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North Louisiana’s Haynesville Shale boom has been a starring player in the country’s natural gas renaissance. However, conventional drilling in the southern part of the state has been stymied by the threat of litigation over things that occurred decades ago, producers have argued and a new study asserts.

North Louisiana’s Haynesville Shale boom has been a starring player in the country’s natural gas renaissance. However, conventional drilling in the southern part of the state has been stymied by the threat of litigation over things that occurred decades ago, producers have argued and a new study asserts.

Saying daily demand exceeds its capacity, Southern issued Wednesday an OFO Type 3 Level 2 allocating deliveries at 16 groups on its system.

Onsite power with low emissions and maintenance is an increasing necessity for operators in burgeoning oil and gas shale plays, and a couple of Southern California-based manufacturers are seeking markets for their distributed generation devices (see Shale Daily, Dec. 28, 2011).

Canada’s National Energy Board (NEB) has approved Enbridge Bakken Pipeline Co. Inc.’s plans to build the 77-mile Bakken Pipeline Project Canada, which would connect to the Enbridge Pipelines Inc. (EPI) Mainline and carry crude oil from the Bakken Shale to North American refinery markets.

Southern California Gas did not extend a high-linepack OFO beyond Saturday.

Southern California Gas declared a high-linepack OFO for Saturday, setting a 10% tolerance for positive daily imbalances on deliveries into its system.

Southern canceled Monday the Type 6 OFO for long imbalances that it had implemented last Wednesday.

Southern plans to implement a systemwide OFO Type 6 Notice effective Wednesday until further notice, saying it must maintain the pipeline’s operational integrity by requiring shippers and poolers to remain in balance (including available no-notice injection entitlements). Tiered penalties will apply to customers running positive daily imbalances exceeding 2% or 200 Dth, whichever is greater.