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The state of Alaska and ExxonMobil Corp., BP plc, ConocoPhillips and TransCanada Corp. have signed a heads of agreement (HOA) for the proposed Alaska liquefied natural gas (LNG) project, which would provide gas to Alaskans and be one of the largest export projects of its kind in the world.

The state of Alaska will be an equity partner in a pipeline and natural gas liquefaction project that would at last commercialize the state’s vast stranded natural gas resource, Gov. Sean Parnell said Friday.

Canada’s top natural gas transmission and distribution companies have completed a deal that calls for three cooperative pipeline expansions to improve Ontario and Quebec access to U.S. shale gas flowing north through border crossings from Michigan and New York State near Sarnia and Niagara Falls in Ontario over at least the next 16 years.

Canada’s top natural gas transmission and distribution companies have concluded a deal to pave the way for growing imports of shale gas supplies from the United States into Ontario and Quebec over at least the next 16 years.

An open season announced last week by TransCanada Corp. on the eastern leg of its Mainline has prompted two other pipelines to jump on board with complementary eastbound Marcellus Shale-oriented projects of their own.

TransCanada Corp. set out Friday to keep a promise to Ontario, Quebec and American exporters by maintaining full firm natural gas service while converting part of its Mainline to oil deliveries.

The billionaire activist’s investment in the Calgary operator likely will lead to some changes, if history is a guide.

Secondary locations are still in the running after a site in the state’s Nikiski area on the Kenai Peninsula.

A summer of dueling over services and tolls on the crowded eastern end of TransCanada Corp.’s natural gas Mainline ended Friday in a deal to eliminate the cause of the fight by adding capacity.