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Not all of the elements are in place to commercialize the two major proposed Alaskan and Canadian natural gas pipelines, but progress is being made. ExxonMobil Corp. is “awaiting the right conditions for development” because the North American market will need gas from both projects in the next decade, a company executive said Tuesday.

Not all of the elements are in place to commercialize the two major proposed Alaskan and Canadian natural gas pipelines, but progress is being made. ExxonMobil Corp. is “awaiting the right conditions for development” because the North American market will need gas from both projects in the next decade, a company executive said Tuesday.

The National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) is undertaking an initiative to develop sample legislation that would encourage regional collaboration among state utility commissions on issues tied to the siting of transmission lines, Matthew Brown, energy program director at the NCSL, said.

Five independent U.S.-based producers have joined Enterprise Products Partners LP in an industry first to begin developing multiple ultra-deepwater natural gas discoveries in the largely untapped Eastern Gulf of Mexico planning area, with first production from a new platform expected by 2007. The gas production would be delivered into a new 850 MMcf/d Tennessee Gas Pipeline extension.

Five independent U.S.-based producers have joined Enterprise Products Partners LP in an industry first to begin developing multiple ultra-deepwater natural gas discoveries in the largely untapped Eastern Gulf of Mexico planning area, with first production from a new platform expected by 2007. The gas production would be delivered into a new 850 MMcf/d Tennessee Gas Pipeline extension.

Five independent U.S.-based producers have joined Enterprise Products Partners LP in an industry first to begin developing multiple ultra-deepwater natural gas discoveries in the largely untapped Eastern Gulf of Mexico planning area, with first production from a new platform expected by 2007. The gas production would be delivered into a new 850 MMcf/d Tennessee Gas Pipeline extension.

The Department of Transportation’s Office of Pipeline Safety (OPS) should lead the development of risk-informed land use guidance for future pipeline construction in the face of increasing urbanization and the projected need for many additional miles of energy fuels pipelines, according to a report issued recently by the Transportation Research Board of the National Academies.

The Department of Transportation’s Office of Pipeline Safety (OPS) should lead the development of risk-informed land use guidance for future pipeline construction in the face of increasing urbanization and the projected need for many additional miles of energy fuels pipelines, according to a report by the Transportation Research Board of the National Academies.

Although it cautioned that the proponents can develop remedies that would cause it to change its mind, the staff of the Arizona Corporation Commission (ACC) Friday filed its initial opposition to the proposed sale of Tucson-based utility holding company, UniSource Energy Corp., to a private investment group that includes three major Wall Street investment banking firms.