The Department of Energy (DOE) has placed requests for future exports of liquefied natural gas (LNG) on hold until it can assess their impact on the domestic price of natural gas, Energy Secretary Steven Chu told a Senate panel Thursday.
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Chu: DOE Not Moving Forward on LNG Export Requests
The Department of Energy (DOE) has placed requests for future exports of liquefied natural gas (LNG) on hold until it can assess their impact on the domestic price of natural gas, Energy Secretary Steven Chu told a Senate panel Thursday.
Raucous New York Hearing Drills Down on Proposed Shale Rules
New York’s top environmental regulator on Thursday spent nearly three hours defending his agency’s proposed rules to allow expanded natural gas drilling using hydraulic fracturing (fracking) before a panel of skeptical state legislators and a raucous audience.
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Southern California Gas declared a high-linepack OFO for Saturday, saying it would assess Buy-Back charges to customers that delivered into its system more than 110% of their actual gas usage on the OFO day.
Horn River to Support ‘High Drilling Levels’ for Years
The Horn River Basin of British Columbia (BC) holds an “ultimate potential” of marketable unconventional natural gas shale of 78 Tcf, which “ranks among the most prospective shale gas basins in North America,” according to a new government energy market assessment.
University of Texas Launches Multi-State Fracking Review
A comprehensive review of hydraulic fracturing practices in natural gas wells in the Marcellus, Barnett and Haynesville shales for the first time is to independently assess alleged groundwater contamination and seismic events, as well as the scope and effectiveness of gas patch regulations, according to the University of Texas at Austin (UT).
Transportation Notes
Southern California Gas declared a high-linepack OFO for Saturday, saying it would assess Buy-Back charges in accordance with its tariff to customers that deliver more than 110% of their actual daily gas usage.
Transportation Notes
Southern California Gas issued a high-linepack OFO for Thursday and extended it through at least Friday, saying it would assess Buy-Back charges in accordance with its tariff to customers who deliver into its system more than 110% of their actual gas usage on the OFO day. The e-mail notice for Thursday’s OFO was not sent until early that morning.
Transportation Notes
Southern California Gas declared a high-linepack OFO for Saturday, saying it would assess Buy-Back charges in accordance with its tariff to customers that deliver into its system more than 110% of their actual gas usage on the OFO day.
Texas Toughens Distribution Pipeline Monitoring
Natural gas distributors in Texas will soon have to develop programs that assess the risks of failures on their pipeline systems and prioritize equipment replacements under a rule adopted by the Railroad Commission of Texas (RRC).