Iteration

After overcoming a series of technical glitches, the fourth iteration of the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection’s (DEP) 1H2012 production report issued last week indicated that natural gas production from unconventional wells totaled 894.8 Bcf, a figure that includes Marcellus Shale wells along with some targeting the Utica Shale and other formations. The figure was more than double the 435.1 Bcf in 1H2011, although that figure only included Pennsylvania Marcellus production.

As Pacific Gas and Electric Co. was cranking up on implementing a second iteration (Gas Accord II) of its transmission backbone unbundling late last week, a proposed decision from an administrative law judge at the California Public Utilities Commission was circulating to finally implement a comprehensive unbundling of the Southern California Gas Co. transmission pipeline/underground storage system in the southern half of the state.