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Questar said the first phase of a pressure uprate in its ML 68 segment was progressing on schedule and was expected to be completed by the start of last Saturday’s gas day. “No special restrictions will be in place until the next phase of the work begins” Tuesday, the pipeline said.

In preparation for its special en banc hearing next month to examine jurisdictional issues related to Marcellus Shale development, the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) on Friday issued additional guidance including a list of the invited speakers and a list of questions to be addressed.

In preparation for its special en banc hearing next month to examine jurisdictional issues related to Marcellus Shale development, the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) on Friday issued additional guidance including a list of the invited speakers and a list of questions to be addressed.

In preparation for its special en banc hearing next month to examine jurisdictional issues related to Marcellus Shale development, the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) last Friday issued additional guidance including a list of the invited speakers and a list of questions to be addressed.

With an abbreviated off-year, one-month special session scheduled for February, the Oregon Legislature is being urged by environmental groups to revisit a three-year moratorium on offshore oil/natural gas drilling in state coastal waters — either through extending the moratorium that expired Jan. 2 or by enacting a permanent ban.

With an abbreviated off-year, one-month special session scheduled for February, the Oregon Legislature is being urged by environmental groups to revisit a three-year moratorium on offshore oil/natural gas drilling in state coastal waters — either through extending the moratorium that expired last Saturday or by enacting a permanent ban.

In a special energy report FitchRatings this week cut the price deck for 2010 U.S. natural gas by $1/Mcf in response to expectations for modest economic growth in the coming year.

A special Bureau of Land Management (BLM) report issued Thursday had some glum news for producers. It recommended that only 22% of 77 disputed oil and natural gas parcels in northeastern Utah be reissued, and that the department make significant reforms of its onshore and offshore leasing process, which could put more public land out of the reach of producers.

A special Bureau of Land Management (BLM) report issued last Thursday had some glum news for producers. It recommended that only 22% of 77 disputed oil and natural gas parcels in northeastern Utah be reissued, and that the department make significant reforms of its onshore and offshore leasing process, which could put more public land out of the reach of producers.