Blessing

Three of the many proposed Lower 48 liquefied natural gas (LNG) export projects appear likely to receive U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) blessing, and three Canadian projects that have government approvals will be held back by supply contracting and pipeline development, Moody’s Investors Service said in a note Wednesday.

North Dakota’s oil/natural gas boom continues to be a mixed blessing for state energy planners, and future pipeline infrastructure’s adequacy is one of many questions state officials hope to have some answers for by mid-year. A study is under way by the state Pipeline Authority to determine if existing infrastructure will be adequate.

Manatee County Florida officials last Thursday gave their blessing to Port Dolphin Energy LLC’s plans for a deepwater port to receive regasified liquefied natural (LNG) gas along with an associated gas pipeline off the coast of Tampa Bay, FL. The project still needs the approval of the U.S. Maritime Administration.

Manatee County Florida officials Thursday gave their blessing to Port Dolphin Energy LLC’s plans for a deepwater port to receive regasified liquefied natural (LNG) gas along with an associated gas pipeline off the coast of Tampa Bay, FL. The project still needs the approval of the U.S. Maritime Administration.

Manatee County Florida officials Thursday gave their blessing to Port Dolphin Energy LLC’s plans for a deepwater port to receive regasified liquefied natural (LNG) gas along with an associated gas pipeline off the coast of Tampa Bay, FL. The project still needs the approval of the U.S. Maritime Administration.

Although Alaska’s lawmakers have given their blessing to TransCanada Corp. for its plan to build a gasline from the North Slope to the Alberta Hub in Canada, that project’s competition with a proposal for a similar pipeline from BP and ConocoPhillips, known as Denali, is anything but over.

Although Alaska’s lawmakers last week gave their blessing to TransCanada Corp. for its plan to build a gasline from the North Slope to the Alberta Hub in Canada, that project’s competition with a proposal for a similar pipeline from BP and ConocoPhillips, known as Denali, is anything but over.

FERC last week gave its blessing to the pending merger between Duke Energy and Cinergy Corp. and also signed off on MidAmerican Energy Holdings Co.’s (MEHC) bid to buy PacifiCorp from Scottish Power. Meanwhile, Wall Street was abuzz over reports that FPL Group, the parent company of Florida Power & Light Co. (FP&L), was in advanced talks to purchase Constellation Energy Group for more than $11 billion.

FERC on Thursday gave its blessing to the pending merger between Duke Energy and Cinergy Corp. and also signed off on MidAmerican Energy Holdings Co.’s (MEHC) bid to buy PacifiCorp from Scottish Power.