Extensions

Whether it is safety enhancement work in California, pipeline extensions to service new electric generation plants in the Midwest or new distribution pipelines to serve formerly oil-heated homes in New England, low natural gas prices are being felt nationally in the operations of various local utility distribution companies (LDC).

Whether it is safety enhancement work in California, pipeline extensions to service new electric generation plants in the Midwest or new distribution pipelines to serve formerly oil-heated homes in New England, low natural gas prices are being felt nationally in the operations of various local utility distribution companies (LDC).

Two separate decisions in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York came down mostly on the side of shale play giant Chesapeake Energy Corp. in a year-old dispute over the extension of leases from landowners at below-market prices. Landowners in parts of four counties in New York state’s portion of the Marcellus Shale filed lawsuits against the Oklahoma-based shale operator.

Canadian natural gas exporters are off to a weak start on the new international contract year as volumes, prices and revenues continue the trade’s slide in its last 12-month period ending Oct. 31.

Canadian natural gas exporters are off to a weak start on the new international contract year as volumes, prices and revenues continue the trade’s slide in its last 12-month period ending Oct. 31.

Canadian natural gas exporters are off to a weak start on the new international contract year as volumes, prices and revenues continue the trade’s slide in its last 12-month period ending Oct. 31.

The fate of the extensions of tax credits for renewable fuels and energy efficiency took a turn for the worse Friday as the House passed its own version of the tax package rather than accept at face value the Senate tax measure, which was approved earlier in the week.

The fate of the extensions of tax credits for renewable fuels and energy efficiency took a turn for the worse Friday as the House passed its own version of the tax package — ignoring warnings from the Senate not to tinker with its tax measure, which was approved earlier in the week.

The combination Phase III expansion of the Maritimes & Northeast Pipeline and Algonquin Gas Transmission’s HubLine extension went into service last week, starting deliveries of Nova Scotia gas to the Boston area and southeastern Massachusetts.