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Goldman Sachs Sees Natural Gas Prices At $6 By 2015
While predicting that U.S. natural gas prices will reach $6 per million Btus by 2015, Goldman Sachs analysts projected they will average just $4.25 in the near term as new shale gas continues to flow into the market.
EPA Proposes Air Quality Rules For Fracing
<p>On July 28, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a draft of new air quality rules for oil and natural gas applications, including processing plants and wells using hydraulic fracturing. The draft had not yet been entered into the federal record, but were available for review and announced upcoming public hearing meetings in Dallas, Pittsburgh and Denver.</p>
Argentina Opens Second LNG Import Facility
Argentina's second LNG import facility, a joint development between YPF S.A., ENARSA, Excelerate Energy and GNL Escobar (GNLE), was officially opened for business on June 8.
NuStar, Velocity Partner To Build Eagle Ford Shale Pipeline
NuStar Logistics and Velocity Midstream Partners plan to build a 70-mile pipeline to transport Eagle Ford shale oil products to NuStar’s terminal near Corpus Christi.
El Paso/Spectra Seek Shipper Interest In Marcellus Ethane Pipeline
El Paso and Spectra announced that their jointly developed project, Marcellus Ethane Pipeline System (MEPS), is holding a 30-day open season.
Koch Plans Pipeline To Move Eagle Ford Crude
Koch Pipeline Company, L.P. received final shareholder approval to build a 20-inch crude oil pipeline between Pettus and Corpus Christi, TX to move Eagle Ford production.
Editor's Notebook: Absolute Values
As a nation as well as an industry we should be grateful for the apparent wealth of natural gas we are finding throughout the United States. It means a reliable, relatively inexpensive energy source for years to come in addition to badly needed jobs, tax revenues for governmental entities, and increased energy independence.
Changing Natural Gas Midstream Capital Forecasted for 25 Years
New areas of hydrocarbon production in the U.S. and Canada are supplying more and more natural gas, crude oil and natural gas liquids (NGLs) as production comes from shale deposits and other unconventional resources.
Safety, Shale, Midstream Construction Discussed At Pipeline Opportunities Conference
The seventh annual Pipeline Opportunities Conference, presented by Pipeline & Gas Journal and the Interstate Natural Gas Association of America (INGAA), was held April 19 at the Intercontinental Hotel in Houston. The event drew more than 400 attendees who came to hear 16 key industry executives discuss activities and issues related to today’s challenges for U.S. oil and gas pipelines. Pipeline safety was also a considerable focus of this year’s program along with an Alaskan Natural Gas Pipeline update and a session on new pipeline construction opportunities.
Kinder Morgan-Copano Venture Increases Presence in Eagle Ford Shale
Eagle Ford Gathering LLC announced agreements to provide transportation, processing and fractionation services to Petrohawk Energy Corporation and Rosetta Resources Operating LP in the Eagle Ford Shale play in South Texas.
Shale Gas Measurement And Associated Issues
Widespread exploitation of horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing techniques has made it possible to extract vast amounts of natural gas previously locked in shale formations throughout the United States. This relatively recent development has likely changed the domestic energy landscape for decades to come.
DOE Allows Wider Exports Of Domestic Gas As LNG; Fracking Initiatives Begin To Gel
With domestic supplies of natural gas overwhelming domestic demand, LNG terminals – in a dramatic reversal from just a few years ago – are looking to build liquefaction facilities and export, not import.
INPEX to construct new Itoigawa Toyama pipeline
INPEX has announced plans to build a 63-mile, 20-inch diameter natural gas trunkline extending from Itoigawa city, Niigata Prefecture, to Toyama Prefecture, Japan.
HDD Instrumental In Bison Project
When TransCanada Corp. opened its new 305-mile, 30-inch Bison Pipeline between the Rockies and the Midwest earlier this year, horizontal directional drilling (HDD) played an important role in its completion.
Dow Growing North American Businesses With Shale Gas Liquids
Dow Chemical Company announced comprehensive plans to increase ethylene and propylene production and to integrate its U.S. operations into feedstock opportunities available from increasing supplies of shale gas in the Marcellus and Eagle Ford shale regions.
New Report Details Increases In Natural Gas Supply In U.S.
The Potential Gas Committee’s (PGC) 2010 biennial report: Potential Supply of Natural Gas in the United States finds nation possesses an undiscovered natural gas resource potential of 1,898 Tcf, the highest resource evaluation in the PGC’s 46 year history — exceeding by 61 Tcf the previous record-high assessment from year-end 2008.
KMP Increases Footprint In Eagle Ford And Haynesville Shale Plays
Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, L.P. has agreed to pay $855 million to Petrohawk Energy Corporation and assume $65 million in debt for Petrohawk’s 50% interest in KinderHawk Field Services.
