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Enterprise Products Partners LP has struck 10-year agreements to handle “a substantial portion” of Chesapeake Energy Corp.’s liquids-rich gas production in the Eagle Ford Shale in South Texas.

A recent one-day retest of an Upper Montney Shale well in northeast British Columbia flowed at a rate of 8.9 MMcf/d, which further confirms a “large in-gas resource” at the Peach River Arch area, junior explorer Canada Energy Partners Inc. (CEP) said Monday.

Pennsylvania lawmakers need to be held to their promise to pass “a substantial severance tax” on Marcellus Shale natural gas production, according to Citizens for Pennsylvania’s Future (PennFuture), which is planning a series of rallies across the state in support of a tax.

As gas-fired power plants take up the slack for substantial retiring coal-fired generation and gas producers are able to back off from drilling merely to hold production, gas prices will get a lift, Credit Suisse Commodity Research Director Teri Viswanath told NGI Tuesday.

The hunt is on for shale gas in Europe and it’s likely to be successful with a “substantial impact on global gas markets,” according to a recent analyst’s report. That impact could come as early as 2015.

The hunt is on for shale gas in Europe and it’s likely to be successful with a “substantial impact on global gas markets,” according to a recent analyst’s report. That impact could come as early as 2015.

The hunt is on for shale gas in Europe and it’s likely to be successful with a “substantial impact on global gas markets,” according to a recent analyst’s report. That impact could come as early as 2015.

Integrys Energy Group Inc. has wrapped up its risk-reduction program for subsidiary Integrys Energy Services Inc. The company said Wednesday it expects to have divested “a substantial portion of its nonregulated business” by early in the second quarter.

The Oregon Public Utilities Commission (PUC) Monday approved a small general rate increase for Spokane, WA-based Avista Utilities’ natural gas operations, but substantial decreases in wholesale gas costs will mean the net effect for residential customers is an average decrease in monthly bills of 13%, or about $10. All the rate changes resulting in the net decrease were effective last Sunday.