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Approximately 84 Tcf of undiscovered, technically recoverable natural gas and 3.4 billion bbl of undiscovered, technically recoverable natural gas liquids (NGL) are contained in the Marcellus Shale, according to a new assessment by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).

Regulation of hydraulic fracturing (hydrofracking) by the Oil and Gas Conservation Division of the Oklahoma Corporation Commission (OCC) is well managed but could use more funding, according to a review conducted by the nonprofit State Review of Oil and Natural Gas Environmental Regulations (STRONGER).

Saying it has limited operational flexibility to manage imbalances in zones 0, L, 1 and 2, and due to the force majeure at Station 214 in Ohio resulting from a potential pipe rupture Thursday night, Tennessee issued an Imbalance Warning Monday requiring all delivery point operators in those zones to keep actual daily takes out of the system equal to or greater than scheduled quantities regardless of their cumulative imbalance position. Similarly, all receipt point operators in the zones were asked to keep actual daily receipts into the system equal to or less than scheduled quantities regardless of their cumulative imbalance position.

Williams and Dominion are partnering to develop the Keystone Connector pipeline, designed to carry up to 1 Bcf/d from the Rockies Express Pipeline (REX) terminus in Ohio to eastern and Mid-Atlantic markets. Under the proposal, the sponsors want to place the 240-mile pipeline into service by 2013. The proposed pipeline would extend from Clarington, OH, to Williams’ Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line (Transco) Station 195 in southeastern Pennsylvania. Williams and Dominion would work with potential shippers to determine the level of interest in the proposal. Williams, through its Rockies Connector project, and Dominion, through its original Keystone project, said they had worked independently over the past two years on various proposals to the Northeast markets with Rockies and growing Marcellus Shale gas supplies. After holding open seasons in 2007, Williams last year decided to combine its Rockies Connector and Northeast Connector projects into the Northeast Supply Project to move gas from Clarington to various delivery points in Transco’s Zone 6 (see NGI, May 12, 2008). Meanwhile, an open season for Dominion’s original Keystone pipeline was launched last year to transport up to 1 Bcf/d from southwestern Pennsylvania, the heart of the Marcellus Shale, to East Coast markets (see NGI, July 7, 2008). The pipeline was to carry gas to Chester County, PA, for delivery to eastern markets through pipes operated by Dominion, Spectra, Williams and NiSource. For information contact Transco’s Jim Moore at (713) 215-3081 or Dominion’s Jeff Keister at (804) 771-4459.

Williams and Dominion are joining forces to develop the Keystone Connector pipeline, designed to carry up to 1 Bcf/d from the Rockies Express Pipeline (REX) terminus in Ohio to eastern and Mid-Atlantic markets. Under the proposal announced last week, the sponsors want to place the 240-mile pipeline into service by 2013.

Williams and Dominion are joining forces to develop the Keystone Connector pipeline, which would carry up to 1 Bcf/d from the Rockies Express Pipeline (REX) terminus in Ohio to eastern and Mid-Atlantic markets. Under the proposal announced Monday, the sponsors want to place the 240-mile pipeline into service by 2013.

Texas Eastern reported an unplanned unit outage at its Five Points Compressor Station in Ohio and said it had sealed nominations flowing through Sarahsville Compressor Station as a result Thursday. “Increases in nominations for receipts sourced between Little Rock and Sarahsville for delivery downstream of Sarahsville will not be accepted” until further notice, the pipeline said.

FERC last Monday gave environmental clearance to Columbia Gas Transmission Corp.’s proposal to expand natural gas storage and pipeline facilities in Ohio, West Virginia and Virginia to meet growing demand in the eastern United States.

FERC Monday gave environmental clearance to Columbia Gas Transmission Corp.’s proposal to expand natural gas storage and pipeline facilities in Ohio, West Virginia and Virginia to meet growing demand in the eastern United States.