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Due to “significant decline in usage” at its facility on the Maryland shore as a resulting of expanding shale gas supplies, Dominion Cove Point LNG LP (DCP) Friday called on FERC to clarify that under its tariff it has the authority to require shippers to deliver liquefied natural gas (LNG) by tanker to its import terminal to keep the cryogenic portions of the terminal cooled or face penalties.

Westlake Chemical Corp. said Tuesday it would grow its ethane-based ethylene capacity by expanding a plant in Louisiana and possibly converting a second plant in Kentucky to ethane feedstock, part of the company’s plans to capitalize on new sources of cheap ethane and other light feedstocks.

Trinidad and Tobago, the largest exporter of liquefied natural gas (LNG) to the United States, is expanding exports to other countries while it seeks foreign investment in facilities that would produce downstream products.

Trinidad and Tobago, the largest exporter of liquefied natural gas (LNG) to the United States, is expanding exports to other countries while it seeks foreign investment in facilities that would produce downstream products.

Natural gas production in Pennsylvania is expanding wildly, according to new data released by the state Department of Environmental Protection, which revealed 256 Bcf of natural gas was produced from 1,148 Marcellus Shale wells in the second half of 2010.

With rapidly expanding development in the oily Bakken Shale and Three Forks formations of North Dakota, Enbridge Energy Partners LP (EEP) and Enbridge Income Fund Holdings Inc. (EIF) said last week that additional shippers have finalized capacity commitments to the Bakken Expansion Program and the companies expect that additional capacity will be required by producers in the near future.

With rapidly expanding development in the oily Bakken Shale and Three Forks formations of North Dakota, Enbridge Energy Partners LP (EEP) and Enbridge Income Fund Holdings Inc. (EIF) said Monday that additional shippers have finalized capacity commitments to the Bakken Expansion Program and the companies expect that additional capacity will be required by producers in the near future.

Object Reservoir Inc., a services company providing complex reservoir modeling in unconventional gas plays, is rapidly expanding its Collaborative Exploitation Project (CEP) for the Marcellus Shale in northeast Pennsylvania and is looking into starting up a similar effort in the southwestern part of the state.

Energy ministers representing a trio of western Canadian provinces — British Columbia (BC), Alberta and Saskatchewan — Thursday signed an agreement aimed at expanding the region’s energy sector, including targeting Asian countries for energy exports.