The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has created an “Eyes on Drilling” tip line for the public to report nonemergency suspicious activity related to oil and natural gas development in the Marcellus shale region. The tip line has been set up to principally handle complaints from people living in the Marcellus shale region, which covers several states in the Mid-Atlantic region, said David Sternberg, spokesman for EPA’s regional office in Philadelphia. While the tip line is primarily limited to drilling activities in the Mid-Atlantic, “if people call from other regions complaining, we will handle the calls and pass them along to the appropriate people,” Sternberg said. The tip line (1-877-919-4EPA) will give the public a chance to report, either anonymously or otherwise, incidents involving the illegal disposal of wastes or other suspicious activity. Reports can also be sent via e-mail to eyesondrilling@epa.gov, the agency said.
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EPA Tip Line Targets Mostly Marcellus Complaints
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has created an “Eyes on Drilling” tip line for the public to report nonemergency suspicious activity related to oil and natural gas development.
EPA Tip Line Targets Mostly Marcellus Complaints
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has created an “Eyes on Drilling” tip line for the public to report nonemergency suspicious activity related to oil and natural gas development.
Court Ruling on OCS Lease Plan Puts Producers in Limbo
All eyes remained on the Department of Interior last week to see how it would interpret a recent appellate court decision, which threw out the five-year Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) leasing plan for 2007-2012, but the agency was silent on the issue. The decision threatens to upset the current offshore leasing schedule and raises questions about sales that already have been completed under the plan (see NGI, April 20).
Producers Await Interior Analysis of Impact of Court Ruling on Leasing
All eyes are on the Department of Interior to see how it interprets Friday’s appellate court decision, which threw out the five-year Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) leasing plan for 2007-2012. The decision threatens to upset the current offshore leasing schedule and raises questions about sales that already have been completed under the plan (see Daily GPI, April 20).
The View from the Rockies: LNG Tankers
Mercator Energy may be based in Littleton, CO, but President John Harpole has his eyes on the Gulf of Mexico and liquefied natural gas (LNG) on his mind.
Bush Signs Financial Bailout, Tax Credit Package
After the House redeemed itself in the eyes of many critics Friday by passing a revised $800 billion-plus package to rescue the financial and credits markets and extend tax credits for renewable energy and energy efficiency, as well as other expiring or expired corporate and personal tax credits, the bill was quickly signed into law by President Bush.
Bush Signs Financial Bailout, Tax Credit Package
After the House redeemed itself in the eyes of many critics Friday by passing a revised $800 billion-plus package to rescue the financial and credits markets and extend tax credits for renewable energy and energy efficiency, as well as other expiring or expired corporate and personal tax credits, the bill was quickly signed into law by President Bush.
Futures Close Higher Despite Bearish Fundamentals
November natural gas futures traders stood aside Friday as all eyes continued to focus on the meteoric rise in crude futures. While prompt-month natural gas closed at $7.218, up 3 pennies from Thursday and 17.7 cents higher than the previous week, December crude reached a high of $92/bbl before closing out at a record high $91.86/bbl, up $1.40 from Thursday.
PG&E to Stick with Gas, Electric Utility Focus, CEO Says
Even as it eyes hundreds of millions of dollars of additional generation and transmission projects outside of California, Pacific Gas and Electric is going to “stick to its knitting,” which means bread-and-butter natural gas and electricity utility distribution, transmission and generation, according to remarks Tuesday by PG&E Corp. CEO Peter Darbee at the Merrill Lynch Global Power and Gas Leaders Conference in New York City.
