Leticia Gonzales

With cold weather forecast for the medium range but the possibility of warmer weather later next month, forward prices across the country were mixed but mostly stronger for the Nov. 21-28 period, according to NGI’s Forward Look. December prices averaged 24 cents higher, while January tacked on an average 21 cents.

The final phase of a proposed project that would expand natural gas pipeline capacity in the constrained New England region can move forward after receiving a favorable environmental assessment (EA) from federal regulators.

Tallgrass Energy, LP’s (TGE) proposed Seahorse Pipeline is a few steps closer to reality as the midstream operator has secured an agreement with a third party that could be an anchor shipper and equity partner in the crude oil project, the midstream company said Monday.

An inaugural report by a coalition of U.S. oil and natural gas exploration companies and pipeline operators shows that the group is ahead of the curve in reducing gas emissions across the value chain, already surpassing a goal to reach a 1% methane intensity number by 2025.

Federal regulators have essentially scrapped plans for a 485 MW combined-cycle natural gas power plant in Rhode Island after approving the New England electric grid operator’s request to terminate an agreement with its developer.

Citing asset sales as an important component of its funding plan, Emera Inc. has agreed to sell its three natural gas generation plants in New England to an affiliate of The Carlyle Group for $590 million, the Nova Scotia-based company announced Monday.

A subsidiary of Houston-based Kinder Morgan Inc. has asked federal authorities to approve start up by the end of the month for two more components of the Sabine Pass Expansion Project.

The natural gas forward market remained firmly strapped in on the roller coaster ride it’s been on the last couple of weeks as bitter cold continues across major population centers with no clear end in sight. December prices averaged 50 cents higher between Nov. 16 and 20, while the balance of winter (defined as January-March) averaged 48 cents higher, according to NGI Forward Look.

With an eye on increased oil and natural gas drilling activity in the Eagle Ford Shale, Southcross Energy Partners LP is set to restart its idled Bonnie View fractionator this month, management said last week.