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Questar Corp. subsidiary Questar Pipeline Co. announced an open season Monday that is soliciting binding support for an expansion of its Southern System. The expansion is targeted to serve the Uinta, Piceance and Rio Blanco production areas.

After what it has characterized as a successful, targeted use of automatic meter reading (AMR) technology in remote, hard-to-access areas, Las Vegas, NV-based Southwest Gas Corp. late last month announced it intends to totally automate more than 1.7 million natural gas meters in the three principal metropolitan areas it serves in Nevada and Arizona. Southwest expects to complete the installation in 2009.

Noting that it went public with its offer to merge with NorthWestern Corp. only after the targeted company made the offer public last week, Black Hills Corp. CEO David Emery Monday emphasized that his company considers it imperative that it expand in the regulated utility sector. He made the comments during a conference call with the financial community. Black Hills filed a Securities and Exchange Commission 8K filing Monday, and it expects to close the deal by the end of next year, Emery said.

Imperial Oil Ltd. CEO Tim Hearn said Thursday that a 2010 targeted startup for the proposed C$7 billion ($5.6 billion) Mackenzie Valley pipeline may be in jeopardy because of continuing regulatory delays.

Imperial Oil Ltd. CEO Tim Hearn said Thursday that a 2010 targeted startup for the proposed C$7 billion ($5.6 billion) Mackenzie Valley pipeline may be in jeopardy because of continuing regulatory delays.

In a letter to FERC, Massachusetts Democrat Sens. John F. Kerry and Edward M. Kennedy said they were opposed to the Weaver’s Cove Energy planned liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal for Fall River, MA, citing the project’s potential harmful effects and risks to the city and surrounding area.

EnCana Corp., North America’s largest independent, may cut its 10% targeted annual growth rate after next year to ensure that the company’s long-term growth is not threatened by rising oil field service costs, the CEO said Tuesday.

EnCana Corp., North America’s largest independent, may cut its 10% targeted annual growth rate after next year to ensure that the company’s long-term growth is not threatened by rising oil field service costs, the CEO said Tuesday.

EnCana Corp., North America’s largest independent, may cut its 10% targeted annual growth rate after next year to ensure that the company’s long-term growth is not threatened by rising oil field service costs, the CEO said Tuesday.