David Bradley joined the staff of NGI in June, 2007 following eight years of news reporting for Northern Virginia newspapers and more than a dozen years in the telecommunications industry. He received his bachelor's degree in Communications and English from James Madison University in Harrisonburg, VA., and his master's degree in Information Management from Marymount University in Arlington, VA. David retired in August 2020.
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EIA Slashes Monterey Shale Recoverable Oil Estimate By 96%
The Energy Information Administration (EIA) has cut its estimate of recoverable oil in California’s Monterey Shale to 600 million bbl, a 96% decrease from previous estimates, an agency spokesman told NGI’s Shale Daily Wednesday.
Obama’s FERC Chair Nominee Hits Senate Turbulence
Acting FERC Chairman Cheryl LaFleur seems likely to have a smooth path to a second term as a commissioner, but it may be a rockier road for Norman Bay, who was President Obama nomination for the Chairman’s seat, based on a hearing of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee in Washington, DC, Tuesday.
El Nino Will Limit Atlantic Hurricane Season, Another Forecaster Says
The 2014 Atlantic hurricane season is shaping up to be a mild one, based on a series of recent tropical forecasts, including the latest issued by Weather Services International (WSI) that called for 11 named storms, including five hurricanes, two of them major (Category 3 or higher).
Enbridge Gets FERC Green Light for Sandpiper Project
FERC has approved North Dakota Pipeline’s proposed tariff structure involving committed rates for priority and non-priority service, and uncommitted rates and apportionment principles based on Commission precedent, for the company’s Sandpiper project, which would provide Bakken crude producers access to downstream markets at a new interconnection point at Superior, WI.
FERC Sends 2008 Gas Market Manipulation Charges Against BP to ALJ
FERC on Thursday rejected BP America Inc.’s motion to dismiss allegations that it gamed the physical and financial markets at the Houston Ship Channel (HSC) in 2008, voting instead to send the issue to an administrative law judge (ALJ) for hearing.
Mild Summer 2014 Could Bring Weakest Cooling Demand Since 2009, WSI Says
Temperatures are expected to average below normal this summer from the Rockies east to the Mid-Atlantic and Southeast United States, according to forecasters at Weather Services International (WSI), a prognostication that could lead to the weakest nationwide cooling demand since 2009.
AccuWeather Expects Below-Normal Atlantic Hurricane Season
The 2014 Atlantic hurricane season is expected to produce fewer than the average number of tropical storms and hurricanes, according to forecasters at AccuWeather.com, who said tropical development could be altered by the onset of an El Nino even in late summer of fall.
Activists Call For Oil/Gas Well Air Emissions Limits Near Population Centers
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) should protect public health by setting air pollution limits on oil and natural gas wells, and associated equipment near population centers, according to a coalition of 64 environmental and community groups.
BLM Says Funding Shortfall Keeps It From Inspecting Some Wells
The Department of Interior’s Bureau of Land Management (BLM) hasn’t inspected some high-priority oil and natural gas wells due to budget constraints, according to an agency spokesman.
Rising NatGas Prices This Summer Could Be Swayed by Drought, El Nino, FERC Says
Both natural gas and electric futures prices will climb this summer, reflecting exceptional gas burn and storage withdrawals during winter 2013-2014, and an ongoing drought in California could affect prices and operations there, according to FERC’s “Summer 2014 Energy Market and Reliability Assessment.”