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Appeals Court Petitioned to Review New Jersey-New York Project Orders

A New Jersey group of pipeline opponents has petitioned a federal appeals court in Washington, DC, to review FERC orders with respect to Spectra Energy’s New Jersey-New York Expansion, which has long been under attack by officials in the state.

December 7, 2012

Alliance Fined for Trying to Mislead Shippers on Unsubscribed Capacity

Alliance Pipeline has agreed to pay a civil penalty of $500,000 for violating FERC regulations with respect to capacity auctions two years ago, specifically giving shippers a misleading impression about the amount of unsubscribed capacity on its system.

December 4, 2012

CFTC Clarifies Rules for Swap Registration

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) last week clarified its regulations with respect to when a swap dealer will be required to register with the agency under the new Dodd-Frank Wall Street reforms.

September 17, 2012

CFTC Clears Up Confusion Over Swap Registration Deadline

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Monday clarified its regulations with respect to when a swap dealer will be required to register with the agency under the new Dodd-Frank Wall Street reforms.

September 11, 2012

Proposal Seeks to Bolster State Pipe Damage Prevention Programs

The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) has issued a proposal seeking to strengthen the federal-state relationship with respect to pipeline damage prevention, as well as the enforcement process.

April 16, 2012

University Establishing Shale Information Resource

Shale and other unconventional resource plays are getting their own information clearinghouse at the University at Buffalo (UB) College of Arts and Sciences geology department

April 12, 2012

Williams Partners Buys Caiman’s Midstream Unit, Plans Utica JV

Williams Partners LP on Monday agreed to pay $2.5 billion to buy Caiman Energy’s midstream business, giving it a much bigger footprint in the natural gas liquids (NGL) portion of the Marcellus Shale in northern West Virginia, southwestern Pennsylvania and eastern Ohio. The two companies also are teaming up to build a midstream business in the Utica Shale.

March 20, 2012

Total Takes 25% Stake in Chesapeake’s Utica Leasehold

As has been rumored for weeks, French energy giant Total SA is paying $2.32 billion to acquire a one-quarter stake in Chesapeake Energy Corp.’s massive Utica Shale leasehold in Ohio in the second big partnership targeting unconventional oil and gas between the companies.

January 4, 2012

Shale Mania Spreads West to Monterey

A relatively late entrant in the growing national debate about shale formations and how much long-term domestic reserves they bring to the United States, the Monterey Shale in California is an extensive old oil play that some analysts are predicting will experience a rebirth in today’s shale-dominated domestic energy world.

September 13, 2011

Cornell Professor Challenges Shale ‘Myths’

Universities should be working to answer outstanding questions about shale development, but until they do the practice should proceed cautiously, if it proceeds at all, a Cornell University professor told students in Pittsburgh on Friday.

March 23, 2011
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