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Interstate natural gas pipelines have eked out economic and transportation efficiency gains on their systems despite challenges on the financial, regulatory and legislative fronts, according to a white paper released last Wednesday by the Interstate Natural Gas Association of America (INGAA).

Interstate natural gas pipelines have eked out economic and transportation efficiencies on their systems over the years despite challenges on the financial, regulatory and legislative fronts, according to a white paper released Wednesday by the Interstate Natural Gas Association of America (INGAA).

With the shoulder season now in full swing and storm systems in the tropics remaining largely unorganized, the softness in natural gas futures last week spilled over into Monday’s action as the November contract recorded a low of $3.686 before closing out the regular session at $3.727, down 7 cents from Friday’s finish.

Eagle Rock Energy Partners LP is buying gas gathering systems and related facilities primarily in Wheeler and Hemphill counties in the Texas Panhandle from CenterPoint Energy Field Services Inc. for $27.5 million, the partnership said Monday.

As part of its mission to find more energy efficient, sustainable ways to operate large information technology systems, researchers at Hewlett-Packard Co. in the Silicon Valley are researching the concept of waste-powered data centers. HP Labs researchers presented a paper on the subject in May at an American Society of Mechanical Engineers’ energy sustainability conference in Phoenix.

As part of its mission to find more energy efficient, sustainable ways to operate large information technology systems, researchers at Hewlett-Packard Co. in the Silicon Valley are researching the concept of waste-powered data centers. HP Labs researchers presented a paper on the subject in May at an American Society of Mechanical Engineers’ energy sustainability conference in Phoenix.

Enterprise Products Partners LP (EPD) agreed to pay M2 Midstream LLC $1.2 billion to buy two natural gas gathering and treating systems that run through the Haynesville/Bossier shales, as well as the Cotton Valley and Taylor sands formations in Louisiana and East Texas.

Enterprise Products Partners LP (EPD) agreed to pay M2 Midstream LLC $1.2 billion to buy two natural gas gathering and treating systems that run through the Haynesville/Bossier shales, as well as the Cotton Valley and Taylor sands formations in Louisiana and East Texas.

The Department of Transportation (DOT) is calling on owners and operators of recently constructed large-diameter natural gas pipelines and hazardous liquid pipelines to examine their systems for potential girth weld defects.