Instructed

Cheniere Energy Partners LP has completed all milestones and has instructed Bechtel Oil, Gas and Chemicals Inc. to move forward with construction of the first two liquefaction trains for the Sabine Pass natural gas liquefaction project in Louisiana, the Houston-based company said.

A federal appeals court in Washington, DC, last Tuesday upheld a FERC order that instructed natural gas pipelines to expense costs associated with their integrity management programs under the Pipeline Safety Improvement Act of 2002, rather than capitalize the costs.

A federal appeals court in Washington, DC, Tuesday upheld a FERC order that instructed natural gas pipelines to expense costs associated with their integrity management programs under the Pipeline Safety Improvement Act of 2002, rather than capitalize the costs.

The House last Thursday defeated a Democratic non-binding motion that would have instructed House conferees on the omnibus energy bill to strike provisions offering producers of the gasoline additive, methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE), protection from liability lawsuits stemming from contamination of groundwater sites.

The House on Thursday narrowly defeated a Democratic non-binding motion that would have instructed House conferees on the omnibus energy bill to strike provisions offering producers of the gasoline additive, methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE), protection from liability lawsuits stemming from contamination of groundwater sites.