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Eight senators have called on the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) to reject efforts by Wall Street and the financial industry to water down proposed rules to rein in excessive speculation in the derivative swaps, futures and options markets.

Noting construction is well under way on all eight segments, the Ruby Pipeline backers at El Paso Corp. said last Wednesday several factors including winter weather will determine if the project, now two months behind schedule, can be completed as now planned in June.

Noting construction is well under way on all eight segments, the Ruby Pipeline backers at El Paso Corp. said Wednesday several factors including winter weather will determine if the project, now two months behind schedule, can be completed as now planned in June.

The Sept. 9 San Bruno natural gas transmission pipeline blast that killed eight people and destroyed 37 homes in a quiet suburban San Francisco Bay Area neighborhood shouldn’t have happened and should not be repeated anywhere in the future, a Pacific Gas and Electric Co. (PG&E) executive told NGI.

RPM Energy LLC and Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. (KKR) have formed RPM Energy Partners LP to target joint venture opportunities with exploration and production companies in unconventional plays. They offer RPM’s expertise and KKR’s deep pockets.

Texas regulators are nearly doubling the number of ambient air quality monitors in the Barnett Shale region of North Texas to 15 from eight, officials said last week.

Gulf South plans to perform meter maintenance for about eight hours Monday at its South Raymond-Expansion interconnect with Texas Eastern in Hinds County, MS. Flow will be shut in for the duration, Gulf South said, but it will keep nominations there whole for the day.

The number of ambient air quality monitors in the Barnett Shale region of North Texas will increase to 15 from eight, state Sen. Jane Nelson of Flower Mound, TX, said Monday.

The 2010 Atlantic hurricane season, which begins Tuesday (June 1) is expected to be “active to extremely active,” with 14-23 named storms, including eight to 14 hurricanes, three to seven of them intense (Category Three or greater), according to an outlook issued Thursday by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Climate Prediction Center.