The top gas executive for San Francisco-based Pacific Gas and Electric Co. (PG&E) told NGI last week that the combination utility is less than half way toward becoming a “top quartile” gas distribution and transmission pipeline operation and still needs to fulfill almost a dozen federal recommendations made following the September 2010 explosion of a transmission pipeline in San Bruno, CA.
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PG&E Making Progress on Safety; More Work to Do, Says Exec
The top gas executive for San Francisco-based Pacific Gas and Electric Co. (PG&E) told NGI Tuesday the combination utility is less than half way toward becoming a “top quartile” gas distribution and transmission pipeline operation but it still needs to fulfill a dozen recommendations from federal regulators following the September 2010 rupture and explosion of the transmission pipeline in San Bruno, CA, he said.
Govt/Industry Cut Marcellus Environmental Incidents, Report Finds
Hydraulic fracturing (fracking) is becoming safer in Pennsylvania’s Marcellus Shale, thanks at least in part to the state’s regulation of the practice, according to researchers at the University at Buffalo’s (UB) Shale Resources and Society Institute.
Govt/Industry Dramatically Cut Marcellus Environmental Incidents, Report Finds
Hydraulic fracturing (fracking) is becoming safer in Pennsylvania’s Marcellus Shale, thanks at least in part to the state’s regulation of the practice, according to researchers at the University at Buffalo’s (UB) Shale Resources and Society Institute.
Raymond James: U.S. Energy Independence Appears in Sight
Following 30 years of declining oil output in the Lower 48 states, the United States now is well on its way to becoming energy independent — a structural supply shift that promises to reach well beyond oil and natural gas stocks, analysts with Raymond James & Associates Inc. said in a note last week.
U.S. Energy Independence Appears in Sight, Raymond James Analysts Find
Following 30 years of declining oil output in the Lower 48 states, the United States now is well on its way to becoming energy independent — a structural supply shift that promises to reach well beyond oil and natural gas stocks, analysts with Raymond James & Associates Inc. said in a note Monday.
The Next NGL Problem in Marcellus: Propane
With the Marcellus and Utica shale ethane situation under control for the moment, propane is becoming the next natural gas liquid (NGL) to trouble producers in Appalachia.
Shale Gas Seen as Major Factor in LNG Export
The prospects for exporting U.S. natural gas are intertwined with a whole set of variables that are becoming increasingly tough to predict, according to the lead gas and electricity prognosticator at the California Energy Commission (CEC).
Multiple Factors Complicate Natural Gas Export Issue
The prospects for exporting U.S. natural gas are intertwined with a whole set of variables that are becoming increasingly tough to predict, according to the lead gas and electricity prognosticator at the California Energy Commission (CEC).
Shell Considers a Marcellus Feedstock, Chemicals and Markets Combo
The fortunes of the natural gas and chemicals industries are becoming increasingly intertwined, and they will be even more so if Royal Dutch Shell plc constructs a world-class ethane cracker in the heart of the Marcellus Shale. Such a plant would handle Shell’s equity ethane production and that of third parties. And it would be a Rust Belt job-creation engine.