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BP plc’s decision to rethink one of its long-planned mega-projects in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico (GOM) is one of a growing list of big industry projects that today are being reconfigured because of cost overruns and changing market conditions.

The coming to prominence of natural gas and oil resource plays in the United States has reshaped the outlook for the country’s energy future and reconfigured the view for producers and capital markets as well, speakers at a Houston energy conference said last week.

The coming to prominence of natural gas and oil resource plays in the United States has reshaped the outlook for the country’s energy future and reconfigured the view for producers and capital markets as well, speakers at a Houston energy conference said.

With Marcellus Shale natural gas as its supply backbone, Dominion Cove Point LNG could be reconfigured to export liquefied natural gas (LNG) to overseas markets, Dominion CEO Thomas Farrell said Wednesday.

With Marcellus Shale natural gas as its supply backbone, Dominion Cove Point LNG could be reconfigured to export liquefied natural gas (LNG) to overseas markets, Dominion CEO Thomas Farrell said last week.

National Fuel Gas Co. subsidiary Empire Pipeline has placed in service Empire Connector, one of five projects that make up the Northeast Project, or the reconfigured Millennium Pipeline project, the company said Tuesday.

Empire Connector — one of five projects that make up the Northeast Project, or the reconfigured Millennium Pipeline project — is scheduled to begin service to customers in New York and New England early this month, said company spokeswoman Julie Coppola Cox.

With its sights on a growing southeastern market, Columbia Gulf Transmission, a unit of the NiSource Gas Transmission & Storage system, announced it has reconfigured its key compressor station at Rayne, LA to flow south and East as well as north, at the same time Florida utilities are scrambling to replace plans for new coal generation plants with natural gas-fired power.

With its sights on a growing southeastern market, Columbia Gulf Transmission, a unit of the NiSource Gas Transmission & Storage system, announced it has reconfigured its key compressor station at Rayne, LA to flow south and East as well as north, at the same time Florida utilities are scrambling to replace plans for new coal generation plants with natural gas-fired power.