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Flooded with natural gas from the Marcellus and stung by the demands of this month’s repeat appearances of the polar vortex, Dominion Transmission (DTI) said it will limit north-south nominations on its system beginning no later than Feb. 1, a decision that could have implications for drillers in the prolific shale play.

Lake Charles Exports LLC (Lake Charles) Wednesday became the third prospective liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal tapped by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to export domestic natural gas worldwide, bringing authorized export volumes to 5.6 Bcf/d.

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said it found naturally occurring dissolved methane at several household wells used for drinking water in Sullivan County, PA, during pre-drill baseline testing at sites not near existing oil and gas drilling in the Marcellus Shale.

The Western European gas market would receive liquefied natural gas (LNG) from the Goldboro LNG project in Guysborough, Nova Scotia (NS) under a long-term sales agreement struck by terminal developer Pieridae Energy (Canada) Ltd. and E.ON Global Commodities SE (EGC), a unit of E.ON SE, one of the world’s largest investor-owned power and gas companies.

The Western European gas market would receive liquefied natural gas (LNG) from the Goldboro LNG project in Guysborough, Nova Scotia (NS) under a long-term sales agreement struck by terminal developer Pieridae Energy (Canada) Ltd. and E.ON Global Commodities SE (EGC), a unit of E.ON SE, one of the world’s largest investor-owned power and gas companies.

A long list of legislation that targeted the natural gas industry in West Virginia failed to receive enough support from lawmakers before they adjourned last Saturday. However, the House of Delegates enacted a series of resolutions, perhaps offering a glimpse of things to come.

General Electric (GE) on Monday said it would pay $3.3 billion to buy Lufkin Industries Inc., a leading provider of artificial lift technologies for the oil and gas industry.

EOG Resources Inc. said it now holds 2.2 billion boe of potential recoverable crude oil reserves in the Eagle Ford Shale — reportedly the largest share net to one company in the last 40 years — and plans to continue focusing on oil production in 2013, after posting large increases in oil, condensate and natural gas liquids (NGL) production the year before.

Houston-based land driller Sidewinder Drilling Inc. management on Monday said it now holds about 92% of the outstanding shares of Union Drilling Inc., which allows the unconventional oilfield service operators to move forward with their merger, first announced in September.