suspense file when the legislature returns from its summer recess. It is then to be voted on closer to the end of the legislative session in an appropriations panel meeting. The bill is aimed at chemical disclosure of fracking chemicals. The bill’s author, Assemblyman Bob Wieckowski, said “several reports” from the oil and gas industry suggest that California is on the “cusp of a boom” in unconventional oil and gas recovery. Chemicals used and sources and amounts of water in the fracking process would be disclosed as a result of AB 591, Wieckowski said.

Williams CEO Alan Armstrong said Tuesday the company continues to “evaluate all options” in an attempt to merge with Southern Union Co., but he declined to offer additional details.