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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.

The Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC), which was created by the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform Act, has requested comments from the public to assist it in making recommendations to help federal agencies develop regulations to bar banks from engaging in proprietary trading and from maintaining certain relationships with hedge funds and private equity funds.

The Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC), which was created by the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform Act, has requested comments from the public to assist it in making recommendations to help federal agencies develop regulations to bar banks from engaging in proprietary trading and from maintaining certain relationships with hedge funds and private equity funds.

New rules designed to carry out the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform Act are expected to generate more than 200 registered swaps dealers and 20-30 new entities registered as swaps execution facilities or designated contract markets, while derivatives clearing organizations increase from 14 to about 20, Gary Gensler, chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) said Thursday.

New rules designed to carry out the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform Act are expected to generate more than 200 registered swaps dealers and 20-30 new entities registered as swaps execution facilities or designated contract markets, while derivatives clearing organizations increase from 14 to about 20, Gary Gensler, chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) said Thursday.

President Obama Tuesday said he picked Michael R. Bromwich, a partner in the law firm of Fried Frank’s in Washington, DC, and New York, to head up reform of the troubled Minerals Management Services (MMS).

Following the deadly explosion at a natural gas-fired power plant under construction in Connecticut Sunday, Sen. Frank R. Lautenberg (D-NJ) has raised concerns about a Texas Eastern Transmission (Tetco) proposed pipeline expansion that he says would be built through New Jersey to primarily benefit New York.

Following the deadly explosion at a natural gas-fired power plant under construction in Connecticut Sunday, Sen. Frank R. Lautenberg (D-NJ) has raised concerns about a Texas Eastern Transmission (Tetco) proposed pipeline expansion that he says would be built through New Jersey to primarily benefit New York.

When Alaska Gov. Frank Murkowski was defeated in his bid for reelection last year, many knew it was game over for the old-line producers that had been negotiating behind the scenes on building a natural gas pipeline across the state. With the arrival of new politicians, however, new industry players also are arriving on the scene, and two last week offered their support for Gov. Sarah Palin’s revamped pipe proposal.