The Delaware River Basin Commission (DRBC) on Thursday proposed rules that would allow natural gas development projects — with conditions — in affected areas of the Marcellus Shale.
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Fracking No Harm to Underground Water, Says Pennsylvania Regulator
John Hanger, secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, said late last week he had seen no evidence that hydraulic fracturing (hydrofracking) chemicals used to drill for shale gas contaminate underground water supplies.
CFTC Proposes Limits on Energy Futures Market Speculation
Citing the apparent trading irregularities of Amaranth Advisors LLC and large positions taken by the United States Natural Gas Fund LP (UNG) as evidence of the need for aggressive action, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) last Thursday voted out a notice of proposed rulemaking (NOPR) that would set limits on speculative trading of exchange-traded futures and options contracts in major energy markets.
Mackenzie Backers See Low Prices Lasting
Canada’s Arctic pipeline project is braced for natural gas prices to stagnate in a tepid trading range of US$4.85-6.25/MMBtu for the next 20 years, according to new evidence before the National Energy Board (NEB).
Mackenzie Project Backers See Low Prices Lingering
Canada’s Arctic pipeline project is braced for natural gas prices to stagnate in a tepid trading range of US$4.85-6.25/MMBtu for the next 20 years, according to new evidence before the National Energy Board (NEB).
Mackenzie Project Backers See Low Prices Lingering
Canada’s Arctic pipeline project is braced for natural gas prices to stagnate in a tepid trading range of US$4.85-6.25/MMBtu for the next 20 years, according to new evidence before the National Energy Board (NEB).
Further Mild Temps Unable to Prevent Overall Rally
Even with springtime weather becoming more in evidence in nearly all areas as the Easter weekend approaches, prices saw fairly substantive gains at nearly all points Wednesday. The screen breaking a recent losing streak with a 5.7-cent rally Tuesday obviously played a role, but sources suggested several other minor factors that may have combined into an up day for cash.
Further Mild Temps Unable to Prevent Overall Rally
Even with springtime weather becoming more in evidence in nearly all areas as the Easter weekend approaches, prices saw fairly substantive gains at nearly all points Wednesday. The screen breaking a recent losing streak with a 5.7-cent rally Tuesday obviously played a role, but sources suggested several other minor factors that may have combined into an up day for cash.
CFTC Proposes Limits on Energy Futures Markets Speculation
Citing the apparent trading irregularities of Amaranth Advisors LLC and large positions taken by the United States Natural Gas Fund LP (UNG) as evidence of the need for action, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Thursday voted out a notice of proposed rulemaking (NOPR) that would set limits on speculative trading of exchange-traded futures and options contracts in major energy markets.
Industry Briefs
El Paso Natural Gas Co. said there was no evidence of corrosion, weld defects, prior gas leakage or slow-developing cracks in the “branch” or “tap” connection of a pipeline that ruptured and exploded Nov. 5 in Bushland, TX. “Instead, we learned the rupture was the result of an upward force on the branch connection that put pressure on a small area on the carrier pipe that contained a ‘lamination.’ The force on the lamination caused a fracture to develop in the lamination near the weld of the branch connection to the carrier pipe, resulting in the rupture,” El Paso said. A lamination is a tiny area of separation within a pipe wall where the metal has not properly bonded to itself, and the lamination feature was not a defect under the regulations of the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, the company said. Stress Engineering Services Inc. conducted the metallurgical analysis; “We don’t know yet what caused the upward force on the branch connection,” El Paso said. Information about the investigation is at www.elpaso.com/bushlandinfo.