Meters

Poland on Wednesday suffered a double dose of bad news regarding its prospective shale plays after Marathon Oil Corp. and Talisman Energy Inc. issued separate statements indicating that they were pulling out of the country.

Tennessee downgraded Friday the Balancing Alert OFO that it had declared specifically for three meters (see Daily GPI, Oct. 21) to an Action Alert OFO until further notice.

Tennessee issued an OFO Action Alert, effective Tuesday for all LMS-PA, LMS-MA and LMS-PL Balancing Parties with meters in Zones 5 and 6, due to anticipated colder temperatures in its Northeast market area and in order to maintain linepack. See the bulletin board for OFO conditions.

Tennessee said Wednesday afternoon it had identified a leak on the Fidelity Line 8A-300 lateral located at Main Line Valve 8 near Victoria, TX. Two meters were required to shut in until further notice, the pipeline said. It added that shipper nominations there were allowed to remain in place for Wednesday’s gas day but must be reduced to zero effecitve with Evening Cycle nominations for Thursday.

Economic and environmental factors should push global natural gas demand to more than 4 trillion cubic meters (Tcm) a year (141 Tcf/year) by 2030, according to a three-year study by the International Gas Union (IGU) issued last week at the World Gas Conference in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Economic and environmental factors should push global natural gas demand to more than 4 trillion cubic meters (Tcm) a year (141 Tcf/year) by 2030, according to a three-year study by the International Gas Union (IGU) that was issued this week at the World Gas Conference in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Dominion rescinded Thursday two OFOs affecting several utility meters in New York state.

Flows were allowed to resume at three meters Thursday after Tennessee lifted the force majeure that had been declared a week earlier for the West Delta 527A-300 Line due to a leak (see Daily GPI, April 16).

In keeping with other statewide initiatives to move to smart meters and more customer-controlled energy programs, the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) Thursday unanimously increased the size limits for self-generation solar systems to 100% of historic annual use for the previous 12 months. Currently the limit is 100% of historic peak-demand use.