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Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Co. LLC (Transco) is ready to place the remainder of its 190,000 Dth/d Rivervale South to Market Project into service as early as Sept. 1, the company said in a filing with FERC Wednesday.

Prices for oilfield products and services have begun to increase following a multi-year slump, said to be lifted in part on more market power as consolidation in the industry continues.

After an unfavorable federal court decision earlier this year, the Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) probably won’t meet its target in-service date in late 2019, but the regulatory setbacks and rising costs could serve to further demonstrate the project’s value.

Enbridge Inc.’s underwater border crossing in the Gulf of Mexico (GOM), which will connect Texas natural gas to Mexico markets, has been given the green light by FERC to begin service.

National Grid said more than 7,000 customers in Rhode Island could be without natural gas service for several days because of a transmission supply issue, prompting Gov. Gina Raimondo to declare a state of emergency.

After roughly two years of delays, Energy Transfer LP (ET) said partial service started Saturday on the Mariner East (ME) 2 pipeline.

The Texas Petro Index (TPI), an indicator of upstream oil and gas activity in Texas, increased modestly but steadily during the first half of the year, beginning July a scant 1.2% from matching the peak index achieved nearly five years ago, according to data released Monday. As has been the case for a while, oil production is the big story, but casinghead gas is lending support to natural gas output.

Goodrich Petroleum Corp. is buying a 66.7% working interest in producing assets and about 277,000 gross acres in the Tuscaloosa Marine Shale (TMS) for $26.7 million as it continues to build scale in the play and improve its drilling performance.

XTO Energy Inc.’s natural gas liquids (NGL) recovery facility in Butler County, PA, has entered service processing wet gas from Marcellus and Utica shale drilling in southwestern Pennsylvania.