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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Equitrans LP is seeking Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) approval to abandon in place some of its natural gas gathering facilities in West Virginia. The Pittsburgh-based company is proposing to abandon 4.5 miles of its certificated M-90 gathering line and appurtenant facilities, including one receipt point interconnect with a gas producer and no direct interconnects with end users, in Tyler and Doddridge counties, according to an application filed at FERC. When Equitrans acquired the facilities through a 2003 merger with affiliate Carnegie Interstate Pipeline Co., it converted them from transmission to gathering, according to the application. Since then, a valve at the interconnection between the low pressure M-90 pipeline and the M-35 pipeline has remained closed; Equitrans proposes capping the facilities west of the 1997 Hardman Meter and the closed valve “in an effort to reduce lost and unaccounted for gas.” Equitrans asked FERC to issue an order authorizing the abandonment by May 15.
March 5, 2014
FERC, CFTC Put Information Sharing MOUs In Action
FERC and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) have begun transmitting market data under terms of a pair of memoranda of understanding (MOU) to address overlapping jurisdiction and information sharing for use in analyzing market activities and protecting market integrity, the heads of the two regulatory agencies said Wednesday.
March 5, 2014
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Bill Klessewill step down as CEO of Valero Energy Corp. May 1, but will remain a director and chairman of the board, the San Antonio-based company said. Klesse, who has spent his entire 45-year career with Valero and its predecessor companies, became CEO in 2005 and was named chairman of the board in 2007. Joe Gorder, who was elected president and COO in 2012, will become CEO effective May 1. He was immediately elected to the board of directors. During his 27 years with Valero, Gorder has held positions including executive vice president, chief commercial officer and president of Valero Europe; executive vice president-Marketing and Supply; and senior vice president for Corporate Development and Strategic Planning.
March 5, 2014
U.S. Natural Gas Production Hit Record High 30.2 Tcf in 2013
December was a banner month for U.S. natural gas production, hitting a record high of 2.63 Tcf and pushing the 2013 year-end total to a record 30.17 Tcf, according to the Energy Information Administration (EIA).
March 3, 2014
Shale States Pushed 2013 U.S. NatGas Production to New High
December was a banner month for U.S. natural gas production, hitting a record high of 2.63 Tcf and pushing the 2013 year-end total to a record 30.17 Tcf, according to the Energy Information Administration (EIA).
March 3, 2014
January Crisis Could Strengthen Propane Market, Analyst Says
The recent propane crisis, which involved shortages of the heating fuel in the Midwest and Northeast prompted by unusually frigid winter weather, could actually result in a stronger propane industry, according to RBN Energy’s Callie Mitchell.
February 28, 2014
EXCO Sees Eagle Ford Light at End of Production Tunnel
At the close of a turbulent year, EXCO Resources Inc. ended 2013 with production decreases and a rising tide of red ink, but moves it made in the Eagle Ford Shale last year may be the light at the end of the tunnel, company officials said.
February 27, 2014
Propane Markets Worked Through January Crisis, Analyst Says
The recent propane crisis, which involved shortages of the heating fuel in the Midwest and Northeast prompted by unusually frigid winter weather, could actually result in a stronger propane industry, according to RBN Energy’s Callie Mitchell.
February 27, 2014
Pennsylvania PUC OKs UGI Pilot to Expand Gas Main Extensions
Pennsylvania’s Public Utility Commission has approved a $75 million UGI pilot program designed to connect to new natural gas main extensions residential and small business customers that do not currently have access to gas service.
February 26, 2014
Shale Plays Pushing U.S. Production Toward Another Annual Record
U.S. natural gas production was 2.56 Tcf in November, up from 2.47 Tcf in November 2012, and was on pace to set a record high for all of 2013, according to the Energy Information Administration’s (EIA) latest Monthly Energy Review (MER).
February 26, 2014