Richard Nemec began writing for NGI in 1995 and has 30 years experience in the energy industry. He holds BA from the University of Southern California, Los Angeles; and a MA in journalism from Northwestern University, Evanston, IL; and completed MBA courses at Northwestern's Evening Graduate School of Management.
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North Dakota Flaring Program Unprecedented, State Official Says
With mandated gas capture plans and better long-range communications with midstream processing/gathering system operators, North Dakota’s full-court press to greatly cut the percentage of associated gas flared at the wellhead is taking on a new life.
June 19, 2014
‘NatGas Highway’ Opens Southwest Link, Fuel Supplier Says
A southwest link between Los Angeles and Houston on what is billed as “America’s Natural Gas Highway” has been established with the opening of a fueling station in El Paso, TX, according to fuel supplier and station developer Clean Energy Fuels Corp. of Newport Beach, CA.
June 19, 2014
California, North Dakota Differ on Fracking Chemical Disclosure
The oil/natural gas industry-supported independent chemical disclosure website FracFocus (www.fracfocus.org) was alternately praised and criticized by state officials in California and North Dakota on Tuesday during separate news media conference calls.
June 19, 2014
Colorado, Utah BLM Leasing Moratorium Decried by Industry
The U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) moratorium on oil/natural gas leasing in adjacent corners of Colorado and Utah has the Western Energy Alliance (WEA) crying foul.
June 19, 2014
California Fracking Rules Are Broadened, Regulator Says
A California oil and gas regulator on Tuesday characterized the state’s latest revised draft hydraulic fracturing (fracking) rules as going beyond any other state’s since the law mandating them (SB 4) applies to all well stimulation activity, fracking just being part of what the recently revised rules cover.
June 18, 2014
NatGas by Rail Not on Radar in North Dakota, Official Says
Crude oil by rail transportation continues on its robust path in North Dakota, tied closely to the spread between Brent and WTI prices, but natural gas-by-rail shipment is still just a concept being explored by some of the U.S. railroads, according to Justin Kringstad, director at the North Dakota Pipeline Authority, which keeps track of oil/natural gas transportation.
June 18, 2014
North Dakota Reaches 1M b/d Production Milestone
As anticipated for months, North Dakota finally cracked the magic 1 million bbl mark for daily crude oil production in April, joining an elite list of oil-producing states and nations, according to state officials Tuesday who released the most recent production totals for oil and natural gas. Records keep being set with regularity.
June 17, 2014
California Revised Draft Fracking Rules Released
Revised draft hydraulic fracturing (fracking) rules including a call for reporting any related quake activity of magnitude 2.0 or greater were released Friday by the California Department of Conservation’s Division of Oil, Gas and Geothermal Resources (DOGGR). New definitions and expanded requirements are included in the 29-page draft.
June 16, 2014
Massachusetts Firm Aims to Expand Bakken Transport System
Waltham, MA-based Global Partners LP made public on Wednesday an agreement with a unit of Summit Midstream Partners LLC to expand its takeaway capacity for Bakken crude oil for marketing on the East and West Coasts. It is part of the $300 million in North Dakota investments planned by Summit (see Shale Daily, June 10).
June 13, 2014
First of Five Pipelines in Mexico to Seek Bidders
News reports out of Mexico City on Thursday cited the nation’s chief electricity regulator as identifying the first of five new natural gas transmission pipelines that are on the drawing board to serve state-run generation plants. The first will be a $400 million line between Ojinaga and El Encino in the north-central state of Chihuahua.
June 13, 2014