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South Korea’s state-run Korea Gas Corp. (KOGAS), the world’s largest liquefied natural gas (LNG) buyer, is joining the Cordova Embayment natural gas project in British Columbia.

Carrizo Oil & Gas Inc. has agreed to purchase more than 13,000 net acres in the Eagle Ford Shale in a deal valued at about $71.5 million, and it has temporarily moved one of its rigs from the Barnett Shale to the Eagle Ford in order to speed up production.

Quicksilver Resources Inc. set a production record in the first quarter, thanks mainly to the company’s Barnett Shale and Horn River activities. However, the company posted a net loss for the quarter due to one-time items and lower natural gas prices.

Withdrawal capacity at the Aliso Canyon storage field of Southern California Gas has decreased by 750 MMcf/d through June 30 due to maintenance on the facility’s #2 dehydration unit.

Siemens Water Technologies will provide Hydro Recovery LP with a system to treat natural gas hydraulic fracturing wastewater from Marcellus Shale drilling and produced water from operating wells in northeastern Pennsylvania. The system, which Siemens said will produce a hydraulic stimulation fluid for reuse, will be part of a new wastewater treatment plant scheduled to go online in April in Tioga County, PA. The system is designed to treat 288,000 gallons of wastewater daily, reducing total suspended solids to less than 100 parts per million. Last year Pennsylvania adopted wastewater treatment rules that limit discharges of wastewater from gas drilling to 500 milligrams per liter (mg/l) of total dissolved solids and 250 mg/l for chlorides (see Daily GPI, Aug. 26, 2010).

Southern California Gas lost 75 MMcf/d of injection capacity at its Playa del Rey storage field due to a retrofit of station injection piping. The restriction, which adds no impact to one that began late last week, is expected to last through March 28.

Southern California Gas said it regained a total of 340 MMcf/d of receipt capacity Wednesday at its Topock, AZ, border interconnects with El Paso and Transwestern following completion of anomaly repairs on Line 3000 that had required a reduction in line pressure. The work had begun Nov. 10.

Domestic natural gas production in the Lower 48 states fell 0.2%, or 0.15 MMcf/d, in October, the latest month for which statistics are available, the Energy Information Administration (EIA) reported last Tuesday. All onshore areas of the Lower 48 experienced a drop in output, including Louisiana where production fell for the first time since December 2009.

Domestic natural gas production in the Lower 48 states fell 0.2%, or 0.15 MMcf/d, in October, the latest month for which statistics are available, the Energy Information Administration (EIA) reported Tuesday. All onshore areas of the Lower 48 experienced a drop in output, including Louisiana where production fell for the first time since December 2009.