Natural gas pipelines serving traditional long-line routes to market have begun filing for new rate hikes of up to 500% in an attempt to make up for the load lost to locally delivered shale gas, Dena Wiggins, counsel to the Process Gas Consumers Group (PGC), told a membership meeting Thursday.
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Kitimat LNG Partners Seek Asian Market Exemption
In a filing with Canada’s National Energy Board, Apache Canada Ltd. seeks exemption from typical disclosures on behalf of customers.
Palomar Withdraws FERC Application; Project Still Possible
On the heels of the NorthernStar Natural Gas bankruptcy filing and abandonment of its FERC-permitted Bradwood Landing liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal in northwest Oregon, the Palomar Gas Transmission LLC pipeline, which had a potential connection with Bradwood, has filed a notice with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to withdraw its application to build the pipeline to serve the Pacific Northwest.
Palomar Withdraws FERC Application, But Does Not Give Up on Project
On the heels of the NorthernStar Natural Gas bankruptcy filing and abandonment of its FERC-permitted Bradwood Landing liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal in northwest Oregon, the Palomar Gas Transmission LLC pipeline, which had a potential connection with Bradwood, has filed a notice with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to withdraw its application to build the pipeline to serve the Pacific Northwest.
Mexican Judge Rules for Sempra LNG
In response to a filing by the energy company, a Mexican federal judge last Friday granted San Diego-based Sempra Energy’s liquefied natural gas (LNG) facility in North Baja California a second protective order against local government officials and adjacent private landowners who have tried to shut down the Energia Costa Azul LNG terminal in past months (see NGI, Feb. 18).
FERC, CFTC Investigating BP Trading at Houston Ship Channel
BP plc disclosed in a quarterly filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) last week that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) are investigating “several BP entities regarding trading in the next-day natural gas market at the Houston Ship Channel during October and November 2008.”
FERC, CFTC Investigating BP Trading at Houston Ship Channel
BP plc disclosed in a quarterly filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) are investigating “several BP entities regarding trading in the next-day natural gas market at the Houston Ship Channel during October and November 2008.”
Spectra to File for Major New Jersey-New York Expansion
Spectra Energy is only days away from filing an application at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to build a major pipeline expansion to serve the New Jersey and New York natural gas markets.
ICE Trust Applies Early to Clear Derivatives Trades
ICE Trust U.S. LLC has filed in advance with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) to register as a derivatives clearing organization (DCO), saying it was filing early “to promote the public interest in expediting the clearing of OTC derivatives through Commission-regulated DCOs.”
ICE Trust Applies to Clear Derivatives Trades Under New Rules
ICE Trust U.S. LLC has filed in advance with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) to register as a derivatives clearing organization (DCO), saying it was filing early “to promote the public interest in expediting the clearing of OTC derivatives through Commission-regulated DCOs.”