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Final approval of the costliest, most contested version of a proposed overseas export pipeline and Pacific Coast tanker port for Alberta oil has been suspended by Canada’s Federal Court of Appeal.

Northern Natural Gas Co. received FERC approval Thursday to add 210,000 Dth/d of firm transportation capacity to its pipeline system in West Texas.

British Columbia has taken over from Alberta as the source of growth in Canadian natural gas supplies for the next quarter-century, according to the National Energy Board (NEB).

British Columbia has taken over from Alberta as the source of growth in Canadian natural gas supplies for the next quarter-century, according to the National Energy Board (NEB).

Deteriorating markets inflicted the second industrial casualty this month on British Columbia when an international consortium halted work on a highly regarded liquefied natural gas (LNG) project on the northern Pacific Coast.

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission staff will prepare an environmental assessment (EA) for Northern Natural Gas Co.’s proposed Cedar Station Upgrade Project in Dakota County, MN. A scoping process has been opened and FERC will accept comments through March 24, according to a notice of intent [PF15-32]. Staff will host a public scoping meeting March 15 in Eagan, MN. Northern Natural plans to construct and operate 7.8 miles of 20-inch diameter pipeline from its Rosemont Junction in Rosemont, MN, to the Cedar Station Meter Station in Eagan, which would allow it to increase pressure at the Cedar Station to 650 psig from 400 psig. The project would accommodate a contractual obligation to meet a delivery pressure for Northern States Power Co.’s Black Dog Generating Station, according to Northern Natural.

North Dakota-based MDU Resources Group’s pipeline unit, WBI Energy Transmission Inc., on Wednesday asked FERC to start the environmental pre-filing review process for its proposed 22-mile, 24-inch diameter natural gas transmission pipeline for taking Bakken natural gas to the Northern Border Pipeline Co.’s interstate system feeding the Midcontinent.

North Dakota-based MDU Resources Group's pipeline unit, WBI Energy Transmission Inc., on Wednesday asked FERC to start the environmental pre-filing review process for its proposed 22-mile, 24-inch diameter natural gas transmission pipeline for taking Bakken natural gas to the Northern Border Pipeline Co.'s interstate system feeding the Midcontinent.

May natural gas is seen opening unchanged at $2.64 Wednesday as traders balance a moderate change in the weather outlook with a dangerous technical environment. Overnight oil markets rose.