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Based on production data verifiable to date, the Marcellus Shale will become the “King of the Gas Shales” by 2015 at the latest, U.S. energy analysts with Raymond James & Associates Inc. said in a new report.

A proposed 16-inch diameter, 450-mile oil pipeline from North Dakota’s Bakken Shale to a hub near Clearbrook, MN, is at risk for delay or termination due to a stalemate with Enbridge Energy Partners LP, which is refusing to allow an interconnection with its pipeline in Minnesota, according to High Prairie Pipeline, which has filed a complaint at FERC.

In light of the natural gas supply revolution in the United States, four energy experts told a Senate energy panel Tuesday that they support the export of liquefied natural gas (LNG).

“This is a 2013 development. It’s not a 2012 development. The next year is about evaluation. It’s about getting your head around the rock,” said Michael Bodino with Global Hunter Securities LLC.

As a result of liquids takeaway issues at its processing plant being resolved, Stingray canceled Tuesday the force majeure it had declared Oct. 24. See the bulletin board for a list of delivery points that have been reactivated.

With gas quality issues resolved at South Marsh Island 184, ANR said it had lifted all associated capacity restrictions.

West Virginia Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin has asked state legislators, who this week are working through an extended budget session, to come up with an additional $2 million to pay for additional oil and gas inspectors at the state’s Department of Environmental Protection (DEP).

NGPL said the gas quality issue that it had posted Friday for the El Paso Jal delivery point in Lea County, NM, was resolved and it resumed accepting nominations there effective with Wednesday’s gas day.

NGPL said the gas quality issue that it had posted Friday for the El Paso Jal delivery point in Lea County, NM, was resolved and it resumed accepting nominations there effective with Wednesday’s gas day.