Challenges

Interstate natural gas pipelines have eked out economic and transportation efficiencies on their systems over the years despite challenges on the financial, regulatory and legislative fronts, according to a white paper released Wednesday by the Interstate Natural Gas Association of America (INGAA).

After FERC Thursday rebuffed challenges to its rule asserting authority over major noninterstate pipelines (intrastates) for the first time, an attorney for a major intrastate pipeline group said the case was likely headed to appellate court.

After FERC Thursday rebuffed challenges to its rule asserting authority over major noninterstate pipelines (intrastates) for the first time, an attorney for a major intrastate pipeline group said the case was likely headed to appellate court.

Canadian natural gas exports to the Lower 48 are down and likely to decline even more in the short term, and that poses “significant challenges” for the country’s operators to remain competitive, a Nexen Inc. executive said Wednesday.

A trio of challenges over the next three years — low demand, new coal-fired power plants and a surge in liquefied natural gas (LNG) imports — will put downward pressure on U.S. natural gas prices until 2012, energy researchers with Wood Mackenzie said this week.

Canadian natural gas exports to the Lower 48 are down and likely to decline even more in the short term, and that poses “significant challenges” for the country’s operators to remain competitive, a Nexen Inc. executive said Wednesday.

Serious economic and grid reliability concerns surfaced Wednesday in a business-backed report that challenges a climate change action plan backed by seven western governors. The Western Climate Initiative (WCI) is an outline for limiting greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and implementing a cap-and-trade system.

The country is confronting economic and energy challenges that are similar to those faced three decades ago during the Iranian crisis, said the head of the American Petroleum Institute (API).

The country is confronting economic and energy challenges that are similar to those faced three decades ago during the Iranian revolution and hostage-taking situation, said the head of the American Petroleum Institute (API).