Natural Gas
Smart Gas Meter Market Worth USD 2.27 Billion by 2021
Research and Markets has announced the release of the “Smart Gas Meter Market – Global Trends & Forecast to 2021” report. The smart gas meter market is projected to grow at a CAGR of 7.24% from 2016 to 2021 to reach USD 2.27 Billion by 2021. Government policies and mandates in developed economies a..
Automating Hydraulic Simulations of Large Number of Scenarios
As PG&E and other utilities perform unparalleled levels of safety-related work on gas transmission systems, frequent and complex pipeline system outages occur throughout the year. This safety work also carries the potential of pressure reductions due to previously undetected system anomalies in the ..
PG&E Testing Safety Drones to Inspect Gas and Electric Infrastructure
Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) is testing unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), commonly referred to as drones, to enhance the safety and reliability of its electric and gas service. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has authorized PG&E to use drones to assist with inspections of electri..
EIA Projects 48% Increase in World Energy Consumption by 2040
The U.S. Energy Information Administration’s EIA International Energy Outlook 2016 (IEO2016) projects world energy consumption will grow by 48% between 2012 and 2040. Most of this growth will come from countries that are not in the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), includ..
Frank Yoho and Natural Gas Are a Perfect Fit
From helping engineer the multibillion-dollar merger of his Piedmont Natural Gas with Duke Energy to his role as 2016 chairman of the Southern Gas Association, Frank Yoho is a very busy man with natural gas on his mind 24/7. Yoho, 56, is Piedmont’s chief commercial officer, with responsibility for ..
Turkmenistan Abolishes Agencies Managing Key Gas Industry
ASHGABAT, Turkmenistan (AP) — Turkmenistan, which holds the world’s fourth-largest natural gas reserves that are the base of its economy, has abolished two of the primary government agencies responsible for the sector. The central Asian country has been the prime mover in the effort to build a gas ..
The Unlimited Potential for Natural Gas
The energy industry cannot underestimate the promise and potential of natural gas. Successful natural gas development in emerging markets – where the gas resources are abundant – could spur economic growth and improve living standards. As emerging economies look to be part of the gas opportunity va..
PECO Inspects 308 Miles of Natural Gas Main
PECO said it completed nearly 600 projects to enhance natural gas and electric service for customers during the first quarter of 2016. That work included inspection of 308 miles of natural gas main, completion of more than 1,700 valve inspections and replacement of nearly two miles of natural gas m..
Large Montana Coal Plant to Close 2 Units
A large Montana coal plant serving utility customers across the Pacific Northwest agreed Tuesday to shut down two of its four units by 2022 and limit pollution from the plant until that happens, under a settlement with environmentalists who sued over emission violations. Terms of the partial shutdo..
U.S. Natural Gas Trading Volume Increased 4 Percent in 2015
From 2014 to 2015, U.S. natural gas trading volume increased 4 percent, according to a new report from Cornerstone Research. The report, Characteristics of U.S. Natural Gas Transactions—Insights from FERC Form 552 Submissions, finds that the trading volume measured by Form 552 submissions increased ..
Southern Buying Stake in Kinder Morgan’s SNG System
Kinder Morgan will sell a 50% stake in its 7,600-mile natural gas pipeline system to Southern Gas Company for an estimated $1.47 billion. Kinder Morgan will continue to operate the system. The Southern Natural Gas (SNG) system connects gas supply basins in Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and..
N.J. Court Dismisses Trespassing Lawsuit Against PennEast
A New Jersey State Superior Court judge on July 7 rejected a lawsuit filed by HALT, an association of New Jersey landowners, and several of its individual members, that sought to prevent the PennEast Pipeline from being built. The $1 billion underground pipeline will span the 118-miles between Dall..
Sanchez Production Partners Acquires Pipeline Assets in the Eagle Ford
Sanchez Production Partners (SPP) acquired Sanchez Energy’s 50% interest in Carnero Gathering, a joint venture that is 50% owned by Targa Resources, for about $37 million cash and the assumption of $7.4 million in capital commitments. Carnero Gathering will own about 45 miles of high-pressure natur..
Chinese Companies Splash US$80 Billion on Nigeria Oil, Gas
Chinese businesses have pledged to invest US$80 billion on oil and gas infrastructure projects in Nigeria, the country’s state oil company said. The announcement of the Memorandum of Understanding follows a roadshow in China by Nigeria’s Oil Minister and chief of the Nigerian National Petroleum Cor..
TransCanada Closes on Columbia Pipeline Purchase
TransCanada announced it will close on the previously announced acquisition of Columbia Pipeline Group on July 1 for about $13 billion, which includes the assumption of $2.8 billion in debt. “This acquisition is a tremendous opportunity to obtain a competitively positioned, growing network of regul..
New Mexico PRC Approves Emera Acquisition of TECO Energy
The New Mexico Public Regulation Commission (NMPRC) voted unanimously to approve final authorization Emera’s proposed acquisition of TECO Energy and the indirect acquisition of New Mexico Gas Company. (NMGC). Emera awaits the filing of the NMPRC’s written order, which will complete the final require..
Judge: US Agency Lacks Authority to Set Rules on Fracking
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — A judge ruled Tuesday that federal regulators lack the authority to set rules for hydraulic fracturing, dealing another setback to the Obama administration’s efforts to tighten how fossil fuels are mined. U.S. District Judge Scott Skavdahl said the Bureau of Land Management ca..
