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MarkWest Liberty Midstream & Resources LLC has signed up units of Chesapeake Energy Corp. for additional midstream services in the Marcellus Shale in northern West Virginia, the partnership said Wednesday.

Analysts offered a range of estimates for the impact of the Obama administration’s freeze on deepwater drilling in the Gulf of Mexico (GOM), depending on whether it extends beyond the announced six months and what the new rules will be going forward.

Analysts offered a range of estimates for the impact of the Obama administration’s freeze on deepwater drilling in the Gulf of Mexico (GOM), depending on whether it extends beyond the announced six months and what the new rules will be going forward.

Wall Street is running scared, and its concern over who is going to pay for the massive federal budget deficits extends to the energy industry.

Enbridge Inc. is holding a binding open season through Nov. 23 for its proposed LaCrosse Pipeline, which is intended to transport gas from Carthage, TX, to multiple delivery points in southeastern Louisiana. Construction of the 340-mile LaCrosse would occur in two phases. In Phase I Enbridge would construct and place in service the 42- and 36-inch diameter pipeline segments from the Enbridge Carthage Hub to Point Coupee Parish, LA, and a 24-inch diameter segment from Point Coupee Parish to Petrologistics LLC’s Choctaw Storage facility in Iberville Parish, LA. In Phase II Enbridge would construct and place in service the segment from Point Coupee Parish to an interconnection with Southern Natural Gas Co. in Washington Parish, LA. The planned in-service dates would be phased starting January 2012 through March 2013, Enbridge said. “We are in the process of negotiating third-party agreements that will bring total capacity commitments to exceed 1 Bcf/d and have additional indications of interest that could exceed 1.3 Bcf/d,” said Enbridge Energy Co. Inc. President Terrance L. McGill. “We have also secured engineering and environmental firms and survey permission from more than 80% of affected landowners. We are moving forward to initiate regulatory approvals including application to [the] U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), and expect to place Phase 1 of the LaCrosse Pipeline in service during the first quarter of 2012.” Information is available at www.lacrosse.enbridgeus.com under “Shipper Documents.”

Questar Corp.’s exploration and production (E&P) unit, whose onshore development extends from the Haynesville Shale to the Pinedale Anticline, is ramping up curtailed and shut-in natural gas wells that it deferred earlier this year, the company said Tuesday.

Houston-based Edge Petroleum Corp., whose natural gas-weighted portfolio extends from the Gulf Coast to the Permian Basin and to the Fayetteville Shale, on Friday filed for voluntary bankruptcy protection. The company plans to auction “substantially all” of its assets.

Houston-based Edge Petroleum Corp., whose natural gas-weighted portfolio extends from the Gulf Coast to the Permian Basin and to the Fayetteville Shale, on Friday filed for voluntary bankruptcy protection. The company plans to auction “substantially all” of its assets.

Granite Wash, an old-school tight gas play in the Atoka Formation, which extends from the Texas Panhandle into western Oklahoma, has more than a few new shale believers taking a second look — and grabbing acreage where they can.