Claims

A unit of General Electric (GE) has developed a new natural gas-fired 50 MW generation turbine that operates without water. GE claims its FlexAero (LM 6000-PH) turbine is highly efficient and provides a faster, more flexible source of electricity to businesses and communities alike with onsite power generation needs. It is aimed at both utilities and large industrial/commercial customers, a GE spokesperson told NGI. FlexAero represents a multi-million-dollar investment in research and development by GE, the spokesperson said. GE also said that it has passed the $1 billion mark in orders received for both aeroderivative and heavy duty gas turbines for projects in North America. GE touts its new turbine as “leveraging” the use of clean-burning natural gas in a quick-start context.

Attorneys for the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) and an EQT Corp. subsidiary plan to appeal a Doddridge County judge’s ruling allowing a surface owner to have a gas well permit issued by the DEP revoked.

Major producers Thursday defended themselves against Senate Democrats’ claims that they don’t need the billions of dollars of federal tax breaks that they currently receive (see Daily GPI, May 12; May 4).

The head of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC ) last Wednesday defended the agency against Republican claims that it has moved too quickly to implement regulatory reforms under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform Act and hasn’t accurately estimated the costs of the proposed rules, as well as deflected GOP questions about its hiring and technology decisions. At the same time a House committee passed a bill to delay implementation of Dodd-Frank for 18 months.

The head of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC ) Wednesday defended the agency against Republican claims that it has moved too quickly to implement regulatory reforms under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform Act and hasn’t accurately figured out the costs of the proposed rules, as well as deflected GOP questions about its hiring and technology decisions.

Countering claims that he moves in lockstep with the industry on Marcellus Shale issues, Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett spoke out against forced pooling in a speech last Tuesday before a Pittsburgh audience.

Countering claims that he moves in lockstep with the industry on Marcellus Shale issues, Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett spoke out against forced pooling in a speech Tuesday before a Pittsburgh audience.

Cheniere Energy subsidiary Sabine Pass Liquefaction LLC is disputing claims that its application to export liquefied natural gas (LNG) would result in higher gas prices in the United States and the loss of domestic manufacturing jobs.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) last week issued an emergency order against Range Resources Corp. that claims at least two drinking water wells in Parker County, TX, “have been significantly impacted by…methane contamination” from its oil and gas production facilities in the region. Both the exploration and production (E&P) company and the Railroad Commission of Texas (RRC) objected.