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The plan by sponsors of the $1.27 billion, 500-mile long Midcontinent Express system to lease 500,000 Dth/d on the Enogex system in Oklahoma as part of their project has stirred up opposition from current Enogex customers who say the lease is discriminatory since they have been unable to get firm transportation on the intrastate line.

Powder River Basin Gas Corp. said it completed the first well of a 25-well drilling program on the Biamante project on the Powder River Consolidated Field in Goliad County, TX. The Biamante #1 is now completed and has been put into production. Production for the first 24 hours was set at 380 Mcf/d of natural gas. However, this rate will be monitored over the next several days to determine a stable flow rate. The 25-well program is scheduled for completion to full production in 2009. Production estimates based on recent engineering reports predict an average of 200 Mcf/d of gas as a conservative target. “This is another exciting program for Powder River Basin Gas Corp., particularly in that it is located in an area we are already familiar and have had success with,” said Powder River CEO Brian Fox. Calgary-based Powder River is active in production, acquisition and marketing of crude oil and natural gas properties. The company’s primary interests are in Wyoming, Oklahoma, Louisiana and Texas.

A demonstration project by the Department of Energy (DOE) and Houston-based Pinnacle Technologies has led to the creation of an advanced mapping system for hydraulic fracturing that may help optimize production from unconventional gas reserves.

A demonstration project by the Department of Energy (DOE) and Houston-based Pinnacle Technologies has led to the creation of an advanced mapping system for hydraulic fracturing that may help optimize production from unconventional gas reserves.

The deadline for applications from companies wanting to build Alaska’s proposed natural gas pipeline has been extended two months from Oct. 1 to Nov. 30 due to increased interest in the project, Gov. Sarah Palin’s office said last week.

The deadline for applications from companies wanting to build Alaska’s proposed natural gas pipeline has been extended two months from Oct. 1 to Nov. 30 due to increased interest in the project, according to Gov. Sarah Palin’s office.

As the oil and natural gas industry explores ever-deeper targets, particularly in the Gulf of Mexico (GOM), the Department of Energy (DOE) used a cost-shared project managed by the Office of Fossil Energy’s National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) to develop groundbreaking pre-drill seismic technology.

Columbia Gulf Transmission initiated an open season Monday to run through Friday, May 25, for bids for new capacity and capacity turnback on a project to expand its connection with Sabine Pipeline at the Henry Hub.

Allenergy Inc. said last week it has equipped and put on pump eight of the 26 existing wells on its Ball Lease property, part of the company’s 960-acre AE Project Four in southeastern Kansas. Allenergy plans to have two additional wells pumping before the end of 2006, weather permitting.