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A district court in Ohio last Tuesday dismissed a complaint brought by affiliates of coal company Murray Energy Corp., which sought to block Rockies Express Pipeline LLC (REX) from building its pipeline over active mining areas in eastern Ohio until it can come up with a “definitive mitigation plan” certified by a registered engineer in the state.

A district court in Ohio Tuesday dismissed a complaint brought by affiliates of coal company Murray Energy Corp., which sought to block Rockies Express Pipeline LLC (REX) from building its pipeline over active mining areas in eastern Ohio until it comes up with a “definitive mitigation plan” certified by a registered engineer in the state.

Recording their fourth consecutive close lower on Tuesday on a streak of follow-through selling, July natural gas futures dismissed the surge of strength in the neighboring crude futures arena to close at $3.879, down 5.4 cents from Monday’s finish.

In a blow to FERC’s enforcement case against Energy Transfer Partners’ Oasis Pipeline LP, a presiding administrative law judge (ALJ) last Tuesday dismissed the agency’s most serious charge against the pipeline — that its discriminated against nonaffiliated shippers in favor of affiliated shippers.

In a blow to FERC’s enforcement case against Energy Transfer Partners’ Oasis Pipeline LP, the presiding administrative law judge (ALJ) Tuesday dismissed the agency’s charge that the pipeline discriminated against nonaffiliated shippers in favor of affiliated shippers.

FERC Friday dismissed Quoddy Bay LNG LLC’s application to build a liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal in Washington County, ME, citing the failure of the company to provide requested information.

The Oregon Land Use Board of Appeals (LUBA) last Friday dismissed a challenge to one of the local permits issued for the development of the proposed Jordan Cove liquefied natural gas (LNG) project and related interstate-connecting pipeline. The appeal dealt with one of three Coos County permits issued to the LNG project — this one being for development of the marine docking facilities.

President Bush Tuesday dismissed Democrats’ claims that domestic producers are not actively pursuing their oil and natural gas leases and that excessive speculation is responsible for escalating crude oil prices.

A federal judge in Anchorage Wednesday dismissed a lawsuit aimed at preventing Royal Dutch Shell plc and BP plc from conducting seismic exploration for oil in Alaska’s Arctic waters.