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Looking to bolster the pool of trained natural gas industry workers while also reaching out to U.S. military veterans, DTE Energy has rolled out a seven-week pilot program that’s preparing Michigan veterans for jobs as maintenance fitter apprentices, which, if successful could be a model for programs nationwide.

Tennessee Gas Pipeline has filed an application at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission seeking to boost the compression capacity along its 300 Line to meet the growing demand for interstate natural gas transportation service in the northeastern United States and Canada.

Instead of jumping in, natural gas and oil companies instead may wade into the mergers and acquisitions (M&A) pool this year until they have more confidence in the broader business environment, according to the sixth Ernst & Young Global Capital Confidence Barometer.

Instead of jumping in, natural gas and oil companies instead may wade into the mergers and acquisitions (M&A) pool this year until they have more confidence in the broader business environment, according to the sixth Ernst & Young Global Capital Confidence Barometer.

As operators search for water treatment options in shale plays, they are hearing some crazy pitches, according to Rick McCurdy, senior engineering adviser for Chesapeake Energy Corp.

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) last Thursday finalized amendments requiring commodity pool operators (CPO) and commodity trading advisers (CTA) to bring their swaps activities under the agency’s oversight. They will be required to register with the Commission, giving their customers the benefit of the protections of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act.

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Thursday finalized amendments requiring commodity pool operators (CPO) and commodity trading advisors (CTA) to bring their swaps activities under the agency’s oversight. They will be required to register with the Commission, giving their customers the benefit of the protections of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act.

Transco Zone 6’s New York pool topped out at $13 and averaged nearly $12 Friday amid mixed price movement in most regions as traders kept in mind that the Sunday-through-Tuesday flows covered by their deals would be accompanied by the advent of frigid weather in much of the East. Several other Northeast points had peak quotes of $10 or more.

Tight natural gas and shale gas boosted British Columbia’s (BC) reserves numbers to record levels from 2009 to 2010, and more gains are expected as development continues, according to the province’s energy regulator.