Falcon Gas Storage Co. Inc. subsidiary NorTex Gas Storage Co. LLC started flowing gas through its newly constructed Worsham-Steed Pipeline, the company said. The system is a 60-mile, 24-inch high-pressure pipeline in the western portion of the Barnett Shale play in North Texas. Initial flow rates have ranged 150,000-200,000 Mcf/d and are expected to increase as gas injection activity accelerates at the Falcon’s Worsham-Steed Gas Storage facility. Traversing Jack, Parker and Hood counties, the pipeline has a capacity of 450,000 Mcf/d, which can be expanded to 650,000 Mcf/d. The pipe connects with three export pipelines serving the North Texas market area — Energy Transfer’s Old Ocean pipeline, Enterprise Product’s and Energy Transfer’s North Texas Pipeline, and Atmos Energy’s Line X pipeline. These pipelines serve markets from the Waha Hub in West Texas to the Carthage Hub in Northeast Texas, as well as the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex and surrounding areas in North Texas, including the Barnett Shale. Ultimately, Falcon plans to connect the Worsham-Steed Pipeline with a total of 10 pipelines in the North Texas/Barnett Shale market area.
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California Steps Up Low-Carbon Fuel Standards
Clean fuel advocates in the utility and merchant energy sectors Tuesday lauded California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger for signing a new law to help implement the state’s low-carbon fuel standard (AB 118), authored by his political ally in the state legislature, Assembly Speaker Fabian Nunez.
IOGCC: States Best Equipped to Implement CO2 Regulations
States are the logical and best-equipped entities to implement and administer regulations for the storage of carbon dioxide (CO2), according to a study by the Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Commission (IOGCC) Task Force on Carbon Capture and Geologic Storage.
IOGCC Says States Best Equipped to Implement CO2 Regulations
States are the logical and best-equipped entities to implement and administer regulations for the storage of carbon dioxide (CO2), according to a study by the Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Commission (IOGCC) Task Force on Carbon Capture and Geologic Storage.
Sage Grouse Summit Seeks Best Management Practices
It’s going to take a village to determine and implement best management practices to protect sage grouse residing in Wyoming’s resource production basins, and the stakes are high for the energy industry as well as the bird. This was the theme of discussion at Wyoming Gov. Dave Freudenthal’s Sage Grouse Summit held late last month in Casper.
Sage Grouse Summit Seeks Best Management Practices
It’s going to take a village to determine and implement best management practices to protect sage grouse residing in Wyoming’s resource production basins, and the stakes are high for the energy industry as well as the bird. This was the theme of discussion at Wyoming Gov. Dave Freudenthal’s Sage Grouse Summit held late last month in Casper.
Transportation Notes
Due to high linepack and unavailability of the Unionville storage facility, MRT will implement a System Protection Warning at the start of Tuesday’s gas day. These restrictions will be in effect until further notice: MRT will not schedule any volumes that result in a daily long imbalance position; it will not accept any makeup of short positions; and it will not schedule nor allocate storage injection volumes (including No-Notice).
Transportation Notes
Citing high linepack and forecasts of warm weather, MRT said it will implement a System Protection Warning (SPW) at the start of Wednesday’s gas day. See the bulletin board for details of the SPW conditions.
Avista Gets Go-Ahead for WA Decoupling Pilot
Avista last week received approval from the Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission (WUTC) to implement a natural gas revenue decoupling mechanism. The Spokane, WA-based utility said the new rate mechanism will allow it to increase promotion of energy efficiency programs and services to its 140,000 Washington natural gas customers.
WA Regulators OK Avista Decoupling Pilot
Avista has received approval from the Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission (WUTC) to implement a natural gas revenue decoupling mechanism. The Spokane, WA-based utility said the new rate mechanism will allow it to increase promotion of energy efficiency programs and services to its 140,000 Washington natural gas customers.
