The Foster Natural Gas/Oil Report (North America) addresses significant regulatory and business events that impact all segments of the natural gas and oil industries.  Topics of interest can include, but are not limited to, production, marketing, transportation, distribution, and end use.  The Foster Report incorporates into its narratives the laws, regulations, and financial factors that drive not only the federal agenda but also local, state, and international developments in the oil, natural gas, and energy fields.  The company publishes the most thorough review of activities at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) and National Energy Board (NEB) of Canada.

This week in Foster’s:

• State Department’s Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement Recites Evidence of Potentially Positive  Contribution of Keystone XL Pipeline Project To North American Oil Market Stability With Minimal Environmental Impact
• FERC Staff Conference on Gas-Electric Scheduling Issues Set for Late April
• FERC Reaffirms its Approval of Market-Based Rate Authority Exercised by Mobil Pipe Line, Dismissing Additional Shipper Challenges
• FERC Sets Tech Conference to Discuss Gulf South’s Plan to Integrate its Legacy Facilities and the 2008 Expansion Facilities
• Williams and Boardwalk Move Forward with Bluegrass Pipeline Concept Designed to Move Gas Liquids to the Gulf Primarily
• Shale Oil Production Could “Revolutionize” Global Energy Markets, PWC Report Says; Oil Prices Could Plummet and Production Could Reach 14 Million Barrels Daily by 2035
• Torys Unveils 2013 Canadian Oil & Gas Outlook: Investment into Canada’s Oil and Gas Sector Expected to Hold Steady