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Williams has clinched a long-term natural gas processing agreement that expands its Canadian natural gas processing volumes by 60% and opens the door to a growing petrochemical business.

The Republican-controlled Ohio Senate passed Substitute HB 133 by a 22-10 vote on Wednesday. The measure creates a five-member Oil and Gas Leasing Commission (OGLC) and opens land owned by the state — including state parks but not nature preserves — to oil and gas leasing.

The Republican-controlled Ohio House of Representatives passed HB 133 by a 54-41 vote on Wednesday. The measure opens land owned by the state — including state parks — to oil and gas leasing and creates a five-member Oil and Gas Leasing Commission.

Although it is not a well known name in the energy industry, NorthernStar Natural Gas Inc. aims to be recognizable by the time in 2010 when it opens its proposed Bradwood Landing liquefied natural gas (LNG) receiving terminal on the Oregon side upriver about 40 miles from the mouth of the Columbia River at the Pacific Ocean-hugging town of Astoria, OR. The next step is a completed draft environmental impact report (EIR) or an announcement on a major source of LNG in the next two to three months, said Gary Coppedge the firm’s president, during an interview with NGI late Thursday.

Although it is not a well known name in the energy industry, NorthernStar Natural Gas Inc. aims to be recognizable by the time in 2010 when it opens its proposed Bradwood Landing liquefied natural gas (LNG) receiving terminal on the Oregon side upriver about 40 miles from the mouth of the Columbia River at the Pacific Ocean-hugging town of Astoria, OR. The next step is a completed draft environmental impact report (EIR) or an announcement on a major source of LNG in the next two to three months, said Gary Coppedge the firm’s president, during an interview with NGI late Thursday.

Although it is not a well known name in the energy industry, NorthernStar Natural Gas Inc. aims to be recognizable by the time in 2010 when it opens its proposed Bradwood Landing liquefied natural gas (LNG) receiving terminal on the Oregon side upriver about 40 miles from the mouth of the Columbia River at the Pacific Ocean-hugging town of Astoria, OR. The next step is a completed draft environmental impact report (EIR) or an announcement on a major source of LNG in the next two to three months, said Gary Coppedge, the firm’s president, during an interview with NGI late Thursday.

The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) Wednesday held a pre-bidding conference with four natural gas suppliers regarding long-term supplies of up to 120 MMcf/d, some of which could be transported through the still idled western portion of Questar’s Southern Trails pipeline in California, a LADWP official said during an interview with NGI.

Vector Pipeline has opened a new 100 MMcf/d interconnection with Guardian Pipeline, providing Vector shippers with access to Wisconsin markets and new supply via other pipelines. The new interconnect, which is expandable to 400 MMcf/d, is located near Joliet in Will County, IL.

The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) Wednesday held a pre-bidding conference with four natural gas suppliers regarding long-term supplies of up to 120 MMcf/d, some of which could be transported through the still idled western portion of Questar’s Southern Trails pipeline in California, a LADWP official said during an interview with NGI.