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Transcontinental Gas Pipeline Co. LLC’s (Transco) Virginia Southside Expansion has fully entered service. The project serves power generation demand in Virginia and local distribution customers in North Carolina, parent Williams said Tuesday.

FERC has approved Dominion Transmission Inc.’s Clarington project, allowing it to build new compression facilities, interconnects and associated equipment to boost capacity on its mainline system by 250,000 Dth/d.

FERC said it plans to decide by early December whether to approve the Gulf Markets Expansion Project, a bidirectional expansion by Spectra Energy Partners LP’s Texas Eastern Transmission LP (Tetco) that would have capacity to move 650,000 Dth/d from Appalachia and South Texas to the Gulf Coast.

Rex Energy Corp. said Wednesday it would continue to hunker down for the remainder of the year and throughout 2016, with a program geared toward protecting its narrowing asset pool by drilling wells on acreage that can be held by production (HBP) after posting quarterly losses.

Dozens of oil and natural gas plays in the Appalachian Basin have helped to define the nation’s fossil fuel production since the 19th century, but unconventional drilling technology now finds operators searching somewhat secretly underneath it for more reserves.

Various oil/natural gas well stimulation techniques applied in California can be managed with additional rules and oversight, according to two separate reports released by county and state officials.

Various oil/natural gas well stimulation techniques applied in California can be managed with additional rules and oversight, according to two separate reports released by county and state officials.

Another pro-energy coalition has formed in the Appalachian Basin, this time bringing together chambers of commerce in eastern and western Pennsylvania, along with local labor unions, to promote and support the “timely approval for critical energy infrastructure.”

Another pro-energy coalition has formed in the Appalachian Basin, this time bringing together chambers of commerce in eastern and western Pennsylvania, along with local labor unions, to promote and support the "timely approval for critical energy infrastructure."