Applications

Cuadrilla Resources Ltd. plans to submit an application to drill and perform hydraulic fracturing (fracking) at up to four test wells in northwest England’s Lancashire County, in the Borough of Fylde, and hopes to have a decision within 16 weeks of its application being accepted, the company said Monday.

Spurred by tensions between Russia and Ukraine, the U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee Wednesday approved a modified bill to expedite the review of proposals to export liquefied domestic natural gas to the world. It is thought by backers that injecting U.S. gas into the global market would weaken gas-rich Russia’s influence in Europe.

A Louisiana congressman wants to meet with FERC Acting Chairman Cheryl LaFleur to discuss plans by American Midstream Partners LP to decommission the Midla pipeline, the latest of several lawmakers to voice opposition the shutdown.

Spectra Energy Corp. has filed with British Columbia regulators for an environmental assessment certificate for its Westcoast Connector Gas Transmission Project, which would carry gas from northeast BC to BG Group's proposed Prince Rupert LNG export facility on Ridley Island.

FERC on Thursday gave unanimous approval to an order upholding its denial of Enterprise Products Partners and Enbridge’s application for authority to charge market-based rates on its reversed Seaway crude oil pipeline.

Emera CNG LLC, a would-be exporter of compressed natural gas to the Caribbean, has applied at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) for export authorization employing a “little guys to the front of the line” rationale.

The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) latest authorization to export liquefied natural gas (LNG) to non-free trade agreement (FTA) countries bends the agency’s own rules and sends a “troubling” message, an LNG export advocate told NGI.

Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line (Transco) has filed an application at FERC to build and operate its Leidy Southeast expansion, which would supply an additional 525,000 Dth/d of capacity from its Leidy line in Pennsylvania as far south as Choctaw County, AL.

Exports of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from the United States are likely to total less than 10 Bcf/d even if the federal government grants permits to non-free trade agreement nations equaling higher volumes, according to analysts at Navigant Consulting’s energy practice. Market and engineering realities could temper the eventual volumes.