2010

The U.S. natural gas rig count has peaked and is now in the early weeks of a downward correction that is likely to extend through all of 2009 and perhaps most of 2010, an energy analyst said Wednesday.

The Kern River Gas Transmission Co. 2010 Expansion Project has been set for environmental assessment by the FERC, the agency said Monday. The project would involve new facilities as well as improvements to existing facilities in Lincoln and Uinta counties in Wyoming and San Bernardino County, CA.

As of April, about 200 U.S. gas pipeline projects have been proposed for development between this year and 2010, accounting for more than 10,000 miles of potential pipe additions. Put another way, “Pipeline infrastructure expansion activity again appears to be on an upswing,” the Energy Information Administration (EIA) said in a pipeline capacity report released last Thursday.

As of April, about 200 U.S. gas pipeline projects have been proposed for development between this year and 2010, accounting for more than 10,000 miles of potential pipe additions. Put another way, “Pipeline infrastructure expansion activity again appears to be on an upswing,” the Energy Information Administration (EIA) said in a pipeline capacity report released Thursday.

EnCana Corp.’s Deep Panuke natural gas project off the coast of Halifax in Nova Scotia remains on schedule to ramp up in 2010, the project director said last week.

EnCana Corp.’s Deep Panuke project off the coast of Halifax in Nova Scotia remains on schedule to ramp up in 2010, the project director said Monday.

EOG Resources Inc. is forecasting its natural gas production will continue to build through “at least 2010” through its Barnett Shale and Uinta Basin reserves — and maybe some stealth projects still unmentioned — but don’t expect CEO Mark Papa to change his view of Energy Information Administration (EIA) data that indicates there’s overall gas growth across the United States. The numbers just aren’t there, he said Friday.

EOG Resources Inc. is forecasting its natural gas production will continue to build through “at least 2010” through its Barnett Shale and Uinta Basin reserves — and maybe some stealth projects still unmentioned — but don’t expect CEO Mark Papa to change his view of Energy Information Administration (EIA) data that indicates there’s overall gas growth across the United States. The numbers just aren’t there, he said Friday.

Iroquois Gas Transmission System LP is holding an open season through Feb. 29 for its MetroExpress Expansion Project, with service commencing as early as Nov. 1, 2010. The project would serve the Iroquois market area with supplies carried on the Rockies Express Pipeline LLP (REX), as well as regasified Canadian and Atlantic Basin liquefied natural gas (LNG).