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Maine Gov. Paul LePage said he supports natural gas and plans to meet with companies in the industry over the next few months to see how the state can expand its use.

Boosted by the “shale gas revolution,” Williams on Tuesday said it will spend up to $400 million to expand its Geismar olefins production facility near Baton Rouge, LA.

The state of Alaska pushed back the date of its annual Beaufort Sea, North Slope and North Slope Foothills lease sale to possibly expand the sale’s North Slope acreage offering as well as provide prospective bidders additional time to prepare.

FERC issued a favorable draft environmental review of Spectra Energy’s proposal to expand the systems of its affiliate Texas Eastern Transmission and Algonquin Gas Transmission pipelines through parts of New Jersey, New York and Connecticut.

Enterprise Products Partners LP, Enbridge Energy Partners LP and Anadarko Petroleum Corp. are partnering on a new natural gas liquids (NGL) pipeline from Skellytown, TX in Carson County to NGL fractionation and storage facilities in Mont Belvieu, TX. The new system would benefit takeaway capacity from the Barnett Shale as well as from other plays.

Kansas regulators have raised concerns over Southern Star Central Gas Pipeline’s proposal to expand its Alden Gas Storage Field in Rice County, KS, citing unknown integrity of well plugs in the area.

Chevron Corp. will continue to expand its unconventional natural gas operations in the United States but it first will focus on the Marcellus Shale, Vice Chairman George Kirkland said Friday.

FERC last Thursday approved plans by Equitrans LP to expand its natural gas pipeline system in Pennsylvania and West Virginia.

Millennium Pipeline Co. LLC has filed an application seeking authorization from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to expand its system by 225,000 Dth/d in New York.