Applications

The Bartonville, TX, Town Council on March 30 instituted a 90-day moratorium on new permits related to natural gas drilling and production.

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has agreed to restrict fast tracking natural gas and oil drilling applications on federal lands under a settlement agreement concerning Utah’s historic Nine Mile Canyon.

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has agreed to restrict fast tracking natural gas and oil drilling applications on federal lands under a settlement agreement concerning Utah’s historic Nine Mile Canyon.

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has agreed to restrict fast tracking natural gas and oil drilling applications on federal lands under a settlement agreement concerning Utah’s historic Nine Mile Canyon.

Calgary-based Canadian Superior Energy Inc. said it is on track to file by the third quarter of 2010 applications for federal and state permits for the Liberty Natural Gas Transmission Project, which would include a liquefied natural gas (LNG) offshore receipt turret and associated pipeline. The turret would be located in federal waters offshore New Jersey (see NGI, May 26, 2008). Oversight of Liberty would be conducted by Excalibur Energy (USA) Inc., which is a joint venture of Canadian Superior and Global LNG Inc. “The company believes market conditions for importing LNG into the New York metropolitan area remain favorable and the Liberty LNG project’s choice of environmentally favorable technology continues to receive strong local support. The Liberty LNG project anticipates first gas imports into the region by year-end 2013,” the company said.

Calgary-based Canadian Superior Energy Inc. said Monday it is on track to file by the third quarter of 2010 applications for federal and state permits for the Liberty Natural Gas Transmission Project, which would include a liquefied natural gas (LNG) offshore receipt turret and associated pipeline.

Seattle-based R.W. Beck Group Inc. is to be acquired by McLean, VA-based Science Applications International Corp. (SAIC), a $10.1 billion, 45,000-employee organization with ties to the U.S. departments of Defense, Homeland Security and intelligence agencies. R.W. Beck has clients in the public and private sectors, covering energy, water, wastewater and solid waste industries. SAIC said the deal includes acquiring Beck Disaster Recovery (BDR), an emergency management consulting businesses. R.W. Beck is the majority owner of BDR. R.W. Beck will join SAIC’s infrastructure, logistics and product solutions group led by Group President Joe Craver. It is one of four main segments of SAIC. The acquisition is expected to close at the beginning of August, subject to R.W. Beck shareholder approval and customary conditions.

The Susquehanna River Basin Commission (SRBC) Thursday approved regulatory changes that streamline its review of producer applications for natural gas wells in the Marcellus Shale in eastern Pennsylvania and southern New York, while further protecting the basin’s water resources.

The Susquehanna River Basin Commission (SRBC) last Thursday approved regulatory changes that streamline its review of producer applications for natural gas wells in the Marcellus Shale in eastern Pennsylvania and southern New York, while further protecting the basin’s water resources.