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FERC on Thursday gave Columbia Gulf Transmission LLC the go-ahead to start up the 1 Bcf/d Rayne XPress Expansion Project, adding to the list of Appalachian natural gas takeaway expansions coming online in time for winter heating season.

As Canada’s eastern natural gas storage and trading hub put an expansion into action on its 75th anniversary, a surge of western production began flowing Wednesday with a boost from a deep cross-country pipeline toll cut.

An incident on Monday that killed a maintenance worker at a Columbia Gas Transmission (TCO) system meter station in Northeast Ohio isn’t expected to have a “commercial impact,” a TransCanada Corp. spokesman said.

TransCanada Corp. confirmed Thursday that a proposed partial conversion of its Energy East natural gas mainline to oil service is dead, blaming “changed circumstances” for loss of the C$15.7 billion ($12.6 billion) plan.

As construction is completed on pipeline additions this year, the next stage is taking shape in a multi-year program to adapt the Western Canadian natural gas pipeline grid to spreading shale production.

As construction is completed on pipeline additions this year, the next stage is taking shape in a multi-year program to adapt the Western Canadian natural gas pipeline grid to spreading shale production.

A new regulatory ordeal, possibly lasting up to 15 months, has begun to determine pipeline service and costs for production stranded by cancellations of liquefied natural gas (LNG) export projects on the north Pacific coast of British Columbia (BC).

A 1.4-Bcf/d wave of Western Canadian natural gas will start reaching Ontario, Quebec and northeastern U.S. markets on schedule Nov. 1, thanks to swift approval Thursday of a deep cross-country pipeline toll discount.

No candidate has emerged to adopt a C$5 billion ($4 billion) orphan pipeline project deserted in British Columbia (BC) by former sole customer Pacific NorthWest LNG, according to TransCanada Corp.