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Noble Energy Inc. is considering a move to larger offices in the Marcellus Shale to accommodate its growing presence in the play.

Energy Transfer Partners LP, the former partner with Enterprise Products Partners LP in a proposed oil pipeline from Cushing, OK, to Houston, is suing Enterprise and its new partner in a similar project, Enbridge Inc.

The Supreme Court of Arkansas on Thursday upheld a lower court ruling dismissing a lawsuit against the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission (AGFC) for leasing thousands of state-protected wildlife acres in the Fayetteville Shale for gas exploration.

A “big portion” of the capacity on the new Gulf Crossing Pipeline will become available Wednesday, a spokeswoman for parent Boardwalk Pipeline Partners LP said Monday.

Transco declared what a spokeswoman confirmed is its first OFO ever. The systemwide Imbalance Operational Flow Order becomes effective Saturday until further notice. Transco noted that on Monday it had issued a System Imbalance Notice advising of an “unacceptable level” of positive transportation imbalances, and followed up Tuesday with a request that shippers ensure that physical receipts and deliveries were in balance on a daily basis and that they reduce any positive imbalances immediately. However, effective voluntary compliance was inadequate, the pipeline said, and it could “no longer tolerate daily positive imbalances in the face of warmer-than-normal temperatures expected for its market area.” The OFO requires that positive imbalances (i.e., more receipts into the system than deliveries) of 5% and at least 1,000 dekatherms above nominations will be subject to penalties of $25/Dth for the excess.