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Richmond, Va.-based Dominion Resources Inc. has applied to the Department of Energy to allow 1 Bcf/d to be exported through its Dominion Cove Point terminal in Maryland. The application seeks permission to exports LNG to any country with which the U.S. does not prohibit trade.

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Boardwalk, Southwestern Energy In 15-Year Gas Gathering Agreement

Boardwalk Pipeline Partners, LP and Southwestern Energy Co. said their subsidiaries, Boardwalk Field Services, LLC and Southwestern Energy Production Co., have executed a 15-year definitive gas gathering agreement which will require construction of a natural gas gathering system in Susquehanna and Lackawanna counties, PA.

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DCP Midstream Holds Open Season For NGL Pipeline Expansion

As DCP Midstream continues move toward closing on the acquisition of the Seaway Products Pipeline Company, it announced a request for binding expressions of interest in the proposed Southern Hills Pipeline.

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Natural Gas Gains Favor With Power Generators

The rapid growth of Canada's oil sands is expected to dramatically increase its consumption of natural gas over the coming decade, a prospect that stands to help Alberta's gas industry but raise the country's emissions.

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Enterprise Products, Duncan Energy Complete Merger

Enterprise Products Partners L.P. and Duncan Energy Partners L.P. announced completion of the merger of DEP with a subsidiary of EPD.

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Marcellus Shale Production Nearing 4 Bcf/d

The Department of Energy reports natural gas production in the Northeast has grown rapidly since early 2009 as a result of increased drilling activity in the Marcellus Shale.

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Nation’s First Ethanol Unit Train-To-Pipeline Distribution System Planned

Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, the Tampa Port Authority (TPA) and CSX Corp. have formed a public-private partnership to bring ethanol into the Tampa market more efficiently and safely via the nation’s first ethanol unit train-to-pipeline distribution system.

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USGS Updates Survey Of Marcellus Resource Base

The Marcellus Shale contains about 84 Tcf of undiscovered, technically recoverable natural gas and 3.4 billion barrels of undiscovered, technically recoverable natural gas liquids according to a new assessment by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).

These gas estimates are significantly more than the last USGS assessment of the Marcellus Shale in the Appalachian Basin in 2002, which estimated a mean of about 2 Tcf and 0.01 billion barrels of natural gas liquids.

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Successful Open Season For Mariner West Project

MarkWest Liberty Midstream & Resources, L.L.C. announced three critical milestones in the ongoing development of the hydrocarbon-rich area of the Marcellus Shale. The first milestone was made by Sunoco Logistics L.P. of completion of the Mariner West open season and execution of definitive transportation agreements.

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Inergy Holds Open Season For North-South II Expansion/Extension

Inergy, L.P.’s wholly owned subsidiary, Inergy Midstream, LLC, held a nonbinding open season for shippers wanting to transport incremental natural gas volume on the existing Stagecoach North and South laterals and to a new pipeline interconnect with Dominion Transmission.

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