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A Railroad Commission of Texas (RRC) hearing intended to get to the bottom of the matter of whether the Barnett Shale gas drilling activities of Range Resources Corp. led to the contamination of two water wells in Parker County, TX, has been postponed to Jan. 18 from Monday (Jan. 10). In the meantime, one interested observer told Shale Daily that both research that condemns the company and other findings that would exonerate it are incomplete.

A recently announced acquisition by California-based water handling company Heckmann Corp. is intended to expand the range of water and wastewater services available to producers in the Haynesville Shale in East Texas, and there are plans to take the business to other shale plays.

U.S. Sen. Bob Casey (D-PA) told a field hearing audience in Pittsburgh last week that he plans to introduce legislation intended to improve emergency response services at oil and gas wells.

U.S. Sen. Bob Casey (D-PA) told a field hearing audience in Pittsburgh Monday that he plans to introduce legislation intended to improve emergency response services at oil and gas wells.

Dominion said Wednesday it will spend $253 million on expansion of its natural gas gathering, processing and liquids facilities in West Virginia. The project is intended to increase efficiency and reduce high pressures in the system, enabling more gas from local producers to be moved through the system.

Blue Sky Gas Storage LLC has received a certificate from FERC to construct and operate a natural gas storage field and associated pipelines in Colorado. The project is intended to serve Rockies gas producers.

Blue Sky Gas Storage LLC has received a certificate from FERC to construct and operate a natural gas storage field and associated pipelines in Colorado. The project is intended to serve Rockies gas producers.

Enbridge Inc. is holding a binding open season through Nov. 23 for its proposed LaCrosse Pipeline, which is intended to transport gas from Carthage, TX, to multiple delivery points in southeastern Louisiana. Construction of the 340-mile LaCrosse would occur in two phases. In Phase I Enbridge would construct and place in service the 42- and 36-inch diameter pipeline segments from the Enbridge Carthage Hub to Point Coupee Parish, LA, and a 24-inch diameter segment from Point Coupee Parish to Petrologistics LLC’s Choctaw Storage facility in Iberville Parish, LA. In Phase II Enbridge would construct and place in service the segment from Point Coupee Parish to an interconnection with Southern Natural Gas Co. in Washington Parish, LA. The planned in-service dates would be phased starting January 2012 through March 2013, Enbridge said. “We are in the process of negotiating third-party agreements that will bring total capacity commitments to exceed 1 Bcf/d and have additional indications of interest that could exceed 1.3 Bcf/d,” said Enbridge Energy Co. Inc. President Terrance L. McGill. “We have also secured engineering and environmental firms and survey permission from more than 80% of affected landowners. We are moving forward to initiate regulatory approvals including application to [the] U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), and expect to place Phase 1 of the LaCrosse Pipeline in service during the first quarter of 2012.” Information is available at www.lacrosse.enbridgeus.com under “Shipper Documents.”

Enbridge Inc. is holding a binding open season through Nov. 23 for its proposed LaCrosse Pipeline, which is intended to transport gas from Carthage, TX, to multiple delivery points in southeastern Louisiana.