Preliminary

Shell confirmed last week that it reached a preliminary agreement with the Interior Department’s Minerals Management Service (MMS) to add price thresholds and pay royalties on oil and natural gas production stemming from the flawed 1998 and 1999 Gulf of Mexico deepwater leases when the price ceilings are exceeded.

Shell confirmed that it has reached a preliminary agreement with the Interior Department’s Minerals Management Service (MMS) to add price thresholds and pay royalties on oil and natural gas production stemming from the flawed 1998 and 1999 Gulf of Mexico deepwater leases when the price ceilings are exceeded.

Forecasts of Canadian gas supply declines are being exaggerated by an industry faction following an oil agenda, say opponents of a plan to convert part of the TransCanada PipeLines system to oil service.

Forecasts of Canadian gas supply declines are being exaggerated by an industry faction following an oil agenda, say opponents of a plan to convert part of the TransCanada PipeLines system to oil service.

Overall transportation fatalities in the United States rose in 2005, but pipeline-related deaths fell, according to preliminary figures released last Wednesday by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB).

With one commissioner calling it the “king of pipelines,” FERC last Thursday issued a favorable preliminary determination (PD) on nonenvironmental issues for the second leg of Rockies Express Pipeline LLC’s proposed $4 billion 1,663-mile mega-pipeline project that would transport Rocky Mountain natural gas to Midwest and Northeast markets.

With one commissioner calling it the “King of pipelines,” FERC on Thursday issued a favorable preliminary determination (PD) on nonenvironmental issues for the second leg of Rockies Express Pipeline LLC’s proposed $4 billion 1,663-mile mega-pipeline project that would transport Rocky Mountain natural gas to Midwest and Northeast markets.

Overall transportation fatalities in the United States rose in 2005, but pipeline-related deaths fell, according to preliminary figures released Wednesday by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB).

As the legal community discussed the court-related impact of Kenneth Lay’s death early Wednesday, a preliminary autopsy on the Enron founder concluded that clogged arteries were the cause of death. Prevailing legal opinion is that his death will wipe Lay’s slate clean in the eyes of the law. History will determine the rest.