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The turning of the tap on the Rockies Express (REX)-West pipeline, expected Jan. 1, won’t come a minute too soon for Questar Corp., whose exploration and production (E&P) business shut in about 4.4 Bcfe (net) of unhedged Rockies gas and natural gas liquids (NGL) production in response to low regional market prices during the third quarter.

The gas market seems to be taking note of the fact that the final leg of the Rockies Express (REX) pipeline, REX-East, could be delayed by environmental review at FERC as the impact of the project on eastern markets has yet to be reflected in forward basis, says an analyst at Barclays Capital.

The gas market seems to be taking note of the fact that the final leg of the Rockies Express (REX) pipeline, REX-East, could be delayed by environmental review at FERC as the impact of the project on eastern markets has yet to be reflected in forward basis, says an analyst at Barclays Capital.

ConocoPhillips has joined with Alberta-based producers to express its disappointment in the province’s proposed oil and natural gas royalty regime changes.

The Barnett Shale in the Fort Worth Basin may be the most hyped natural gas shale area of North America, but at least one analyst is suggesting that the Canadian Maritimes abundant rock could be the next new thing.

A unit of Williams is answering the call to move Rockies gas supply traveling on the Rockies Express pipeline from that system’s terminus in Ohio into lucrative eastern U.S. gas markets.

Two Montana senators met with BP officials last Monday to express their opposition to the energy company’s plan to drill for coalbed methane (CBM) on the Canadian side of the Flathead River basin, saying the wastewater from the activity would pollute Montana water.

Two Montana senators met with BP officials Monday to express their opposition to the energy company’s plan to drill for coalbed methane (CBM) on the Canadian side of the Flathead River basin, saying the wastewater from the activity would pollute Montana water.

The Rockies Express Pipeline (REX) may be the super highway for natural gas when it is completely ramped up, but pipeline competitors already are forecasting a gap between the ever-growing production in the Rocky Mountains and takeaway demand, which together will require another major pipe system within three or four years.