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As state regulators continue to study a possible connection between drilling waste disposal wells in Arkansas’s Fayetteville Shale and a flurry of minor earthquakes in the area, the tremors continue unabated, including a 4.7-magnitude earthquake Sunday night and at least 19 measurable earthquakes on Monday.

Laser Northeast Gathering Co. LLC has started construction on its gathering and transportation pipeline in Susquehanna County, PA, and expects the project to bring substantial investment and jobs to northeastern Pennsylvania, CEO Thomas F. Karam said at a groundbreaking ceremony in New Milford, PA, Tuesday.

The cash market was flat to slightly lower outside of the Northeast as a winter storm started to leave the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic behind. Most trading points from New England through the Washington, DC, area were still recording spikes, while points out West were mostly flat.

The November natural gas futures contract started its reign much like the October contract finished its own on Tuesday — quietly, but with a small uptick. The newly minted prompt-month contract traded between $3.903 and $3.980 before closing out the regular session Wednesday at $3.962, up 1.1 cents from Tuesday’s close.

Denali — The Alaska Gas Pipeline started its open seasons Tuesday for the U.S. and Canadian portions of the Denali Project, which would carry gas from Alaska’s North Slope to Lower 48 markets. Both open seasons will last 90 days, ending on Oct. 4.

Southern California Gas kept a high-linepack OFO that had started Wednesday in effect through at least Saturday. Unlike the previous two days in which it had not announced the OFO extension until the afternoon, shippers were notified by e-mail early Friday morning about the Saturday OFO.

Southern California Gas kept a high-linepack OFO that had started Wednesday in effect through at least Saturday. Unlike the previous two days in which it had not announced the OFO extension until the afternoon, shippers were notified by e-mail early Friday morning about the Saturday OFO.

Chesapeake Energy Corp. and SandRidge Energy Inc. — which was started by some of Chesapeake’s founders — announced last week that they will lay down some natural gas rigs because of continuing low prices.

Chesapeake Energy Corp. and SandRidge Energy Inc. — which was started by some of Chesapeake’s founders — have announced that they will lay down some natural gas rigs because of continuing low prices.