The U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Canyon Country District office in Utah is seeking public input for a proposed oil and natural gas lease sale in March for 45 parcels totaling 57,074 acres in areas covered by the Monticello and Moab field offices. Comments are being accepted through July 27 and would be used to prepare an environmental assessment. Details are available on the BLM website.
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The Port of Corpus Christi (Texas) accepted a $7 million bid from Oxy Ingleside Property Holdings LLC, a unit of Occidental Petroleum Corp. (Oxy), for a nearly 100-acre campus portion of the former U.S. Naval Station Ingleside (NSI). Oxy Ingleside currently has about 816 acres of the former NSI under purchase contract. The sale agreement for the campus portion will be presented for approval at the Port Commission meeting scheduled for Aug. 14. Occidental Chemical has operated a chemical plant at Ingleside since 1987. The campus portion is the third and final piece of the former naval base to be sold. Oxy has said it plans development of the base property in phased projects worth about $1 billion. Projects could include pipeline and barge facilities to handle liquefied petroleum gas produced from the Eagle Ford Shale; a liquefied natural gas facility also is possible, along with storage for crude oil, condensate and refined products, Oxy officials have told Ingleside City officials. An Oxy spokesman declined to provide further details. “The campus property complements the previous acquisition of the port property by Oxy Ingleside Property Holdings LLC [see Shale Daily, April 2], and we will investigate other uses for the property after closing, said spokesman Eric Moses.
Ohio EPA Issues Air Quality Permit for Shale Gas Wells
The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency (OEPA) on Wednesday issued a final general air quality permit designed to cover production operations at natural gas wells in the state’s portion of the Marcellus and Utica shales.
DRBC Flexing Newfound Regulatory Muscle, Analyst Says
When it issued proposed rules that would allow natural gas development projects — with conditions — in affected areas of the Marcellus Shale last month, the Delaware River Basin Commission (DRBC) was flexing muscles it hasn’t used before in its 50-year history, according to Philadelphia-based law firm Blank Rome LLP.
Susquehanna Commission Settles with Gas Producers
The Susquehanna River Basin Commission (SRBC) has accepted settlement offers from Chesapeake Energy Corp. and J-W Operating Co. on compliance matters related to natural gas well development that the commission regulates in a portion of the Marcellus Shale.
Arkansas Considering Frack Disclosure Rule
Companies in Arkansas would have to reveal all of the chemicals they will use during hydraulic fracturing (fracking) operations at new natural gas wells in the state prior to fracking, according to rule changes being considered by the state’s Oil and Gas Commission (AOGC).
FERC Accepts Bid for Utah Gas Storage Facility
FERC has accepted an application by Magnum Gas Storage LLC to construct and operate a high-deliverability, multi-cycle salt cavern natural gas storage facility in central Utah, which would be the first large-scale underground gas storage facility to be developed in the western United States, Magnum said.
FERC Green Lights Central Utah Gas Storage Facility
FERC has accepted an application by Magnum Gas Storage LLC to construct and operate a high-deliverability, multi-cycle salt cavern natural gas storage facility in central Utah, which would be the first large-scale underground gas storage facility to be developed in the western United States, Magnum said.
Stunner: Dems Accept GOP Climate Change Amendment
In a rare display of unanimity Wednesday, Democrats on the House Energy and Commerce Committee accepted a Republican amendment to the climate change bill (HR 2454) that would promote the use of natural gas.
FERC Takes Third Oregon LNG Proposal
FERC last Monday accepted a third application for a liquefied natural gas (LNG) receiving terminal in Oregon, the proposed Oregon LNG project near the mouth of the Columbia River on the Skipanon Peninsula in Warrenton, OR. Project backers are proposing a $1.3 billion facility, which has cleared most of its local permitting hurdles.