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The start-up date for the western portion of the Rockies Express Pipeline, known as REX-West, has become a moving target. Sponsors are now projecting that service on the bulk of REX-West will begin on or about Jan. 12.

The start-up date for the western portion of the Rockies Express Pipeline, known as REX-West, has become a moving target. Sponsors are now projecting that service on the bulk of REX-West will begin on or about Jan. 12.

If Falcon Gas Storage Co. Inc.’s Worsham-Steed Pipeline begins flowing gas this weekend as expected, its in-service date will be about a month behind schedule but still in plenty of time to tap prolific Barnett Shale production and serve customers of the Worsham-Steed Gas Storage Facility in the western portion of the Barnett.

TXU Corp. shareholders Friday approved the leveraged buyout of the company by Texas Energy Future Holdings LP (TEF), marking the largest such deal to date.

TXU Corp. shareholders Friday approved the leveraged buyout of the company by Texas Energy Future Holdings LP (TEF), marking the largest such deal to date.

A record 43 climate-related shareholder resolutions have been filed with U.S. companies this year to date, and so far 15 have led to “positive” actions by ConocoPhillips, Anadarko Petroleum Corp., Allegheny Energy and TXU Corp., according to Ceres, a national network that works with companies and investors to address sustainability challenges.

Nearly seven years to the date of a major explosion on the El Paso Natural Gas pipeline system that killed 12 people in New Mexico, the Department of Justice (DOJ) and Department of Transportation (DOT) last Thursday announced a settlement that requires comprehensive reform of the natural gas pipeline’s entire 10,000-mile system and orders El Paso to pay a multi-million-dollar civil penalty.

Nearly seven years to the date of a major explosion on the El Paso Natural Gas pipeline system that killed 12 people in New Mexico, the Department of Justice (DOJ) and Department of Transportation (DOT) Thursday announced a settlement that requires comprehensive reform of the natural gas pipeline’s entire 10,000-mile system and orders El Paso to pay a multi-million-dollar civil penalty.

Petal Gas Storage LLC is holding a nonbinding open season for 5 Bcf of firm capacity to be created through construction of a new salt cavern at its Petal, MS, facility. An in-service date is planned for the second quarter of 2010.