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Questerre Energy Corp. CEO Michael Binnion has launched a blog on the company website to open a “dialogue on shale gas” and issues relevant to the Calgary-based independent.

A Barnett Shale landowner is suing units of Chesapeake Energy Corp. alleging underpayment of royalties via a scheme involving gas sales to an affiliate at less than full value. The lawsuit seeks class action status.

A public comment period is open through Aug. 10 on the draft environmental impact statement (EIS) for El Paso Corp.’s Ruby Pipeline Project, which would carry up to 1.5 million Dth/d of natural gas about 675 miles from Wyoming to Oregon. The draft EIS was issued in June by Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) staff (see NGI, June 22) to satisfy the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969. It evaluates, analyzes and discloses the direct, indirect and cumulative environmental impacts of the proposed pipeline. Comments may be submitted electronically at www.ferc.gov or efiling@ferc.gov. Comments by mail, which should include an original and two copies, should be sent to Kimberly D. Bose, secretary, FERC, 888 First St. NE, Room 1A, Washington, DC 20426. Reference Docket No. CP09-54-000 and label one copy to the attention of the Gas Branch 1, PJ-11.1. Public meetings to discuss the project also are scheduled this month in each of the affected states, which also include Utah and Nevada. For more information contact National Project Manager Mark Mackiewicz at (435) 636-3616, or 125 South 600 West, Price, UT 84501.

A public comment period is open through Aug. 10 on the draft environmental impact statement (EIS) for El Paso Corp.’s Ruby Pipeline Project, which would carry up to 1.5 million Dth/d of natural gas about 675 miles from Wyoming to Oregon.

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has opened for comment a plan by a subsidiary of Devon Energy Corp. to conduct seismic testing on the Baxter Shale in a remote area of Wyoming — a controversial project that the state’s governor has tried to stop.

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has opened for comment a plan by a subsidiary of Devon Energy Corp. to do some 3-D seismic testing on the Baxter Shale, which is located in a remote area of Wyoming — a controversial project that the state’s governor has tried to stop.

Federal and local government authorities responsible for making a joint environmental assessment held the first public comment session Wednesday night on Australia-based Woodside Natural Gas’s proposed 1 Bcf liquefied natural gas (LNG) importation project off the Southern California coast near Los Angeles International Airport (LAX). About 150 citizens and local government representatives attended.

Federal and local government authorities responsible for making a joint environmental assessment held the first public comment session last Wednesday night on Australia-based Woodside Natural Gas’s proposed 1 Bcf liquefied natural gas (LNG) importation project off the Southern California coast near Los Angeles International Airport (LAX). About 150 citizens and local government representatives attended at a hotel near LAX.

Members of the Maryland congressional delegation have called on FERC to extend the public comment period for the proposed Sparrows Point liquefied natural gas (LNG) in Baltimore County, MD.