Export of liquefied U.S. natural gas from the Gulf Coast drew another step closer to reality Monday as Cheniere Energy Partners LP unit Sabine Pass Liquefaction LLC said it had struck its second sale and purchase contract — with Gas Natural Aprovisionamientos, a unit of Gas Natural Fenosa.
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Shale Gas, Oil Creating New World Order, Says IHS CERA’s Yergin
IHS CERA chairman Daniel Yergin, whose expertise about all things energy has made him a go-to authority, said Tuesday the world’s energy supply and demand picture is less clear today than it was a year ago.
November 3, 2011
BP Gets First Post-Blowout OK to Drill Gulf of Mexico Wells
BP plc has received preliminary approval from federal regulators to drill four deepwater wells in the Gulf of Mexico’s (GOM) Keathley Canyon, its first offshore permit approval since the Macondo well blowout in April 2010.
October 25, 2011
Transportation Notes
Citing a possible leak, ANR said it is performing an unplanned pipe inspection on its 747 Line that requires the shut-in of four South Marsh Island meters offshore Louisiana.
October 25, 2011
Spectra Spends Big to Compete in U.S., Canada
Spectra Energy alone has put into service more than $5 billion worth of natural gas infrastructure projects over the past four years, said company President Greg Ebel last Wednesday. When the projects involving its midstream joint venture with ConocoPhillips are added, it comes closer to $8 billion.
October 17, 2011
Spectra Energy Spends Big to Compete in U.S., Canada
Spectra Energy alone has put into service more than $5 billion worth of natural gas infrastructure projects over the past four years, said company President Greg Ebel Wednesday. When the projects involving its midstream joint venture with ConocoPhillips are added, it comes closer to $8 billion.
October 14, 2011
House Panel To Review Bills Amending Dodd-Frank
The House Agriculture Committee has scheduled a hearing Wednesday to review four bills and three discussion drafts that seek to amend Title VII of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act.
October 12, 2011
Marcellus Permitting Hits High Point For Year
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) issued more Marcellus Shale drilling permits in September than in any other month of the year, but drilling slowed from summer highs.
October 12, 2011
Enstor Accepting Storage Bids at Four Facilities
Enstor Operating Co. LLC said Friday it would begin accept bids for firm natural gas storage capacity at its four U.S. facilities through Oct. 20 for terms of one to five years beginning April 1.
October 10, 2011
Industry Brief
The California Energy Commission (CEC) has approved distributing more than $1.5 million for natural gas- and propane-powered bus transportation in the state. Four awards were granted to three bus companies and a Ford dealer in La Puente, CA. They are part of the CEC’s Alternative and Renewable Fuel and Vehicle Technology Program, under which nearly $14 million has been distributed to public- and private-sector fleet operators. Grants were: two to Creative Bus Sales of Chino, CA, ($575,000 each) for five gas-powered mini-buses and the rest for purchasing 28 shuttle buses. The second award, also for $575,000, will go toward five minibuses and another 28 shuttle buses. All the vehicles are powered by natural gas and are either in the light or medium-duty size categories. A third award ($160,000) went to Inglewood, CA-based Nations Bus Corp. to buy 10 each medium- and heavy-duty propane-power shuttle buses. The fourth grant ($228,000) went to Ed Butts Ford Inc. for 10 propane-powered shuttle buses in the medium-duty size category.
October 7, 2011
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