Atlas Pipeline announces Eric Kalamaras as new CFO

October 14th, 2009 NTSB discusses Miss. pipeline blast failuresWASHINGTON — The National Transportation Safety Board says better pipeline testing might have prevented a 2007 propane explosion that killed two people in rural Mississippi.

September 15th, 2009 NEW DELHI - With India going slow on the tri-nation gas pipeline, Iranian ambassador to India Seyed Mehdi Nabizadeh Tuesday said China is interested in the proposed multi-billion project but left the door open for New Delhi to rejoin the peace pipeline. The Iranian envoy, however, remained quiet on whether Iran is holding talks with China over the tri-nation pipeline involving Iran, India and Pakistan.

September 11th, 2009 LONDON - Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Murli Deora has denied reports that India has quit plans to build a gas pipeline with Iran and Pakistan. No, it's not off, Deora told journalists here Thursday.

September 4th, 2009 Enterprise sells $150 million of sharesHOUSTON — Enterprise Products Partners LP, which transports natural gas and oil through its pipeline network, on Friday said it agreed to sell $150 million worth of common stock. The 5.9 million shares representing limited partner interests of Enterprise were placed privately with EPCO Holdings Inc., a privately held affiliate of Enterprise.

August 22nd, 2009 SYDNEY - Oil spilled from a drilling rig 690 km west of the Australian city of Darwin Saturday as a cleanup operation was beginning to get underway. The Australian Maritime Oil Spill Centre said Hercules aircraft were expected to begin spraying 50,000 litres of dispersant.

August 17th, 2009 Weyerhaeuser completes sale of 4 plants to AtlasFEDERAL WAY, Wash. — Timber and wood products company Weyerhaeuser Co.

August 10th, 2009 Boardwalk Pipeline to offer 7 million common unitsHOUSTON —Natural gas pipeline operator Boardwalk Pipeline Partners LP said the company plans to offer 7 million common units representing limited partner interests. The company said it will use the proceeds to fund some of its expansion projects and to increase its borrowing capacity.

August 10th, 2009 Atlas Energy 2Q profit falls, misses expectationsPITTSBURGH —Atlas Energy Resources LLC on Monday said its second-quarter profit declined 68 percent and missed analyst expectations, as natural gas prices and demand remained weak. Earnings fell to $12.2 million, or 19 cents per share, compared with $38.4 million, or 57 cents per share, last year.

July 10th, 2009 Nigeria militants claim to destroy pipelineABUJA, Nigeria — Nigeria's main militant group says its has destroyed a recently repaired Chevron oil pipeline. The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta said in an e-mail statement late Friday that it destroyed the pipeline that leads to Chevron's export terminal.

June 30th, 2009 GANDHINAGAR - The Gujarat government is planning to build a 1,460-km pipeline for the transportation of gas from the Krishna-Godavari (KG) fields off the Andhra Pradesh coast to other parts of the country. The state government has submitted a proposal in this regard to the Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board (PNGRB), a senior official in the department of energy here said.

June 16th, 2009 TransCanada issues $1.41 billion common sharesNEW YORK — TransCanada Corp. says it will issue common shares worth 1.6 billion Canadian dollars ($1.41 billion) to help fund its acquisition of an oil pipeline.

June 8th, 2009 Finland wants more details of Baltic gas pipelineHELSINKI — Finland says it needs more details of the environmental effects of a Baltic Sea gas pipeline planned between Russia and Germany before it can approve its construction. The Environment Ministry says it wants information about how the pipeline would affect fishing, toxic chemicals and unexploded ammunition on the seabed and nature reserves in Finnish territory.

May 29th, 2009 NICOSIA - Iran and Pakistan on Thursday signed in Tehran a deal for the supply of eight billion cubic meters of natural gas annually under an agreed price formula which has not been disclosed. Representatives of the two countries also signed an initial agreement for the construction of the Iran-Pakistan-India (IPI) gas pipeline, which is expected to cost more than 7.5 billion dollars and has been dubbed "The Peace Pipeline." It is expected that gas deliveries will start in three to four years.

May 25th, 2009 TEHRAN - Tehran and Islamabad have signed a deal for supplying Iranian gas to Pakistan, IRNA reported. As part of the plan a pipeline will be laid between the two countries through which Iran would supply natural gas to Pakistan.

April 23rd, 2009 Iran says pipeline agreement reached with IraqTEHRAN, Iran — Iran's official news agency says Tehran has reached an agreement with Iraq to build a pipeline that will feed Iraqi crude to an Iranian refinery. The agreement marks another step in strengthening relations between two majority Shiite countries that fought a deadly eight-year war in the 1980s.