Michigan

The Ontario Energy Board has approved applications from Spectra Energy Corp. subsidiary Union Gas Ltd. and Enbridge Gas Distribution Inc. for 15-year contracts to move natural gas from the Appalachian Basin into the Union Gas Dawn Hub in Ontario on the Nexus Gas Transmission system.

Spectra Energy Corp. applied at FERC on Friday for a certificate to construct the $2 billion, 1.5 million Dth/d Nexus Gas Transmission project, which would supply markets in Ohio, Michigan and the Dawn Hub in Ontario, Canada with natural gas from Appalachia.

NEXUS Gas Transmission LLC said in draft environmental resource reports filed with FERC last week that it is opposed to a request from a northeast Ohio city to reroute about 100 miles of the natural gas pipeline running through the state.

NEXUS Gas Transmission LLC said in draft environmental resource reports filed with FERC last week that it is opposed to a request from a northeast Ohio city to reroute about 100 miles of the natural gas pipeline running through the state.

Chesapeake Energy Corp. has agreed to create a $25 million compensation fund to settle multiple antitrust, fraud and racketeering charges filed by the state of Michigan last June in connection with leasing activity five years ago.

Chesapeake Energy Corp. has agreed to create a $25 million compensation fund to settle multiple antitrust, fraud and racketeering charges filed by the state of Michigan last June in connection with leasing activity five years ago.

More than two years after they announced the project, backers of the NEXUS Gas Transmission system have submitted their application for pre-filing review at FERC.

Michigan’s Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) chief and the state’s attorney general will lead a multi-agency government task force that will examine oil and natural gas pipelines.

Chesapeake Energy Corp. was charged Thursday by the Michigan attorney general’s office with nine counts of racketeering and fraud in connection with leasing activity four years ago.