Draft

Local CA Residents Split on Opposition, Approval for Offshore LNG

As part of the six-week public comment period on a recently released favorable draft environmental impact assessment, local residents along the Southern California coast, about 60 miles northwest of Los Angeles turned out last week (Nov. 30-Dec. 3) at local meetings hosted by the city governments to express their views on the proposal of Australian resources giant BHP Billiton to develop an offshore liquefied natural gas receiving terminal. Despite the developer’s promise of $25 million in annual economic benefits with no safety/environmental risks, most of the residents’ views were negative.

December 6, 2004

KeySpan Wins DEIS for LNG Conversion Project in Rhode Island

FERC on Tuesday issued a favorable draft environmental impact statement (DEIS) to KeySpan LNG to convert an existing storage terminal in Rhode Island to a liquefied natural gas (LNG) import terminal and for Algonquin Gas Transmission LLC to build a small connecting pipeline to the proposed facility.

December 2, 2004

KeySpan Wins DEIS for LNG Conversion Project in Rhode Island

FERC on Tuesday issued a favorable draft environmental impact statement (DEIS) to KeySpan LNG to convert an existing storage terminal in Rhode Island to a liquefied natural gas (LNG) import terminal and for Algonquin Gas Transmission LLC to build a small connecting pipeline to the proposed facility.

December 2, 2004

SoCalGas Looking for New Gas Finds Around CA Storage Fields

Although it is an obscure footnote in the state’s draft update to an Integrated Energy Policy Report, Sempra Energy’s Southern California Gas Co. utility is proposing to look for new indigenous natural gas supplies in and around its extensive underground storage fields in otherwise depleted oil/gas areas in Southern California. A request is before the California Public Utilities Commission to set up a rate procedure to reward utility retail customers if the utility finds any commercial-sized amount of gas.

November 1, 2004

SoCalGas Looking for New Gas Finds Around CA Storage Fields

Although it is an obscure footnote in the state’s draft update to an Integrated Energy Policy Report, Sempra Energy’s Southern California Gas Co. utility is proposing to look for new indigenous natural gas supplies in and around its extensive underground storage fields in otherwise depleted oil/gas areas in Southern California. A request is before the California Public Utilities Commission to set up a rate procedure to reward utility retail customers if the utility finds any commercial-sized amount of gas.

November 1, 2004

SoCalGas Looking for New Gas Finds Around CA Storage Fields

Although it is an obscure footnote in the state’s draft update to an Integrated Energy Policy Report, Sempra Energy’s Southern California Gas Co. utility is proposing to look for new indigenous natural gas supplies in and around its extensive underground storage fields in otherwise depleted oil/gas areas in Southern California. A request is before the California Public Utilities Commission to set up a rate procedure to reward utility retail customers if the utility finds any commercial-sized amount of gas.

November 1, 2004

Transportation Notes

Westcoast restored its normal 10% pack/10% draft imbalance tolerance range Thursday after having set it at zero/20% and then 5%/15% previously to encourage drafting of the system because of high linepack.

August 23, 2004

Questar Chairman: Energy Bill Should Be ‘Flushed’

Although Sen. Pete Domenici (R-NM) “has worked hard to draft a coherent energy bill,” the stalled Senate energy measure in its current form needs to be “flushed,” Questar Corp. Chairman Keith O. Rattie said last Wednesday.

August 16, 2004

Questar CEO: Energy Bill Should Be ‘Flushed’

Although Sen. Pete Domenici “has worked hard to draft a coherent energy bill,” the stalled Senate energy measure in its current form needs to be “flushed,” Questar Corp. Chairman Keith O. Rattie said Wednesday.

August 12, 2004

Transportation Notes

Signaling a rise in linepack, Westcoast changed its imbalance tolerance range Sunday to 5% pack and 15% draft.

April 6, 2004