Gathers

California’s proposed law (AB 591) dealing with hydraulic fracturing (fracking) was close to being held over as a two-year bill late Wednesday, according to the Western States Petroleum Association (WSPA). With less than two weeks left in this year’s state legislative session, AB 591 has not moved as deadlines have passed in the state Senate Appropriations Committee.

As a budding revival of oilsands development gathers steam, thermal production projects will burn up Alberta’s contribution to North American natural gas gluts, show new projections by the province’s Energy Resources Conservation Board (ERCB).

As a budding revival of oilsands development gathers steam, thermal production projects will burn up Alberta’s contribution to North American natural gas gluts, show new projections by the province’s Energy Resources Conservation Board (ERCB).

With Bighorn Gas Gathering LLC turning a year old this month,the joint-venture which consists of CMS Energy affiliates andNorthern Border Partners L.P. continues to sign up new customersfor its Powder River Basin natural gas gathering system, upping itstotal number of producers to six with the newly announced additionof Prima Oil and Gas, a subsidiary of Prima Energy.

The Powder River Basin, which is known widely for its coal-bedmethane (CBM) gas production, is without a doubt the “most active”onshore basin in the Lower 48, and will likely hold thisdistinction for a long time to come, according to a majorgatherer-processor in the basin.