A Louisville, KY-based developer is one step closer to moving forward with plans to build the state’s second natural gas combined-cycle (NGCC) power plant after a municipally owned electric and water utility last week agreed to explore power purchase agreements (PPA) with the facility.
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PHMSA, State Investigation Faults Williams NW Pipeline For 2014 Explosion
Federal and state pipeline safety regulators on Wednesday released the results of a joint investigation finding procedural shortcomings by Williams’ Northwest Pipeline Co. operators that led to an explosion and fire at a liquefied natural gas (LNG) peaking facility in Washington state two years ago (see Daily GPI,March 31, 2014).
PHMSA, State Investigation Faults Williams NW Pipeline For 2014 Explosion
Federal and state pipeline safety regulators on Wednesday released the results of a joint investigation finding procedural shortcomings by Williams’ Northwest Pipeline Co. operators that led to an explosion and fire at a liquefied natural gas (LNG) peaking facility in Washington state two years ago (see Daily GPI,March 31, 2014).
Future of SoCalGas Storage Field Tied to Well Integrity Test Results
While public officials and activist groups spar over its long-term importance to regional energy supplies, Southern California Gas Co.’s (SoCalGas) shuttered Aliso Canyon underground natural gas storage facility is not likely to reopen until all of its 114 storage wells have passed a series of integrity tests.
Future of SoCalGas Storage Field Tied to Well Integrity Test Results
While public officials and activist groups spar over its long-term importance to regional energy supplies, Southern California Gas Co.’s (SoCalGas) shuttered Aliso Canyon underground natural gas storage facility is not likely to reopen until all of its 114 storage wells have passed a series of integrity tests.
Construction of Northeast Ohio NatGas-Fired Power Plant at Starting Gate
Construction is expected to begin soon on a 940 MW natural gas-fired power plant in Northeast Ohio after Boston-based Clean Energy Future LLC secured $890 million to build it.
MarkWest Concludes Cleanup After Spill at Mobley Complex in West Virginia
MarkWest Energy Partners LP said this week that a month-long effort to clean up a spill of heat transfer oil from its Mobley Processing Facility in Wetzel County, WV, has been completed.
Brief — MarkWest Energy
MarkWest Energy Partners LPsaid late last Friday that remediation efforts are still ongoing in Wetzel County, WV, nearly a week after the company discovered that chemicals had leaked from its Mobley Processing Facility (see Shale Daily, Feb. 23). Initially, the state said 3,000 gallons of heat transfer oil, identified as Dowtherm MX, had leaked from a failed valve at the plant. MarkWest confirmed Friday that 260 gallons of the fluid was released. The oil breached the facility’s storm water retention system and made its way into the tributary of a creek, jeopardizing the town of Pine Grove’s freshwater treatment facility. The town has since switched to an alternate water source and MarkWest said the cleanup effort is still ongoing. Water samples have shown that amounts of the fluid in the creek have rapidly declined, the company said. The Mobley facility is located in Smithfield, WV. It is a 520 MMcf/d cryogenic processing facility.
Antero Midstream Plans to Construct Landfill For $275M Oil/Gas Wastewater Facility
Antero Midstream Partners LP last week filed a permit application with the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection to construct a landfill near its proposed 60,000 barrel/day wastewater treatment complex in Doddridge County.
Invenergy Mulls Another NatGas-Fired Power Plant in Pennsylvania
Chicago-based Invenergy LLC wants to develop another natural gas-fired power plant in Pennsylvania and is gauging interest for a facility about 20 miles south of Pittsburgh.