February Newsreel: Gas Growth Supports NE Renewables; Pace, Ridge Global Ally; Crosstex Acquires Intracoastal

Plains Acquires Additional Capline Pipeline Interest, Tankage At Patoka; Denbury Completes Sale Of Barnett Shale Properties; Chesapeake Announces $2.25 Billion Barnett Shale JV with Total E&P USA; GE Oil & Gas, Al Shaheen Energy Services Sign Partnership Agreements; Caiman Energy Extends Midstream Presence In Marcellus; BP May Face Violation After Latest Alaskan Spill; Gas South Honored For Excellence In Workplace Flexibility; Magnum Gas Storage Application Accepted By FERC; Explorer Pipeline Names New President To Replace Felt; North Dakota Mulls Feasibility Of Spur; El Paso, Navajos Reach Accord On Pipeline Pay
Atlas Pipeline Partners Names New President/CEO

Growth In Gas Use To Support Northwest Renewable Energy Development, Reduce Emissions
Natural gas will play an increasingly important role in helping the Pacific Northwest region develop renewable energy resources and reduce greenhouse gas emissions, according to the 2010 Northwest Gas Outlook from the Northwest Gas Association.

The Gas Outlook is an annual study of the use and potential availability of natural gas in the Northwest through October 2019 and is a consensus view of the gas market developed by industry participants serving the region.

Demand for natural gas across the region (Idaho, Oregon, Washington and British Columbia) will grow by an average of 1% through 2019. Climate change policies enacted by state and provincial legislatures across the region will drive some of that growth.