Rex Energy Corp. said Monday it would begin moving half of its natural gas production in Western Pennsylvania to premium markets on the Gulf Coast and in the Midwest in November.
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NatGas Gathering A Crucial Priority as More E&Ps Focus on Dry Utica
The buildout of gathering infrastructure in the Utica Shale’s dry natural gas window of Southeast Ohio has remained robust over the last year as the midstream has worked to stay ahead of, and in some cases fallen behind, operators that have flooded a three-county region.
Briefs — Vaquero Midstream, Ohio Legislation, Carnero Gathering
Vaquero Midstreamhas commissioned the 200 MMcf/d Caymus I Natural Gas Processing Facility in Pecos County, TX. The cryogenic plant is supported by long-term commitments with major producers and could be expanded with four additional 200 MMcf/d processing trains. It features oversized inlet liquids handling with condensate stabilization and storage, inlet compression to minimize field pressure, amine treating, propane refrigeration prior to cryogenic processing. The plant has the operational flexibility necessary to handle production from the Permian Basin’s Avalon, Wolfcamp and Bone Spring formations for future drilling. Caymus I is supplied by 80 miles of a high-pressure gathering pipeline, consisting of 30- and 24-inch diameter pipe connecting Pecos, Reeves, Ward and Culberson counties to the facility and designed for volumes of more than 800 MMcf/d. A 16-inch diameter residue header connects multiple outlets at the Waha market, including connections with Atmos, Enterprise, Northern Natural Gas and Oneok’s WestTex Transmission system connecting to the Roadrunner Gas Transmission Pipeline. The Vaquero 12-inch diameter natural gas liquids header was also commissioned with outlets connecting to Lone Star’s West Texas Gateway Pipeline and Enterprise Chaparral systems. Vaquero was formed to target projects in the Permian, East Texas and Oklahoma (see Shale Daily,Aug. 22, 2014).
Brief — Manta Ray Offshore Gathering Co.
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has extended until Aug. 27 the limit on emergency transactions by Manta Ray Offshore Gathering Co. LLC(MROG), which has been using its gathering system as an intermediate link in the delivery of natural gas within federal waters offshore Louisiana for nearly four months. On March 1, MROG notified FERC that on Feb. 29 it had initiated the emergency transportation activity to continue the flow of offshore deepwater gas produced in association with oil by Chevron U.S.A. Inc., BHP Billiton Petroleum (Deepwater) Inc.and ExxonMobil Gas & Power Marketingduring an outage by Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Co. LLC(Transco). The need for emergency service became effective Feb. 29 when Transco posted an exception to its resumption of Southeast Louisiana Crossover flow for producers located upstream of its production platform in South Timbalier Block 300. The production would flow on MROG’s gathering system as an alternate transportation route while platform modifications are undertaken, MROG said. MROG filed a notice April 14 to extend the action through June 28, and on June 16 filed a petition seeking a waiver in order to continue the emergency transportation arrangement until Aug. 27.
WPX Adding Rig to Delaware, Boosting Full-Year Production Guidance
Tulsa-based WPX Energy Inc. plans to add another rig to its Permian Basin operations and complete 15 uncompleted wells in the Williston Basin as part of an overall plan to increase full-year oil production guidance by 5%.
PHMSA Agrees to 30-Day Extension of Comment Period for Proposed New Rules
The Transportation Department’s Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) said it will extend the public comment period for proposed rules governing natural gas transmission and gathering lines by another 30 days, but it was half of what the oil and gas industry had requested.
PHMSA Agrees to 30-Day Extension of Comment Period for Proposed New Rules
The Transportation Department’s Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) said it will extend the public comment period for proposed rules governing natural gas transmission and gathering lines by another 30 days, but it was half of what the oil and gas industry had requested.
Trade Groups Ask PHMSA for 60-Day Extension to Review Proposed New Rules
An alphabet soup of trade organizations representing the oil and gas industry have asked the Transportation Department’s Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) to extend the public comment period for its proposed rules governing natural gas transmission and gathering lines by two months.
For PHMSA’s Proposed New Rules, ‘The Devil Is in The Details’
One week after the Department of Transportation’s Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) issued a pre-publication version of proposed rules governing natural gas transmission and gathering lines, experts agree that it will take some time for producers, pipeline companies, trade associations, state regulators and other stakeholders to sort through the federal agency’s proposals.
PHMSA Proposes Expanding Regulatory Scope of Gathering Lines
Thousands of miles of in-service natural gas pipeline built before 1970 — such as the one that ruptured and exploded in San Bruno, CA, in 2010 — could be subject to pressure testing under new safety regulations proposed by the Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA).