California’s natural gas outlook contains growing uncertainty fueled by an inadequate pipeline/storage system, declining viability for liquefied natural gas (LNG) imports, and added U.S.domestic supplies from shale carrying too much carbon-emitting baggage, according to three draft reports developed by the California Energy Commission (CEC) staff that were released last Wednesday.
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CEC Finds California Gas Infrastructure to be Wanting
California’s natural gas outlook contains growing uncertainty fueled by an inadequate pipeline/storage system, declining viability for liquefied natural gas (LNG) imports, and added U.S.domestic supplies from shale carrying too much carbon-emitting baggage, according to three draft reports developed by the California Energy Commission (CEC) staff that were released Wednesday. They will be part of a CEC workshop next Thursday in Sacramento.
House OKs Farm Conference Report Boosting CFTC Oversight
The House of Representatives Wednesday passed by an overwhelming margin a conference report on the nearly $300 billion farm bill that contains a provision to close the so-called “Enron Loophole,” which for years has exempted large electronic trading platforms from the oversight of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC).
Energy Bill a Lump of Coal for Producers, Gas Consumers
President Bush last Wednesday signed into law energy legislation (HR 6) that contains a lot of Christmas goodies for proponents of energy conservation and renewable fuels production, but oil and natural gas producers and consumers got a lump of coal in their stockings.
Arctic’s Gas Bounty More Difficult Challenge Than Oil, Says Study
A study released last week that examines the potential of oil and gas production from the Arctic contains disappointing news for anyone who was counting on the region to become the next oil breadbasket for the United States.
Arctic Resource: Mostly Gas and Mostly Challenging, Says Study
A new study examining the potential of oil and gas production from the Arctic contains disappointing news for anyone who was counting on the region to become the next oil breadbasket for the United States.
Customer Satisfaction Has Room For Growth
While there’s much commercial and industrial customers likeabout gas unbundling, they still have complaints, according to arecent study. And while marketers are perceived to be moresensitive to customers’ wants and needs than LDCs, utilities arestill favored for gas supply by some.
GRI Releases 1999 Data Book
The Gas Research Institute released its 1999 Data Book, whichcontains the analytical output from the recently released 1999Edition of the GRI Baseline Projection of U.S. Energy Supply andDemand to 2015. The Baseline Projection, released in August,describes a highly competitive, low-price energy future, withnatural gas expanding its share of the nation’s total energy marketfrom 24 percent in 1997 to 28 percent in 2015.
Congress Okays Funds to Coordinate Permitting
An appropriations measure approved by Congress last weekcontains a key provision that would set aside funding for the WhiteHouse Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) to coordinateinteragency permitting of pipeline projects, paving the way forquicker certification in the end.