Imperative

The nation’s natural gas resources, which have grown with the expanded potential of shale plays — including as much as 20 years supply from the Marcellus Shale — can be used to cost-effectively generate electricity, and any environmental burdens will come primarily from combustion when the fuel is used, not when it is extracted, according to a report from the Department of Energy (DOE).

The two state chief executives agreed that environmental safeguards are imperative from both the public’s and the industry’s perspective. They offered their views during a keynote panel discussion moderated by the huge annual energy confab’s founder Daniel Yergin, the well-known global energy author/expert.

It is “imperative” that the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEM) quickly resume issuing permits for shallow-water drilling, according to researchers at the Maguire Energy Institute at Southern Methodist University’s (SMU) Cox School of Business, who found that the slowdown in approving shallow-water operations “has very serious economic implications for the [Gulf Coast] region that rival or exceed those of the spill and moratorium” that preceded it.

It is “imperative” that the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEMRE) quickly resume issuing permits for shallow-water drilling, according to researchers at the Maguire Energy Institute at Southern Methodist University’s (SMU) Cox School of Business, who found that the slowdown in approving shallow-water operations “has very serious economic implications for the [Gulf Coast] region that rival or exceed those of the spill and moratorium” that preceded it.

The prospect of a new presidential administration and Congress passing a greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions law next year make it imperative that Northwest utilities sign new 20-year contracts with the federal Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) in order to lock in prices, said a former BPA chief administrator.

The prospect of a new presidential administration and Congress passing a greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions law next year make it imperative that Northwest utilities sign new 20-year contracts with the federal Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) in order to lock in prices, said a former BPA chief administrator.

Energy efficiency is no longer the “polite” thing to do but rather is “starting to become a cultural imperative” the COO of Pace Global Energy Services said last week.

Energy efficiency is no longer the “polite” thing to do but rather is “starting to become a cultural imperative,” the COO of Pace Global Energy Services said Tuesday.

Reporting high linepack in all four segments, Kern River said Sunday it was imperative that operators take delivery of scheduled quantities and not bank any gas on the system. It also encouraged customers to schedule due-shipper delivery paybacks.