PG&E Plan Adds Renewables and Storage, Phases Out Nuclear over Next Decade
PG&E announced a joint proposal with labor and leading environmental organizations that would increase investment in energy efficiency, renewables and storage beyond state mandates while phasing out the company’s production of nuclear power in California by 2025. Underpinning the agreement, PG&E sa..
Effects of the Clean Power Plan
The Clean Power Plan (CPP) [1] rule, issued under Section 111(d) of the Clean Air Act, is the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) program to regulate carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions at existing fossil-fired electric power plants. EPA estimates that the CPP will reduce CO2 emissions from the po..
Enterprise Expanding in Delaware Basin with Pipeline, Processing Facility
Enterprise Products Partners plans to build a new cryogenic natural gas processing facility and associated natural gas, along with NGL pipeline infrastructure in the Delaware Basin of West Texas and southeastern New Mexico. The pipeline portion of the project will include construction of rich natur..
The Downstream Frontline for Integrity Management
Recent news headlines around gas storage incidents highlight the fact that it is not only oil and gas-producing wells that need continuous real-time integrity monitoring to avoid catastrophic leaks. According to the International Energy Agency’s (IEA) most recent forecasts, we can expect a sustaine..
Critical Romania-Bulgaria Gas Pipeline To Come Online By Year’s End
A delayed natural gas pipeline between Bulgaria and Romania that was supposed to be completed in 2013 will purportedly become operational later in 2016. “The interconnector will be completed by the end of this year,” Corina Popescu, Romania’s secretary of state at the Ministry of Energy, said at an..
Spectra Energy Awarded $1.5 Billion Nueces-to-Brownsville Pipeline Project
Spectra Energy Corp’s subsidiary, Valley Crossing Pipeline, LLC, has been awarded a 168-mile intrastate natural gas pipeline project by the Comisión Federal de Electricidad (CFE) – Mexico’s state-owned utility serving 37 million customers – to provide natural gas transportation services begi..
Natural Gas Pipeline Proposed for Eastern ND, Western MN
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A Bismarck-based energy company says it wants to build a roughly 38-mile pipeline to deliver natural gas supply to eastern North Dakota and western Minnesota. WBI Energy Inc. said Monday that the expansion would cost an estimated $50 million. The company, a subsidiary of M..
AGDC Names LNG Expert as New President
The Alaska Gasline Development Corporation (AGDC) Board of Directors appointed Keith M. Meyer as its new president. The announcement followed a five-month national search initiated in December, following the resignation of Dan Fauske. Meyer will assumes his new role June 15. Meyer has more than 35 ..
Williams-Energy Transfer Merger Passes Muster – with Conditions
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) said Thursday that Energy Transfer Equity (ETD) and The Williams Companies will divest Williams’ interest in an interstate natural gas pipeline to settle claims that ETE’s proposed acquisition of Williams would likely harm competition in Florida. The proposed merg..
House Unanimously Passes Pipeline Safety Act
The House on Wednesday unanimously approved a bill reauthorizing the Federal Pipeline Safety Oversight Board. It now goes back to the Senate where it already passed on voice vote in its initial version. The legislation, known as the PIPES Act, would change PHMSA safety policies by adding greater tr..
Wood Group Mustang, Grupo Diavaz Form Engineering JV in Mexico
Wood Group Mustang and Grupo Diavaz, a Mexican oil and gas operator and services company, have created a joint venture engineering business to capitalize on Mexico’s energy reform. Mustang Diavaz is based in Mexico City and will provide engineering, procurement and construction management services t..
PG&E Named United States’ Most Green Energy Company
San Francisco-based Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) has been ranked as the nation’s greenest energy company by Newsweek. The company placed first among electric and natural gas utilities, and No. 15 overall, in the annual Green Rankings of the 500-largest publicly traded companies in the Uni..
Senate Committee to Examine Oil and Gas Pipeline Infrastructure Next Week
On June 14, the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee will conduct a hearing to examine oil and gas pipeline infrastructure and the economic, safety, environmental, permitting, construction, and maintenance considerations associated with such infrastructure. The hearing will be broadcast li..
- Trump Aims to Revive 1,200-Mile Keystone XL Pipeline Despite Major Challenges
- Valero Considers All Options, Including Sale, for California Refineries Amid Regulatory Pressure
- ConocoPhillips Eyes Sale of $1 Billion Permian Assets Amid Marathon Acquisition
- ONEOK Agrees to Sell Interstate Gas Pipelines to DT Midstream for $1.2 Billion
- Energy Transfer Reaches FID on $2.7 Billion, 2.2 Bcf/d Permian Pipeline
- U.S. LNG Export Growth Faces Uncertainty as Trump’s Tariff Proposal Looms, Analysts Say
- Tullow Oil on Track to Deliver $600 Million Free Cash Flow Over Next 2 Years
- Energy Transfer Reaches FID on $2.7 Billion, 2.2 Bcf/d Permian Pipeline
- GOP Lawmakers Slam New York for Blocking $500 Million Pipeline Project
- Texas Oil Company Challenges $250 Million Insurance Collateral Demand for Pipeline, Offshore Operations
