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FERC Thursday rejected Energy Transfer Partners LP’s request for rehearing and stay of an order setting for hearing charges that it manipulated the natural gas markets at the Houston Ship Channel (HSC) and Waha, TX, trading hubs.

The House Natural Resources Committee passed legislation (HR 415) Wednesday that includes the Taunton River in southeast Massachusetts in the National Park Service’s Wild and Scenic Rivers system, throwing another roadblock in the path of the Weaver’s Cove Energy liquefied natural gas (LNG) project.

Consumers Energy said Friday that part of its five-year, $6.4 billion Growing Forward program includes a significant natural gas system project near the Village of White Pigeon in St. Joseph County, MI. Consumers Energy, which provides natural gas and electricity to nearly 6.5 million of Michigan’s 10 million residents in all 68 Lower Peninsula counties, plans to install four new natural gas compressors at its existing White Pigeon Compressor Station, located east of the village. Currently in the design phase, the total project cost is estimated at $50 million. The utility filed for initial environmental permits for the project earlier this month. The four new natural gas-fueled compressor engines will have a combined horsepower of approximately 16,500. Consumers Energy said the new engines will be cleaner running, more fuel efficient and easier to maintain than the existing units. The project will replace existing gas compressor equipment with an average age of more than 40 years. A factor in investing in the new compressors is that it has become increasingly difficult and more costly to locate replacement parts for the existing equipment. A building to house the new compressors will be constructed on the west side of the current facility, and an auxiliary building for support equipment will also be added.

The State of Alaska has agreed to support a two-year extension of the federal export license for the liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant on the Kenai Peninsula. The agreement includes provisions that address the need for additional gas supplies for Southcentral Alaska.

The State of Alaska has agreed to support a two-year extension of the federal export license for the liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant on the Kenai Peninsula. The agreement includes provisions that address the need for additional gas supplies for Southcentral Alaska.

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) has indicated he will move forward with an energy bill (HR 6) that includes a slightly larger tax package ($21.8 billion), ignoring threats of a counterattack by Republicans and a possible veto by President Bush.

Chevron Corp. will spend 15% more on exploration in 2008, setting aside about 44%, or $4.8 billion, for its U.S. upstream program, which includes deepwater Gulf of Mexico (GOM) projects and natural gas development in the Piceance Basin of Colorado.

Chevron Corp. has upped its 2008 capital and exploratory spending program by 15%, with $4.8 billion set aside for its U.S. upstream program, which includes deepwater Gulf of Mexico (GOM) projects and natural gas development in the Piceance Basin of Colorado.

Williams has sold its interests in the Wamsutter LLC system to its midstream partnership Williams Partners LP for $750 million, the company said Friday.