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ANR Pipeline Co. on Monday announced two open seasons for projects intended to give Marcellus and Utica shale gas a new export option and access to the pipeline’s markets in the Midwest and Gulf Coast.

Newfield Exploration Co. said Monday its hunch that the Maverick Basin in the Eagle Ford Shale “would hold thick, high-quality” pay has turned out to be true as it released initial results from its Eagle Ford assessment program.

Glen L. Kettering, president of Columbia Gas, is assuming the additional responsibilities of heading up Columbia Gulf, due to the resignation of Terrance L. McGill. Columbia Gulf said McGill voluntarily left the company to pursue other activities in the Houston area. Promoted to senior vice president positions in the recent restructuring of the NiSource subsidiaries are James W. Hart Jr., who heads Columbia Gulf’s marketing and business development activities, and Rene P. Dartez, who directs the company’s financial planning and budgeting functions.

Old Dominion Electric Cooperative of Glen Allen, VA, issoliciting bids for peaking power for its 12 distributioncooperatives in Delaware, Maryland and Virginia and alternativelyis considering construction of new generation stations.