Fleets

As states proceed with a collective effort to buy natural gas vehicles (NGV) for government fleets, Wyoming Gov. Matt Mead on Tuesday warned that state efforts to stimulate the spread of alternative fuel vehicles should not get “ahead of the private sector.”

Higher natural gas prices, even three or four times above current low levels, won’t harm the switch of fleets to compressed natural gas (CNG) and liquefied natural Gas (LNG) for transportation, according to a supplier of natural gas for transportation.

Pennsylvania is on its way to officially charging a fee for Marcellus Shale drilling. Gov. Tom Corbett signed House Bill 1950 on Monday evening, giving shale gas-rich counties in the state the ability to impose a 15-year impact fee on unconventional gas wells; now it’s up to the locals.

With one of the nation’s largest natural gas-fired electric generation plant fleets, Calpine Corp. on Friday filed an objection with the federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) over its proposed settlement with diesel-powered demand response (DR) operators. The proposed settlement relates to a pending appeal of EPA emissions restrictions.

A combination of fit-for-purpose technology with solid execution in drilling horizontal wells using hydraulic fracturing (fracking) is giving Halliburton Co. confidence that it can deliver on its “frack-of-the-future” strategic initiatives, a company executive said Monday.

The governors of Colorado, Oklahoma, Wyoming and Pennsylvania have signed a pact designed to increase the use of natural gas vehicles (NGV) in the fleets of each state.

The governors of Colorado, Oklahoma, Wyoming and Pennsylvania have signed a pact designed to increase the use of natural gas vehicles (NGV) in the fleets of each state.

Texas-based Peterbilt Motors Co., a major North American maker of trucks used in long-haul transportation fleets, said it is selling 180 liquefied natural gas (LNG)-fueled trucks to Canadian-based trucking company Robert Transport in Quebec. A Peterbilt spokesperson told NGI Tuesday that the company is pursuing a national market of LNG-fueled rigs.

Operating one of the youngest predominantly natural gas-fired electric generation plant fleets in the nation, California-based Calpine Corp. is tying its strategic future directly to the combination of the climate change-driven shift away from coal and the increasingly abundant domestic supplies of shale gas, CEO Jack Fusco said during a conference call last Thursday.