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Equitrans LP has asked FERC for a four-month extension of the deadline to complete and place in service its proposed Big Sandy Pipeline. The project is intended to ease transportation constraints in eastern Kentucky that have caused producers to shut in natural gas production in recent years.

Equitrans LP Monday asked FERC for a four-month extension of the deadline to complete and place in service its proposed Big Sandy Pipeline. The project is intended to ease transportation constraints in eastern Kentucky that have caused producers to shut in natural gas production in recent years.

Federal and state agencies have deemed complete Clearwater Port LLC’s deepwater port license application to build a 1.2 Bcf/d offshore liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal, developer NorthernStar Natural Gas Inc. said last Tuesday.

Federal and state agencies have deemed complete their review of Clearwater Port LLC’s deepwater port license application to build a 1.2 Bcf/d offshore liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal, said developer NorthernStar Natural Gas Inc. Tuesday.

Interior Department’s Minerals Management Service (MMS) has proposed a “complete rewrite” of its regulations on production rates, burning oil and venting and flaring natural gas on the federal Outer Continental Shelf (OCS).

Interior Department’s Minerals Management Service (MMS) has proposed a “complete rewrite” of its regulations on production rates, burning oil and venting and flaring natural gas on the federal Outer Continental Shelf (OCS).

With installation of the Independence Hub production platform in the deepwater of the eastern Gulf of Mexico (GOM) now complete, Enterprise Products Partners LP said it will transfer control to Anadarko Petroleum Corp. as platform operator. The hub, expected to ramp up in the second half of 2007, will be capable of handling up to 1 Bcf/d, which would represent more than a 10% increase in gas deliveries from the GOM (see NGI, Oct. 23, 2006). The producer group is now in the process of installing flowline risers, which will transport production from the subsea wellheads to the hub, and Enterprise is installing the export pipeline riser that will transport natural gas from the platform to the 134-mile Independence Trail pipeline, which was installed in August 2006. Independence Trail will transport up to 1 Bcf/d of natural gas from the hub to the partnership’s West Delta 68 platform, which connects to a third party pipeline to deliver the gas onshore into Louisiana.

The government’s massive Enron Corp. investigation is nearly complete following the sentencing Friday of two former executives of the bankrupt company.

The government’s massive Enron Corp. investigation is nearly complete following the sentencing in Houston last week of three former executives, including the first and the last employee to plead guilty and agree to cooperate.