Proposal

Fort Worth City Council members got an earful Tuesday night from a standing-room-only audience about a proposal to tighten drilling restrictions in the Barnett Shale town. Protected use areas, multiple well pad site permitting and saltwater disposal are among the items being weighed.

A lawsuit filed by Energy Transfer Partners LP against Enterprise Products Partners LP and Enbridge Inc. over an abandoned proposal to construct an oil pipeline from Cushing, OK, to Houston “is about a company…trying to get in the courthouse what it could not achieve in the marketplace,” Enterprise said in a motion for summary judgment.

FERC has approved Tricor Ten Section Hub LLC’s proposal to convert a depleted oil and natural gas reservoir in Southern California to a high-deliverability multi-cycle gas storage facility to cater to multiple markets in the West. California-based Tricor Energy LLC, parent of the storage company, is an independent energy firm that produces, transports and sells natural gas from its oilfields in California.

FERC has approved Tricor Ten Section Hub LLC’s proposal to convert a depleted oil and natural gas reservoir in Southern California to a high-deliverability multi-cycle gas storage facility to cater to multiple markets in the West. California-based Tricor Energy LLC, parent of the storage company, is an independent energy firm that produces, transports and sells natural gas from its oilfields in California.

Citizens for Pennsylvania’s Future (PennFuture) has launched a campaign to prevent Marcellus Shale drilling in Pennsylvania’s state parks. The campaign was unveiled by John H. Quigley, a special adviser to PennFuture and former secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR).

FERC issued a favorable draft environmental review of Spectra Energy’s proposal to expand the systems of its affiliate Texas Eastern Transmission and Algonquin Gas Transmission pipelines through parts of New Jersey, New York and Connecticut.

A new proposal in Pennsylvania aims to protect natural gas gathering lines in the quick growing Marcellus Shale region from accidentally getting damaged during excavation.

Kansas regulators have raised concerns over Southern Star Central Gas Pipeline’s proposal to expand its Alden Gas Storage Field in Rice County, KS, citing unknown integrity of well plugs in the area.

A proposal by NiSource subsidiary Energy Interchange to provide hub and storage services in Louisiana and Mississippi has come under sharp attack from shippers on affiliate Columbia Gulf Transmission.