On Friday Transco became the most recent pipeline to take action against positive imbalances threatening its system integrity. Starting Saturday and until further notice, Transco said it would not allow any due-pipeline imbalance make-up nominations or excess storage injections, and no incremental parked gas or return of loaned gas would be accommodated.
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Report: Europe and U.S. Must Share on Shale
Much like rock ‘n’ roll, kick starting successful unconventional gas development in Europe will depend on the United States sending best practices and technical know-how across the Atlantic, according to a new report.
Transportation Notes
Citing a need to maintain linepack and protect system integrity, Tennessee issued Monday a Balancing Alert OFO for market-area Zones 5 and 6, saying shippers in those zones were required to maintain an actual daily flow rate not exceeding a tolerance of 2% of scheduled quantities or 500 Dth, whichever is greater, for underdeliveries into the system and overtakes from the system.
ExxonMobil, Shell Launch Shale, Frack Advocacy Efforts
One day after Shell Oil Co. launched a public relations campaign to showcase its onshore natural gas drilling efforts, ExxonMobil Corp. on Thursday unveiled a website to “give context to the growth of natural gas resources in the United States.”
Transportation Notes
MRT lifted Monday the System Protection Warning that it had implemented Saturday.
Murkowski Creates Pipe Office Amid Prudhoe Hangover
Alaska Gov. Frank Murkowski recently signed an administrative order creating a lease monitoring and engineering integrity coordinating office (LMEICO) within the state’s Department of Natural Resources (DNR). The LMEICO is charged with coordinating the oil infrastructure oversight efforts of a multitude of state, federal and local agencies stretching from the North Slope fields to the Alyeska marine terminal at Valdez.
Murkowski Creates Pipe Office; AK Production 60,000 b/d Under Budget
Alaska Gov. Frank Murkowski last week signed an administrative order creating a lease monitoring and engineering integrity coordinating office (LMEICO) within the state’s Department of Natural Resources (DNR). The LMEICO is charged with coordinating the oil infrastructure oversight efforts of a multitude of state, federal and local agencies stretching from the North Slope fields to the Alyeska marine terminal at Valdez.
GAO: Gas Pipeline Integrity Program Doing its Job
The natural gas integrity management program, implemented under the Pipeline Safety Improvement Act of 2002, is still in its early stages, but it appears to be doing its job to improve pipeline safety nationwide, according to a 21-page report issued Friday by the General Accounting Office (GAO).
GAO: Gas Pipeline Integrity Program Doing its Job
The natural gas integrity management program, implemented under the Pipeline Safety Improvement Act of 2002, is still in its early stages, but it appears to be doing its job to improve pipeline safety nationwide, according to a 21-page report issued Friday by the General Accounting Office (GAO).
Consultant’s Report Gives Green Light to LADWP Rate Changes
A city-mandated independent financial review of the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) last week supported the utility’s contention it needs new natural gas and renewable energy surcharges as well as permanent new retail water rates. The report prepared by the Barrington-Wellesley Group (BWG) will be considered by the LADWP five-member oversight board when it meets Tuesday.