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In his first Oval Office address, President Obama last Tuesday gave no sign that he would ease up on the six-month moratorium on deepwater oil and natural gas drilling in the Gulf of Mexico (GOM).

In his first Oval Office address, President Obama Tuesday night gave no sign that the moratorium on deepwater drilling in the Gulf of Mexico (GOM) may be shortened to less than six months.

Questar Corp.’s board of directors last week gave a thumb’s up to proceed with a tax-free spin-off of the firm’s exploration and production (E&P) and midstream field services businesses to form an independent, publicly traded company to be named QEP Resources Inc.

Due to ongoing settlement discussions, FERC Chief Judge Curtis Wagner last Monday gave the go-ahead for a two-week suspension of the Section 5 complaint proceeding in which Natural Gas Pipeline Co. of America LLC (NGPL) is accused of overrecovering its cost of service by more than 20% (see NGI, Nov. 23, 2009). But trial staff of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) last Thursday asked Wagner to suspend the entire procedural schedule, saying that parties in the case had agreed to settlement terms.

FERC Tuesday gave Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line (Transco) the green light to place into service an expansion of its pipeline system that will serve markets in the southeastern United States.

Due to ongoing settlement discussions, FERC Chief Judge Curtis Wagner Monday gave the go-ahead for a two-week suspension of the Section 5 complaint proceeding in which Natural Gas Pipeline Co. of America LLC (NGPL) is accused of overrecovering its cost of service by more than 20% (see Daily GPI, Nov. 20, 2009).

FERC Tuesday gave Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line (Transco) the green light to place into service an expansion of its pipeline system that will serve markets in the southeastern United States.

Due to ongoing settlement discussions, FERC Chief Judge Curtis Wagner Monday gave the go-ahead for a two-week suspension of the Section 5 complaint proceeding in which Natural Gas Pipeline Co. of America LLC (NGPL) is accused of overrecovering its cost of service by more than 20% (see Daily GPI, Nov. 20, 2009).

ExxonMobil Corp. gave a signal to oilfield services companies last week to begin disclosing the chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing (hydrofracing) operations at drilling sites.