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The U.S. Department of Energy’s Energy InformationAdministration said on Friday it is expecting the highest averagegas wellhead prices (nominal) in history this year and the highestprices in real (inflation adjusted) terms since 1985.

New Jersey and the state’s Department of Law and Public Safetypetitioned the D.C. appellate court last week to review two FERCdecisions giving Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line the green light tobuild a hotly-disputed pipeline expansion through the northern partof the state.

New Jersey and the state’s Department of Law and Public Safetypetitioned the D.C. appellate court yesterday to review two FERCdecisions giving Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line the green light tobuild a hotly-disputed pipeline expansion through the northern partof the state.

The Department of Energy (DOE) has opened a new Strategic Centerfor Natural Gas that will oversee a full range of the agency’sgas-related activities.

The Department of Energy (DOE) last week opened a new StrategicCenter for Natural Gas that will oversee a full range of theagency’s gas-related activities.

The Department of Transportation’s Office of Pipeline Safety(OPS) came under sharp attack last week on Capitol Hill, withcritics lashing out against the agency for its “poor record” ofensuring the safe operation of the hundreds of thousands of milesof natural gas and hazardous liquids pipelines that criss-cross thenation.

The Department of Transportation’s Office of Pipeline Safety(OPS) came under sharp attack yesterday on Capitol Hill, withcritics lashing out against the agency for its “poor record” ofensuring the safe operation of the hundreds of thousands of milesof natural gas and hazardous liquids pipelines that criss-cross thenation.

The Interior Department’s Minerals Management Service contends arecent bid to exclude Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) pipelines fromFERC’s industry-wide ban on “buy-sell” transactions is based on theincorrect assumption that such transactions routinely occur as partof the agency’s royalty in-kind (RIK) projects.

The Interior Department’s Minerals Management Service contends arecent bid for FERC to exclude Outer Continental Shelf (OCS)pipelines from an industry-wide ban on “buy-sell” transactions isbased on the incorrect assumption that such transactions routinelyoccur as part of the agency’s royalty in-kind (RIK) projects.