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As state regulators continue to study a possible connection between drilling waste disposal wells in Arkansas’s Fayetteville Shale and a flurry of minor earthquakes in the area, the tremors continue unabated, including a 4.7-magnitude earthquake Sunday night and at least 19 measurable earthquakes on Monday.

Tennessee declared a force majeure event Friday for Station 214 (Carrolton, OH) after a “possible rupture” occurred nearby (see related story). No injuries were reported, and there was no interruption of customer service, said pipeline spokesman Robert Newberry. However, Tennessee anticipated limiting intraday flow increases for Friday’s gas day and restricting 100% secondary out of path (SOP) nominations and lower priority services going forward, with a possibility of restricting a pro-rata portion of secondary in path (SIP) nominations. “At this time the certainty of such restrictions [is] unknown due to the current investigation of the incident,” a bulletin board posting said.

The oil shale reserves in the Green River Formation are equal to the world’s proven oil reserves, according to the federal government.

At a face-to-face meeting with the oil and natural gas industry last Monday, Interior Department officials pledged to work as expeditiously as is safely possible to review permits for new drilling in the Gulf of Mexico (GOM). But oil and gas representatives were anything but encouraged when they left the meeting in Houma, LA.

At a face-to-face meeting with the oil and natural gas industry Monday, Interior Department officials pledged to work as expeditiously as is safely possible to review permits for new drilling in the Gulf of Mexico (GOM). But oil and gas representatives were anything but encouraged when they left the meeting in Houma, LA.

Due to a possible leak, ANR said Thursday it would begin unplanned pipeline inspection on the 708 Line in the Southeast Area Fuel Segment, causing the Cheniere Perdue location to be shut in until further notice.

In this “age of unconventionals,” shale gas and oil producers have to be as open as possible about their drilling operations, an ExxonMobil Corp. executive said last week.

ANR said unplanned pipe maintenance due to a possible leak at Eugene Island 188/189 offshore Louisiana is now expected to keep the point shut in until Sept. 30.

ANR reported shutting in the Eugene Island 188/189 meter offshore Louisiana until Sept. 15 to perform unplanned pipe maintenance “due to a possible leak.”