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As part of a federal district court lawsuit, backers of the FERC-approved Jordan Cove liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal project and related 234-mile natural gas transmission pipeline have accused Oregon state officials of stacking the regulatory deck against the LNG terminal developers because of widespread opposition to their project by the state’s attorney general as well as the heads of two state departments specifically named in the legal action.

Ruby Pipeline LLC has cleared the final regulatory hurdle to begin construction of its 680-mile east-to-west natural gas project, announcing last Monday that FERC has approved the company’s application for a Notice to Proceed and Construct.

Ruby Pipeline LLC has cleared the final regulatory hurdle to begin construction of its 680-mile east-to-west natural gas project, announcing Monday that FERC has approved the company’s application for a Notice to Proceed and Construct.

Ruby Pipeline LLC has applied to FERC for a Notice to Proceed and Construct its 680-mile east-to-west natural gas project, the final hurdle that must be cleared before construction can begin.

Ruby Pipeline LLC has applied to FERC for a Notice to Proceed and Construct its 680-mile east-to-west natural gas project, the final hurdle that must be cleared before construction can begin.

BP plc has removed the cap that was collecting some of the oil gushing from its busted Macondo well a mile below the surface of the Gulf of Mexico, the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) said Wednesday.

The apparatus collecting oil and natural gas spewing from BP plc’s blown Macondo well a mile below the surface of the Gulf of Mexico (GOM) prevented 11,100 bbl of oil from flowing into the GOM on Sunday, according to press reports.

Following the weekend failure of the last best hope to collect oil spewing from a ruptured well a mile below the surface of the Gulf of Mexico (GOM), Monday brought talk of a “top hat” and “junk shots” — the latest ideas on how to collect leaking oil or seal the well — from BP plc CEO Tony Hayward.

FERC has approved ETC Tiger Pipeline Co.’s proposal to build a 175-mile, 42-inch diameter pipeline to provide producers with up to 2 Bcf/d of takeaway capacity from the Haynesville Shale in East Texas and Northwest Louisiana.