Endowment

LNG Capacity Moves to High Horsepower Applications

Making the most of America’s recently realized and growing natural gas endowment dictates the use of gas for more than the traditional commercial and industrial applications. Many people are working to promote LNG as an alternative to fuels such as diesel and propane. One of them is Peter Tumminello, AGL Resources Co. executive vice president of wholesale services.

October 1, 2012

LNG Capacity Spreading to High Horsepower Applications

Making the most of America’s recently realized and growing natural gas endowment dictates the use of gas for more than the traditional commercial and industrial applications. Many people are working to promote liquefied natural gas (LNG) as an alternative to fuels such as diesel and propane. One of them is Peter Tumminello, AGL Resources Co. executive vice president of wholesale services.

October 1, 2012

Canadian Gas Production Pumps Up

The Canadian natural gas resource endowment is beginning to showing its depth again as new drilling attempts to catch up with demand. Production from the western provinces has increased by 680 MMcf/d this year, according to records kept by FirstEnergy Capital Corp., an investment banking house. In a “market update,” research manager Martin Molyneaux credited 70% of the production gain to a single discovery in northeastern British Columbia, the Ladyfern find by Murphy Oil Co., Apache Canada and Alberta Energy Co (see related story this issue).

June 18, 2001