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The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has published a proposed rule regarding commodity pool operators and scheduled two public roundtables on Wednesday and Thursday (Sept. 15 and 16), all on different aspects of its reforming commodities regulation.

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has published a proposed rule regarding commodity pool operators and scheduled two public roundtables on Wednesday and Thursday (Sept. 15 and 16), all on different aspects of its reforming commodities regulation.

Gulf South Pipeline Co. LP said it has rescheduled its unplanned pipeline maintenance on Index 130 (Kosciusko 30″) in Lawrence County, MS. Originally planned to begin on April 14, the work is now set to begin on May 17 and continue for approximately three days. The pipeline does not anticipate any effect on customers.

Gulf South plans to begin repairs at the start of Thursday’s gas day on Index 817 (its 42-inch diameter East Texas Expansion) in DeSoto Parish, LA. In order to reduce pipeline pressures to allow the maintenance, Gulf South said it will reduce scheduled capacity to 1.165 Bcf/d in the Expansion Area 16 Receipt scheduling group, which it expects to continue through Friday.

Gulf South plans to begin repairs at the start of Thursday’s gas day on Index 817 (its 42-inch diameter East Texas Expansion) in DeSoto Parish, LA. In order to reduce pipeline pressures to allow the maintenance, Gulf South said it will reduce scheduled capacity to 1.165 Bcf/d in the Expansion Area 16 Receipt scheduling group, which it expects to continue through Friday.

The story “Top Pipe Capacity Players ‘Scrambled,’ Ranking Shows” in the Oct. 7 issue of NGI’s Daily Gas Price Index included incorrect information from a source. RBS Sempra Energy Trading should be ranked 13th among pipeline capacity traders.

When it comes to index pricing of liquefied natural gas (LNG) around the world, East doesn’t meet West, and that’s not likely to change, according to John Hattenberger, president of Gazprom Marketing & Trading, the U.S. arm of Russia’s OAO Gazprom.

When it comes to index pricing of liquefied natural gas (LNG) around the world, East doesn’t meet West, and that’s not likely to change, according to John Hattenberger, president of Gazprom Marketing & Trading, the U.S. arm of Russia’s OAO Gazprom.

U.S. production and consumption of natural gas is expected to increase and gas imports will decline in the coming years, according to the Energy Information Administration’s (EIA) Annual Energy Outlook 2009 (AEO2009) reference case, an early summary of which was released Wednesday. It presents updated projections through 2030.