Hinder

In a pair of decisions likely to hinder natural gas development in portions of Pennsylvania, Gov. Ed Rendell placed a moratorium on drilling on state forest land and the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR) and Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) announced a new policy requiring well operators working on state park and forest land to identify all areas of their tracts that will be disturbed by development activities.

Operating problems and “teething start-ups” will not hinder the growth of either the short- or long-term global liquefied natural gas (LNG) supply, which could meet 15% of the world’s natural gas demand by 2012, Cambridge Energy Research Associates (CERA) said in a new analysis.

Operating problems and “teething start-ups” will not hinder the growth of either the short- or long-term global liquefied natural gas (LNG) supply, which could meet 15% of the world’s natural gas demand by 2012, according to an analysis by Cambridge Energy Research Associates (CERA).

Rocky Mountain natural gas producers are not being hampered by inadequate pipeline capacity, the head of the Independent Petroleum Association of Mountain States (IPAMS) told a joint House-Senate panel Thursday.

Exploration and production companies warned Alaska state officials at the Anchorage Chamber of Commerce last week that stricter regulations and possibly higher taxes could threaten many producers’ exploration and production plans. Their comments precede a legislative special session scheduled this week to work on a proposed fiscal plan to offset state deficits.

Exploration and production companies have warned Alaska state officials at the Anchorage Chamber of Commerce this week that stricter regulations and possibly higher taxes could threaten many producers’ exploration and production plans. Their comments precede a legislative special session next week to work on a proposed fiscal plan to offset state deficits.

In order to serve continuing gas demand growth in the already constrained New York City area, the state and city must reconsider current regulatory obstacles to the expanded use of liquefied natural gas (LNG), according to a new report by the Center for Management Analysis (CMA) at the C.W. Post Campus of Long Island University in Brookville, NY.

In order to serve continuing gas demand growth in the already constrained New York City area, the state and city must reconsider current regulatory obstacles to the expanded use of liquefied natural gas (LNG), according to a new report by the Center for Management Analysis (CMA) at the C.W. Post Campus of Long Island University in Brookville, NY. LNG will play an increasingly important role in providing gas supply to the nation, but no LNG import terminals are currently located in New York, the fourth largest gas consuming state in the nation and the third largest for residential gas consumption. Spot gas prices last winter reached record levels in the state, higher than $70/MMBtu. If the state and metropolitan New York City expect to benefit from LNG, the rules and regulations governing the fuel will have to be revised, according to CMA.

The Rocky Mountain region is seen by many as the supply savior of the U.S. natural gas marketplace, but production growth in the region probably will be lower than many expect for the same reasons that have hindered development historically: pipeline takeaway constraints and the slow regulatory process, particularly drilling permitting, said Stu Wagner, an analyst with Petrie Parkman in Denver.