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Chesapeake Energy Corp. has voluntarily suspended all completion operations in Pennsylvania as response crews work to contain a Chesapeake well blowout in the Marcellus Shale in northeast Pennsylvania.

Chesapeake Energy Corp. voluntarily suspended all completion operations in Pennsylvania last Thursday as response crews worked to contain a Chesapeake well blowout in the Marcellus Shale.

Following a meeting with President Obama on Wednesday, the BP plc board of directors suspended the company’s dividend, agreed to slash spending and said it would sell up to $10 billion of assets over the coming year to fund a $20 billion claims fund and as a $100 million unemployed workers fund related to the Gulf of Mexico (GOM) disaster (see related story).

Chief Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) Curtis L. Wagner last Monday suspended proceedings in a major enforcement case involving Amaranth Advisors LLC, affiliates and two former natural gas traders so that FERC staff and the parties can further pursue settlement negotiations on charges of allegedly manipulating natural gas prices.

Chief Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) Curtis L. Wagner Monday suspended proceedings in a major enforcement case involving Amaranth Advisors LLC, affiliates and two former natural gas traders so that FERC staff and the parties can further pursue settlement negotiations on charges of allegedly manipulating natural gas prices.

FERC has suspended review of the Quoddy Bay LNG Import Project, a proposed liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal in Washington County, ME, because project backers have said they are unable to provide requested information, the Commission said last Friday.

FERC has suspended review of the Quoddy Bay LNG Import Project, a proposed liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal in Washington County, ME, because project backers have said they are unable to provide requested information, the Commission said Friday.

Enterprise Products Partners LP said Friday that operations at its Pioneer cryogenic gas processing facility in Lincoln County, WY, have been suspended following a release of natural gas and subsequent fire that occurred on March 27. No injuries resulted from the incident, which was restricted to a small area within the plant.

Work on a draft environmental review of Australia-based Woodside Natural Gas’ liquefied natural gas (LNG) project offshore Southern California has been suspended by the U.S. Coast Guard, pending the completion of a global lifecycle assessment of the greenhouse gas (GHG) impact of the proposed ship-to-ship transfer and regasification process 28 miles offshore.