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The International Brotherhood of Teamsters Local 854 Fund has initiated a class action lawsuit against Williams Companies Inc. and its spun-off communications company, as well as certain key officers and directors, in federal court in Oklahoma for providing false and misleading financial statements and press releases to investors.

More than four years after an El Paso Natural Gas Co. pipeline exploded underground, injuring a worker who was operating a bulldozer in the area.”The Law Offices of Frank L. Branson, which represented the plaintiff, reported that El Paso and a host of other involved construction companies have settled the lawsuit brought against them.

In a move that could have far-reaching legal repercussions for pipelines, producers and other companies operating on Indian lands, two affiliated Montana Indian tribes have brought a civil lawsuit in a tribal court seeking to collect more than $3 million in back taxes from Northern Border Pipeline.

In a move that could have far-reaching legal repercussions for pipelines, producers and other companies operating on Indian lands, two affiliated Montana Indian tribes have brought a civil lawsuit in a tribal court seeking to collect more than $3 million in back taxes from Northern Border Pipeline.

The Mid-Atlantic Power Supply Association (MAPSA) has filed a petition before the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court requesting a review of an order issued by the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) that MAPSA claims will bail out GPU utilities at the expense of electric customers and competitors.

The Mid-Atlantic Power Supply Association (MAPSA) has filed a petition before the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court requesting a review of an order issued by the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) that MAPSA claims will bail out GPU utilities at the expense of electric customers and competitors.

To better suit the growing demand for natural gas at a moment’s notice for gas-fired electricity generating plants, Duke Energy reported it is finally planning to convert an underground salt dome in Copiah County, MS, into a natural gas storage facility with 3 Bcf of initial storage capacity. The dome could be expanded by an additional 6 Bcf at a later date, the company said.

To better suit the growing demand for natural gas at a moment’s notice for gas-fired electricity generating plants, Duke Energy reported Monday that it is finally planning to convert an underground salt dome in Copiah County, MS, into a natural gas storage facility with 3 Bcf of initial storage capacity. The dome could be expanded by an additional 6 Bcf at a later date, the company said.

Multiple El Paso Energy subsidiaries were hit with a major classaction lawsuit on Friday filed on behalf of all the commercial andresidential gas customers in the State of California. The law firmLieff, Cabraser, Heimann & Bernstein fired off the complaint inState Superior Court in San Francisco against El Paso Natural Gasand several marketing and pipeline affiliates for allegedly rigginga capacity auction to gain market power and then manipulating gasprices at the California border.