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Columbia Pipeline Storage Continues at Low Levels

Columbia Pipeline Storage Continues at Low Levels

As it looks to replenish natural gas supplies on its system, Columbia Pipeline Group (CPG) said its current storage inventory is off by more than one-third compared with the same period last year. Meanwhile, some of its customers are taking advantage of lower gas prices by over-scheduling deliveries.

May 29, 2014

Dispute Resolution Meeting Slated With Midla and Customers Over Proposed Pipeline Abandonment

An ongoing battle between American Midstream (Midla) Partners and its customers, including Atmos Energy Corp., over Midla’s petition to abandon its 88-year-old jurisdictional natural gas pipeline will be the subject of meetings May 29 and 30 conducted by FERC’s director of the Dispute Resolution Division (DRD).

May 23, 2014

American Midstream to Abandon 88-Year-Old Midla Pipeline

American Midstream Partners LP said it has started decommissioning its Midla pipeline system in Louisiana and Mississippi after customers broke off negotiations over repairs to the 88-year-old system and the company received no response to an open season at the end of last year.

March 13, 2014
Regulator Stations KO’d Gas Service to Thousands in Ohio Last Month

Regulator Stations KO’d Gas Service to Thousands in Ohio Last Month

Pipeline executives told the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio (PUCO) on Wednesday that a loss of pressure at two regulator stations caused nearly 3,600 customers to temporarily lose natural gas service during two record cold spells brought on by the polar vortex last month.

February 21, 2014

Manitoba, Upper Midwest Supply Emergency Ending

Last weekend’s natural gas supply emergency that gripped parts of the Canadian province Manitoba, as well as Minnesota, Wisconsin and North Dakota, was coming to an end Tuesday as TransCanada Pipeline crews continued working to repair sections of a Mainline lateral that were damaged by an explosion Saturday.

January 28, 2014
Maine Hospital Opens Valve to CNG Service

Maine Hospital Opens Valve to CNG Service

The Cary Medical Center in Caribou, ME, will start 2014 running primarily on compressed natural gas (CNG) from Xpress Natural Gas (XNG) following a recent valve-turning ceremony at the hospital, which had previously used heating oil.

December 31, 2013

New England Getting on Gas Grid, One Town at a Time

Towns across the region continue to push for connection to the natural gas grid.

October 8, 2013

Tenaska Launches NatGas Transportation Fuels Unit

Omaha, NB-based independent energy provider Tenaska said Thursday it is launching a marketing/development company, Tenaska NG Fuels LLC (TNG Fuels), to provide natural gas for the transportation and industrial sectors, both compressed natural (CNG) and liquefied natural gas (LNG).

October 4, 2013

Oil Patch LNG Venture Picks Eagle Ford for First Project

Stabilis Energy and Koch Industries unit Flint Hills Resources LLC plan to build up to five liquefied natural gas (LNG) liquefiers to serve oilfield fuel consumers. Their first project is slated for the Eagle Ford Shale.

October 4, 2013

Change Pervades NGV Sector Led by Westport Engine

It has been a busy September for the natural gas vehicle (NGV) sector, led by the still-evolving timeline on a decision by Vancouver, BC-based Westport Innovations on when to end production of its venerable 15-liter NGV truck engine that has been a centerpiece of its more than a decade-long involvement in natural gas transportation. The company already is working on an up-to-date model with newer and better technology.

September 30, 2013