Pacific Gas and Electric Co. (PG&E) notified California regulators of a second equipment incident report in the early morning hours of Nov. 8, the day the Camp Fire erupted in Butte County.
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BLM Clears Way for More Uintah Basin Oil, Gas Development
The U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) office in Utah opened the door to the possibility of substantially more oil and natural gas development in parts of the Uintah Basin, issuing on Friday a record of decision (ROD) for up to 5,800 infill wells on federal, state and private lands south of Myton, UT.
Targa Buying Bakken Crude, NatGas Midstream Assets
Targa Resources Partners LP said Thursday it will acquire all of Saddle Butte Pipeline LLC’s ownership of its Williston Basin crude oil pipeline and terminal system as well as its natural gas gathering and processing operations for $950 million in cash.
High Prairie Awaits FERC Decision on Dispute over Enbridge Tie-in
High Prairie Pipeline LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Durango, CO-based Saddle Butte Pipeline LLC, expects FERC to act soon on its complaint that Enbridge Energy Ltd. has discriminated against it by denying it an interconnection to deliver oil from the Bakken Shale formation to the market hub at Clearbrook MN, a spokesman said Tuesday (see Shale Daily, June 4).
Wild Goose Expansion Lands at CPUC
After months of planning and market tests for a proposed expansion of its gas storage facility in Butte County, CA, Wild Goose Storage Inc., a subsidiary of Alberta Energy Co. Ltd., filed an application with the California Public Utilities Commission last week to double the field’s size and triple the withdrawal capacity.
Wild Goose Storage Expansion Filed With CPUC
After months of planning and market tests for a proposed expansion of its gas storage facility in Butte County, CA, Wild Goose Storage Inc., a subsidiary of Alberta Energy Co. Ltd., filed an application with the California Public Utilities Commission yesterday to double the field’s size and triple the withdrawal capacity.
Montana Power Plans to Unload Energy Assets, Focus on Telecom
Butte-based Montana Power made the expected decision last weekto give its stock a chance to trade among the telecommunicationsand technology giants rather than the languishing energy utilitysector. The company announced a bold plan to reinvent itself bydivesting $1.5 billion in regulated and unregulated energy assetsand shifting its focus on current subsidiary Touch America, itsthriving telecommunications business.
Montana Power Selling $1.5 Billion in Energy Assets
Butte-based Montana Power made the not-so-difficult decisionthis week to give its stock a chance to trade among thetelecommunications and technology giants rather than the 500-poundutility weaklings. Late Tuesday the company announced a bold planto divest $1.5 billion in regulated and unregulated energy assetsin order to focus on Touch America, its thriving telecommunicationsbusiness. Of the 2,500 Montana Power employees, only 200 willremain with the company.