Northwest is reducing the available capacity at the Spokane Mead throughput point to 130,000 Dth/d effective Friday, saying demand in the Spokane, WA, area is not sufficient for it to schedule full design capacity at Starr Road. “This reduction is necessary to ensure operational reliability on the Spokane Lateral,” the pipeline said. “If necessary, Northwest will also cut alternate gas at other points on the lateral to maintain operational integrity. As the weather turns colder and the Spokane area can effectively burn the gas being nominated at Starr Road, Northwest will return all points on the lateral to design capacity.”
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Pressure Pumping Slowdown? Forget About It, Says Expert
The decade-long romance between horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing (fracking) shows no signs of burning out, much to the delight of the parents — onshore oilfield services companies — according to a compilation of industry data.
November 28, 2011
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Columbia Gas is deeming Thursday as a Critical Day for storage, which means no interruptible storage injections are expected to be available. Upstream affiliate Columbia Gulf said no AutoPAL (Park and Loan) services nor due-pipe imbalance resolution nominations will be allowed effective Thursday.
October 13, 2011
Transportation Notes
Northwest said the Jackson Prairie storage facility will become available again for customer withdrawals on Friday’s gas day. The pipeline said it also will perform a withdrawal test that day and encouraged customers to limit banking as on-system balancing will be limited.
October 7, 2011
Best Shale Practices Can Keep Feds At Bay, Dorgan Says
The federal government isn’t planning a “full court press” on the natural gas industry, but it will if best management practices and state regulations aren’t effective, a former U.S. senator told an audience in Pittsburgh Tuesday.
October 5, 2011
Transportation Notes
After designating Friday as a Critical Day for storage in which no interruptible injections were expected to be available, Columbia Gas extended the Critical Day period to Saturday through Monday. The pipeline also barred Auto-PAL (Park and Loan) service through the weekend and said no nominations to resolve due-pipe imbalances were being accepted.
October 3, 2011
EPA Relaxes Emissions Reporting for Oil, Gas
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Tuesday published a final rule that would allow oil and natural gas companies to use best available monitoring methods (BAMM) for reporting greenhouse gas emissions for the remainder of the year.
September 28, 2011
Pennsylvania Assisting Federal Probe of Wells in State Forests
The Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR) is assisting an investigation by the federal National Park Service (NPS) to determine whether any Marcellus Shale natural gas wells on state forest land were improperly approved by the state.
September 28, 2011
Ohio EPA Drafting General Permit for Shale Production
In an effort to ensure that air around Marcellus and Utica shale production sites is safe and to provide the shale industry “with the most efficient option to get operations up and running,” the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency (Ohio EPA) said it is creating a new general permit.
August 29, 2011
IPAA: Natural Gas Plant Liquids Grew Since 2008
The Independent Petroleum Association of America (IPAA) said Thursday production of natural gas plant liquids (NGPL) — which includes ethane, propane, butane and lease condensate — has increased substantially over the last three years.
July 26, 2011
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