Creation

Citing its job-creation benefits, California Gov. Jerry Brown Monday asked state regulators to restore programs set to expire at the end of this year because state lawmakers failed to pass bills aimed a extending a public goods charge on private-sector utility customer bills.

With the incentive of job creation and the caveat of environmental protection, Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper strongly endorsed the need for development of natural gas resources in his state and nationwide as part of his remarks to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s Bipartisan Governors Summit Monday in Washington, DC. Hickenlooper co-chaired the event.

Staff of the Arkansas Oil and Gas Commission (AOGC) has recommended the permanent shut-in of saltwater disposal wells in an area north of Conway, AR, in the Fayetteville Shale where a recent earthquake swarm is thought to have resulted from waste injection activities.

Texas Eastern lifted Tuesday restrictions barring the creation of due-pipe imbalances and payback of due-shipper imbalances for all points in its M-3 market-area zone.

Pacific Gas and Electric did not extend a systemwide low-inventory OFO beyond Thursday.

The American Petroleum Institute (API) Tuesday said it supported the creation of a registry by the Groundwater Protection Council (GWPC) and the Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Commission (IOGCC) for the voluntary disclosure of chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing (fracking).

Saying it had limited operational flexibility to manage imbalances, Tennessee issued a systemwide Imbalance Warning effective Saturday that barred the creation of positive daily imbalances.

An official with the American Petroleum Institute (API) decried a Senate provision to scrap job-creation tax incentives for major oil and natural gas producers, saying it would significantly slow the nation’s economic recovery (see Daily GPI, Aug. 18).

The Marcellus Shale could be a job-creation and economic development machine if natural gas producers are allowed to develop the huge play under appropriate regulatory and tax conditions, according to a new industry-backed study.