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The next 20 years should see the development of an upgraded electric grid, bolstered by fully integrated renewables and electric appliances providing regulation service with few, if any, new nuclear or coal generators — and a major role for natural gas, FERC Chairman Jon Wellinghoff said Wednesday.

In response to “numerous requests” for new storage service due to the fully subscribed status of its existing firm storage services, Southern Star Central Gas Pipeline Inc. has launched an open season to solicit binding bids for new firm service in the Midcontinent.

FERC has approved a stipulation and consent agreement requiring NorthWestern Corp. and its subsidiary NorthWestern Services LLC (NWS) to pay a civil penalty of $450,000 for self-reported violations of the shipper-must-have-title (SMHT) requirement and to submit semiannual compliance monitoring reports for one year.

Mexico has plenty of oil and natural gas reserves, but it will take an infusion of technology and expertise to fully unlock them, energy officials said last week.

Mexico has plenty of oil and natural gas reserves, but it will take an infusion of technology and expertise to fully unlock them, the CEO of the Mexican Petroleum Institute said Tuesday.

There’s no room left in the pipe, according to the partner backers of the Midcontinent Express Pipeline LLC (MEP) project, who said last week their project is fully subscribed at its initial capacity of 1.4 Bcf/d.

Due to increased demand in all of its business segments, Enterprise Products Partners LP reported a 132% increase in 1Q2008 net income to $260 million, or 51 cents per unit on a fully diluted basis, over net income of $112 million, or 20 cents per unit, during 1Q2007. Responding to the natural gas industry’s significant concern surrounding the April 8 suspension of production at the Independence Hub in the Gulf of Mexico, the company noted that repairs on the associated natural gas pipeline system should be completed during the “first half of May,” allowing the hub to restart activity.

There’s no room left in the pipe, according to the partner backers of the Midcontinent Express Pipeline LLC (MEP) project, who said Wednesday their project is fully subscribed at its initial capacity of 1.4 Bcf/d.

Due to increased demand in all of its business segments, Enterprise Products Partners LP reported a 132% increase in 1Q2008 net income to $260 million, or 51 cents per unit on a fully diluted basis, over net income of $112 million, or 20 cents per unit, during 1Q2007. Responding to the natural gas industry’s significant concern surrounding the April 8 suspension of production at the Independence Hub in the Gulf of Mexico, the company noted that repairs on the associated natural gas pipeline system should be completed during the “first half of May,” allowing the hub to restart activity.