The Railroad Commission of Texas (RRC) is proposing to amend its rules relating to water protection to allow for a wider variety of recycling activities. The existing rules contemplate two categories of commercial recycling facilities: mobile and stationary. Since adoption of the rules in 2006, RRC has received an increasing number of applications for permits for facilities that fit neither category. Therefore, RRC proposed to create a third category: a semi-mobile commercial recycling facility. It proposes to authorize on-lease, non-commercial recycling of produced water and/or hydraulic fracturing (fracking) flowback fluid, and to clarify requirements for off-lease or centralized noncommercial recycling of produced water and/or fracking flowback fluid. It also proposes to amend the definition of “fresh makeup water pit” to allow use of such a pit in conjunction with fracking of an oil or gas well for the storage of fresh water or treated fracking flowback fluid used to make up fracking fluid for use in a new well. The changes are intended to reduce the demand for fresh water for fracking. The proposal was recently published in the Texas Register.
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April Futures Retain Monday’s Gains, Could Climb Higher
Looking at Monday’s wild trading day in natural gas futures and perhaps taking a moment to regroup and contemplate their next moves, traders on Tuesday tested both resistance and support before pushing the April futures contract sideways.
TransCanada, NGTL Contemplate Expansions
TransCanada PipeLines and Nova Gas Transmission (NGTL) toldtheir shippers they are looking into expanding their pipelinesystems to increase deliveries to the Pacific Northwest. Thecompanies plan to assess the feasibility of expansions of NGTL andTransCanada’s BC System in British Columbia and are offeringshippers the opportunity to “rationalize” their firm contractholdings on those systems effective November 2002.
TransCanada, NGTL Contemplate Expansions
TransCanada PipeLines and Nova Gas Transmission (NGTL) toldtheir shippers Friday they are looking into expanding theirpipeline systems to increase deliveries to the Pacific Northwest.The companies plan to assess the feasibility of expansions of NGTLand TransCanada’s BC System in British Columbia and are offeringshippers the opportunity to “rationalize” their firm contractholdings on those systems effective November 2002.
