Reconsider

Rockies Express Pipeline LLC (REX) has asked FERC to reconsider a recent order that removed restrictions so that customers of a new mainline displacement-only backhaul service may use secondary points to make forward-hauls.

Rockies Express Pipeline LLC (REX) has asked FERC to reconsider a recent order that removed restrictions so that customers of a new mainline displacement-only backhaul service may use secondary points to make forward-hauls.

Some residents of Fort Worth, TX — which sits atop the Barnett Shale — would like to see their city and state reconsider policies on siting and regulation of natural gas pipelines. A group of neighborhood associations said Thursday that citizens of other shale gas towns could learn from mistakes made in their city.

A judge in Tarrant County, TX, has dismissed four lawsuits against XTO Energy in which plaintiffs alleged that XTO, now a unit of ExxonMobil Corp., shortchanged them in lease payments.

The shale-driven natural gas supply glut in the Lower 48 states has prompted ConocoPhillips to reconsider its participation in the Denali Alaska gas pipeline project with BP plc, CEO Jim Mulva said in Houston.

Industrial natural gas users last week urged FERC to reconsider its decision to terminate a Section 5 complaint proceeding against Northern Natural Gas for over-recovery of cost of service, saying customers and the agency yielded to the pipeline’s threat of filing higher transportation rates if the case was not closed quickly.

Industrial natural gas users Monday urged FERC to reconsider its decision to terminate a Section 5 complaint proceeding against Northern Natural Gas for over-recovery of cost of service, saying customers and the agency yielded to the pipeline’s threat of filing higher transportation rates if the case was not closed quickly.

The state of Oregon last Tuesday asked FERC to reconsider its conditioned approval of the Jordan Cove liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal and connecting transmission pipeline in the south-central part of the state at Coos Bay. As it has in challenging an earlier approved LNG terminal proposal at Bradwood Landing along the Columbia River, Oregon officials alleged that the federal regulators acted prematurely in approving Jordan Cove and the proposed Pacific Connector pipeline in December.

The state of Oregon on Tuesday asked FERC to reconsider its conditioned approval of the Jordan Cove liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal and connecting transmission pipeline in the south-central part of the state at Coos Bay. As it has in challenging an earlier approved LNG terminal proposal at Bradwood Landing along the Columbia River, Oregon officials alleged that the federal regulators acted prematurely in approving Jordan Cove and the proposed Pacific Connector pipeline in December.