Hopes

In hopes of expediting the regulatory review process, Canada’s National Energy Board (NEB) Monday issued proposed conditions that could be attached to any approvals it may issue for the Mackenzie Gas Project.

The Senate leadership hopes to reach a compromise with the House by the end of the week on legislation to open up more of the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) to oil and natural gas leasing, but the goal could prove to be elusive.

Atmos Energy Corp. and Equitrans LP are pinning their hopes on FERC approving their separate proposals in September to build new pipelines to ease the capacity constraint in eastern Kentucky that has led to natural gas production being shut in for much of the year in that region.

Atmos Energy Corp. and Equitrans LP are pinning their hopes on FERC approving their proposals in September to build new pipelines to ease the capacity constraint in eastern Kentucky that has led to natural gas production being shut in for much of the year in that region.

EnCana Corp. on Friday revived the hopes for Nova Scotia’s offshore energy industry, unveiling an Offshore Strategic Energy Agreement (OSEA) with the province that establishes the framework for a do over of its $1 billion offshore Deep Panuke natural gas field.

Due to a leak on Coronado Pipeline, Dominion ceased deliveries to Columbia Gas at Cassity Mountain Wednesday. Dominion said it hopes to resume deliveries by June 30. All producers feeding directly into Coronado must shut in, Dominion said, and all producer compression in bubbles 4202, 4203 and 4205 on its system must be shut in until further notice. However, pool operators should not reduce their nominations during this outage, it added.

Norwegian-based TORP Technology hopes to be the Gulf Coast’s low-cost liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal operator when its proposed $400 million offshore Alabama regasification project enters service in about three years. An application for a deepwater port license for TORP’s Bienville Offshore Energy Terminal was filed earlier this month with the Coast Guard and Maritime Administration.

Atmos Energy Corp., the largest natural gas distributor in Louisiana and Mississippi, hopes to have 70% of its most affected customers back in service within six months and 90% in service within a year, the CFO said Wednesday.

The Yukon Territory hopes its resources will ignite another rush – this time for natural gas under Eagle Plains, an area not far from the scene of the 1890s Klondike gold stampede.