Morgan Evans joined NGI as an interning associate reporter in June 2019 before joining the Thought Leaders team in a full-time position in May 2022. She holds a liberal arts degree from Gettysburg College.
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Ohio Natural Gas-Fired Generation Added as Pennsylvania Shutters Another Coal Plant
Pennsylvania’s largest coal-fired generating station is shuttering operations on July 1 after years of competing with increasing natural gas-fired generation. The 1,888-MW Homer City Generating Station by EME Homer City Generation LP began operating in 1969. A third unit was added in 1977. Over the years, however, natural gas supplied by the Marcellus and Utica…
June 8, 2023
Black Bear Sells More Mississippi Natural Gas Gathering Assets
Black Bear Transmission LLC’s Mississippi arm has sold off another chunk of natural gas gathering assets to Skye MS LLC as it continues to divest from production-focused assets. The sale included more than 120 miles of gathering pipelines and eight active metered locations in Mississippi. Financial details were not disclosed. “This transaction represents continued execution…
June 8, 2023
Superior Plus Gains Bigger North American Natural Gas Distribution with Certarus
Toronto-based Superior Plus Corp. has completed its merger with fuels distributor Certarus Ltd., handing it natural gas and hydrogen distribution assets across North America. The propane and distillates distributor and marketer has expanded into compressed natural gas (CNG), renewable natural gas (RNG) and hydrogen delivery with Certarus’ network of bulk compression stations and mobile storage…
June 6, 2023
Texas Permian Natural Gas, Oil Permitting Up in May, but State Overall Sees Declines
New natural gas and oil drilling permits almost doubled in May in one portion of the Permian Basin in Texas, but overall, activity was down sharply in the state. The Railroad Commission of Texas (RRC) issued 65 natural gas and oil drilling permits for the San Angelo district, aka District 7C, a nearly 97% increase…
June 6, 2023
Cheniere’s Midship Ordered to Compensate Oklahoma Landowners for 1.1 Bcf/d Natural Gas Pipeline Construction
A federal court in Oklahoma has ordered Cheniere Energy Inc.’s Midship Pipeline Co. LLC to pay landowners nearly $170,000 plus interest for the use of private land during the pipeline’s construction. The pipeline started flowing up to 1.1 Bcf/d of natural gas in April 2020. However, area landowners in August 2021 said pipeline construction had…
June 5, 2023
BLM Nets $79M for Oil, Natural Gas Leases in New Mexico and Kansas
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) garnered almost $79 million from a recent natural gas and oil lease sale in New Mexico and Kansas. Forty-five parcels totaling 10,123 acres were auctioned across Cheyenne County, KS, and in Chaves, Eddy and Lea counties, NM. The New Mexico counties are in the heart of the Permian Basin’s…
June 2, 2023
Denver’s PureWest Sells Wyoming Natural Gas Reserves to Private Consortium for $1.8B
PureWest Energy LLC, which develops natural gas reserves in Wyoming’s Green River Basin, has struck a $1.84 billion deal to merge with a group of financial buyers. The all-cash transaction is by PW Consortium, a group that includes A.G. Hill Partners LLC, Cain Capital LLC, Eaglebine Capital Partners LP, Fortress Investment Group LLC, HF Capital…
June 1, 2023
California Regulators Budget $7.3B to Retire Some Natural Gas Facilities, Add Renewables
The California Independent System Operator (CAISO) board has set a $7.3 billion plan in motion to advance the state’s energy transition and prepare the grid. The plan, developed in coordination with the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) and California Energy Commission, expects 45 transmission projects would be needed. Reliability projects could amount to $1.76 billion,…
May 31, 2023
Contraction Possible for Texas Upstream as Natural Gas Prices Fall, Says Top Economist
The upstream natural gas and oil industry in Texas is at risk of slowing in part as natural gas prices have plunged by more than 160% year/year, according to the Texas Alliance of Energy Producers (TAEP). NGI’s spot natural gas price at the Henry Hub was $2.090/MMBtu at the start of April, down more than…
May 31, 2023
Spire Expanding Reach with Missouri’s MoGas Interstate Natural Gas Purchase
Spire Inc. is expanding its portfolio of natural gas infrastructure with a $175 million deal to buy the 263-mile MoGas Pipeline LLC, an interstate system in Missouri. MoGas, owned by CorEnergy Infrastructure Trust Inc., interconnects with Omega Pipeline Co. LLC’s 75-mile gas system and with Spire’s 65-mile STL Pipeline. “These businesses fit well with our…
May 30, 2023