Awaited

Low natural gas prices could stifle the long-awaited nuclear renaissance, according to analysts at Standard & Poor’s Ratings Service (S&P). Without federal loan guarantees, merchant nuclear new builds will be abandoned, they said in a new report.

Sens. John Kerry (D-MA) and Joe Lieberman (I-CT) last Wednesday unveiled long-awaited legislation that seeks to curb heat-trapping greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, but the measure isn’t likely to make significant headway this year given that the chamber’s already-packed agenda which includes consideration of a new Supreme Court nominee.

Sens. John Kerry (D-MA) and Joe Lieberman (I-CT) Wednesday unveiled long-awaited legislation that seeks to reduce heat-trapping greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, but the measure isn’t likely to make significant headway this year given that the chamber’s already-packed agenda and the multiple congressional investigations into the massive Gulf of Mexico (GOM) oil spill have overshadowed it.

The Obama administration is scheduled to unveil Wednesday its long-awaited five-year plan for oil and natural gas development of the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS).

The Obama administration is scheduled to unveil Wednesday its long-awaited five-year plan for oil and natural gas development of the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS).

Rockies Express Pipeline (REX) said last week it expected to have the long-awaited REX-East segment of the pipeline in service to Lebanon, OH, for Monday’s gas day. The pipeline also received authorization from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to commence the service.

The long awaited start-up of the remaining 210-mile portion of REX-West, which runs from an ANR Pipeline meter station in Brown County, KS, to Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line (PEPL) in Audrain County, MO, has finally arrived as Rockies Express announced Friday that full service will begin on Tuesday.

The long awaited start-up of the remaining 210-mile portion of REX-West, which runs from an ANR Pipeline meter station in Brown County, KS, to Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line (PEPL) in Audrain County, MO, has finally arrived as Rockies Express announced Friday that full service will begin on Tuesday.

Completing its long awaited expansion of the Pioneer natural gas processing plant in Sublette County, WY, Enterprise Products Partners LP said last week that production at the state-of-the-art facility is currently ramping up and the plant is expected to be processing approximately 525 MMcf/d of natural gas from the Enterprise-operated Jonah Gas Gathering System and extracting approximately 25,000 b/d of natural gas liquids (NGL).