Total U.S. energy use in 2008 was an estimated 99.2 quadrillion Btu, down 2.3% from 101.5 quadrillion Btu in 2007, according to energy flow charts released Monday by the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL).
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Maritimes Urges FERC to Act ASAP on Export Request
Maritimes & Northeast Pipeline LLC has asked FERC to move “as soon as possible” on its request to reverse flow on its pipeline system so that it can export natural gas from the United States to Canada.
Maritimes Seeks OK to Export Canaport Gas to Customers
Maritimes & Northeast Pipeline LLC has asked FERC to approve “as soon as possible” its request to reverse flow on its pipeline system so that it can export natural gas from the United States to Canada.
NGSA Seeks ‘Sole-Feed’ Exclusion to FERC Posting Requirements
A major producer group Thursday asked FERC to make a “small” alteration to its final rule on flow posting requirements, saying that the requested change would reduce the burden and cost of compliance without “materially changing the information that is made available to the market.”
Sempra LNG Facility to Receive Russian Gas for California Markets
More gas could ultimately flow sooner through Sempra Energy’s underutilized West Coast liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal following an announcement last Wednesday that Royal Dutch Shell and Russia’s Gazprom have signed a series of 20-year agreements in which both will be buying LNG supplies from the eastern Russia Sakhalin II production area. It gives the Russian behemoth its first major entry into the U.S. gas market.
Some Sakhalin II Supplies Headed for Sempra’s LNG Terminal
More gas could ultimately flow sooner through Sempra Energy’s underutilized West Coast liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal following an announcement Wednesday that Royal Dutch Shell and Russia’s Gazprom have signed a series of 20-year agreements in which both will be buying LNG supplies from the eastern Russia Sakhalin II production area. It gives the Russian behemoth its first major entry into the U.S. market.
EOG Cuts Spending; Chevron Warns on Earnings
EOG Resources Inc.’s 2009 capital spending will be cut to “approximate its cash flow” to ensure that it ends the year at the same debt level as year-end 2008, the producer said in a regulatory filing.
EOG Cuts Spending; Chevron Warns on Earnings
EOG Resources Inc.’s 2009 capital spending will be cut to “approximate its cash flow” to ensure that it ends the year at the same debt level as year-end 2008, the producer said in a regulatory filing.
Transportation Notes
Saying a remediation of “objectionable liquids” injected into its system (see Daily GPI, May 12) has been completed, ANR said it will resume scheduling gas flow for Thursday at the Hobart Ranch receipt point in the Southwest Gathering Area.
Baja LNG Not Big Factor in California Market, NorthernStar Exec Says
New supplies soon to flow through Sempra Energy’s liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal in Mexico will not be a major factor longer term in the California energy market, said a NorthernStar Natural Gas executive overseeing the company’s proposed Clearwater Port LNG project off the coast of Oxnard, CA.