INGAA Foundation Reinforces Pipeline Safety Stance
The Interstate Natural Gas Association of America Foundation met April 6-8 at the Las Colinas Four Seasons resort in Irving, TX with a tight schedule focusing on pipeline safety, public outreach and preparing for an uncertain future. Attendance was strong, although not a record, with 175 participants.
Regency Energy Partners Announces Gathering System Expansion In South Texas
Regency Energy Partners announced June 2 that it has entered into agreements to provide gas and condensate gathering services for a producer in the Eagle Ford Shale.
Line Pipe Coating Facility Works Million Man Hours Without Lost Time Accident
"Our Birmingham team has achieved an incredible accomplishment by maintaining 10 successful years of proactive safety in their work environment," said Merry Brumbaugh, vice president, L.B. Foster Tubular Products. Company representatives said a decade of safe operations at the Alabama plant demonstrates an intense safety awareness encouraged by DuPont's Safety Training Observation Program and promoted with ongoing corporate-wide safety initiatives.
Shale Gas Is Shaping The Natural Gas Market
While natural gas may not receive the favorable attention renewable energy sources get in federal energy policy, it continues to prove itself as a clean, dependable and abundant domestic energy source.
Valero, Harvest Pipeline To Build Crude Line
Valero and Harvest Pipeline plan to build a pipeline to deliver crude oil from the Eagle Ford to Valero’s Three Rivers refinery.
Regency Energy A Model For Midstream Sector
Dallas-based Regency Partners LP seems as though it was destined for success as a midstream operator. Regency owns 5,252 miles of gathering pipeline, eight active midstream-operated treating/processing plants and 790,000 horsepower of third-party revenue-generating compression.
Eagle Ford Shale Play Prompts Processing Facilities Expansion
Copano Energy, L.L.C. plans to expand processing facilities at its Houston Central complex, located in Colorado County, in response to producer demand in the Eagle Ford Shale play.
DCP Midstream Eyes Eagle Ford Opportunities
DCP Midstream, LLC, headquartered in Denver, leads the midstream segment as one of the top three gatherers and processors of natural gas in the U.S. and as the largest natural gas liquids producer and one of the largest NGL marketers in the nation.
Energy Transfer Announces Expansion Of Its Eagle Ford Shale Projects
Energy Transfer Partners, L.P. has entered into long-term fee-based agreements with multiple producers, including Rosetta Resources Operating LP, SM Energy Co., and a subsidiary of Anadarko Petroleum Corp., to provide natural gas gathering, processing, and liquids services from the Eagle Ford Shale.
New Technology Produces New Opportunities And Pipeline Challenges
The Bakken, one of the best-known oil producing shale plays in North America, is responsible for a renaissance on the Northern Great Plains as oil prices stay above $100 per barrel and significantly increased oil and gas production brings record-breaking levels of wealth and investment into the region.
Denali Discontinues Gas Pipeline Project
Denali, the Alaska Gas Pipeline, announced May 17 that its open season efforts have not resulted in the customer commitments necessary to continue work on its Alaska North Slope gas pipeline project, which has an overall estimated capital cost of $35 billion (2009 dollars).
Midstream Development Is Vigorous In Eagle Ford Shale Play
<em></em>Since the 2008 discovery of Hawkville Field in south Texas, the Eagle Ford Shale has experienced a tremendous amount of activity. In less than three years, the shale play has become a significant portion of the region’s economy.
Marcellus 2011: Big Play Sorting Itself Out
As the unfolding North American saga that is the unconventional resource revolution enters the next phase of what has seemed a fast and furious evolution, many are taking stock; surveying carefully from the current vantage point the ever-spreading opportunity sprawl below.
- Williams' $1 Billion Gas Pipeline Blocked by U.S. Appeals Court, Derailing Five-State Project
- Texas Waha Hub Gas Prices Plunge to Record Lows, Hit Negative Territory
- U.S. Buys Nearly 5 Million Barrels of Oil for Emergency Stockpile
- U.S. Appeals Court Strikes Down Controversial Biden Pipeline Safety Rules
- Texas Oil Pipelines Near Max Capacity, Threatening Future Export Limits
- Report: Houston Region Poised to Become a Global Clean Hydrogen Hub
- Exxon Mobil to Start Gas Reserve Seismic Surveys in Greece
- LaPorte, Texas, Issues Shelter in Place After Altivia Plant Leaks Toxic Gas
- Texas Startup Endeavors Again to Build First Major U.S. Oil Refinery Since 1977
- Mid-Year Global Forecast: Midstream Responding to Demand from LNG Projects
