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FERC Monday approved a record $30 million agreement resolving claims that Energy Transfer Partners LP (ETP) and three affiliates manipulated physical natural gas prices at key Texas trading points from late 2003 through 2005.

Separate announcements last week by Regency Energy Partners LP, Energy Transfer Partners LP (ETP) and CenterPoint Energy Field Services Inc. (CEFS) promise to build natural gas deliverability from the Haynesville Shale.

Energy Transfer Partners LP’s (ETP) proposed 180-mile Tiger natural gas pipeline to tap the Haynesville Shale received another vote of confidence Tuesday in the form of a 10-year contract with an undisclosed shipper to transport 300 MMcf/d, bringing total capacity commitments on the project to at least 1.8 Bcf/d.

Citing “unseasonably high inventory levels at Clay Basin [storage facility],” Questar said it will not accept any ISS (interruptible) injection or transfer nominations there effective June 1 until further notice.

Energy Transfer Partners LP (ETP) and a subsidiary of Chesapeake Energy Corp. are partnering to construct a 178-mile, 42-inch diameter pipe that would connect emerging Haynesville Shale natural gas production to Louisiana’s interstate pipeline network.

Energy Transfer Partners LP (ETP) Thursday announced two more binding contracts to transport natural gas via its proposed Tiger Pipeline system. The 180-mile pipeline, to be constructed by ETP and a subsidiary of Chesapeake Energy Corp., would carry gas from Carthage, TX, through the heart of the Haynesville Shale and terminate near Delhi, LA (see Daily GPI, Jan. 28).

A Texas lawmaker wants to charge a 25 cent/boe fee for the transfer of liquefied natural gas (LNG), crude oil and petroleum products to or from marine terminals in order to support a $20 million fund that would pay for measures to combat coastal erosion. However, it is in doubt whether the fee would be in compliance with the U.S. Constitution.

Energy Transfer Partners LP (ETP) completed its Southern Shale and Cleburne-to-Tolar pipelines, providing 1.1 Bcf/d of capacity from the Barnett Shale of North Texas and boosting its capacity out of the shale to 4.6 Bcf/d. The 36-inch diameter Southern Shale pipeline originates in southern Tarrant County, TX, running 31 miles to ETP’s Maypearl compressor station near Maypearl, TX, where gas is delivered to ETP’s pipeline infrastructure. The 36-inch diameter Cleburne-to-Tolar pipeline originates in the western region of the Barnett Shale and connects to ETP’s Cleburne compressor station, which interconnects to ETP’s 42-inch diameter Cleburne-to-Carthage and 36-inch diameter North Texas pipelines. In the last year ETP has added more than 400 miles of 36-inch and 42-inch diameter pipeline and 4 Bcf/d of takeaway capacity, the company said. In September ETP completed two gas projects that added 875 MMcf/d of capacity to its transmission systems — the 42-inch diameter Carthage Loop pipeline in Texas and the 36-inch diameter San Juan Loop pipeline in New Mexico (see NGI, Sept. 15, 2008). In August ETP completed the 135-mile, 36-inch diameter Paris Loop pipeline and the 25-mile, 36-inch diameter Maypearl-to-Malone pipeline (see NGI, Aug. 11, 2008).

A binding open season was launched Friday by Energy Transfer Partners LP (ETP) to solicit market interest in the Tiger Pipeline, a 180-mile, 42-inch diameter interstate system that would carry growing natural gas supplies from the Haynesville Shale.