In the past 10 years the cost of building natural gas pipelines in North America has tripled, with the U.S. Northeast being the most costly area, according to a report announced Friday by Calgary-based Ziff Energy. The implications are clear for burgeoning shale plays where much new takeaway infrastructure still needs to be built.
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Enviros Weigh in Colorado State-City Energy Fight
In the midst of two lawsuits filed by Colorado officials against locally passed oil and natural gas drilling rules, Longmont, CO, gained some support Thursday when the Sierra Club and Earthworks’ attorneys filed a motion to intervene in a lawsuit seeking to invalidate an ordinance passed last year.
DNV Recommends Transparent Global Shale Practices
Det Norske Veritas (DNV), a Norwegian-based risk management foundation, has published recommended practices (RP) to guide operators that extract shale natural gas.
Deloitte: North American Shale Magnet for Foreign Companies
Unconventional oil and gas activities and production continued to make their significance felt in mergers and acquisitions (M&A) in the oil and gas sector last year, with much of the new domestic investment coming from foreign companies, according to Deloitte.
Marathon Oil: Eagle Ford, Bakken ‘Highest-Value Resource Plays’
Marathon Oil Corp. production targets are being raised sharply for its growing plays in the Eagle Ford and Bakken Shales, while the targeted sale of assets continues, as evidenced by a $170 million sale of a gas processing interest in Louisiana, CEO Clarence Cazalot said during a 4Q2012 conference call with financial analysts.
DOJ: Transparent NatGas Market May Stifle Competition
While there are potential benefits to be gained from increased transparency in the wholesale natural gas market currently being contemplated by FERC, the likelihood that it could result in higher consumer prices makes releasing only limited information about trades preferable, according to the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ).
Marathon Output Rising Sharply in Eagle Ford, Bakken
Marathon Oil Corp. production targets are being raised sharply on growth in the Eagle Ford and Bakken shales, CEO Clarence Cazalot said last week. Targeted asset sales also continue, evidenced by the recent sale of a natural gas processor in Louisiana, he told analysts during a 4Q2012 conference call.
DOJ: Transparent NatGas Market Could Stifle Competition
While there are potential benefits to be gained from increased transparency in the wholesale natural gas market currently being contemplated by FERC, the likelihood that it could result in higher consumer prices makes releasing only limited information about trades preferable, according to the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ).
Weir Buys Another U.S. Unconventional Oilfield Company
Scotland-based oilfield services provider The Weir Group plc continues to expand its U.S. onshore holdings, the latest deal being the acquisition of Oklahoma’s Mathena Inc.
NTSB Investigating West Virginia Gas Pipeline Rupture
The Natural Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) Wednesday began sifting through pieces of the Columbia Gas Transmission system that ruptured near the pipeline’s Lanham Compressor Station sear Sissonville, WV, a rural community of 4,000 about 15 miles north of the state capital, Charleston.